This month I posted 11 entries, crafted 29 tweets, listened to 476 songs, watched 12 videos, bookmarked 1 site, took 3 photos and favorited 10 things.
Find Your Elected Representatives with NYT's Represent The app looks great and gives a list of all articles tagged with the names of your elected officials.
Redesigning Monopoly's Packaging Andy Mangold, a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art, created a classy rebranding of the Monopoly Box. It's sexy, but I'd love to see what he would have done with the board itself.
Ben Folds Releasing New Mix and Source Files for Way to Normal Unfortunately, it's only for his fanclub, but it sounds like a good package for audiophiles and tinkerers. "Although I stand behind the official version...I'm a populist at heart and saw no reason not to provide a slightly different approach for those who prefer more old fashioned dynamics along with a sequence that builds."
Adam and AHT Test out Burger King's Perfume My favorite response of those he surveyed, "My girlfriend: 'Like a truckstop bathroom air freshener.'"
Posted December 15, 2008
The British Frozen Food Federation built ice walls embedded with food in London's South Bank. The rest of the photos are equally arresting. This comes via Eat Me Daily, one of my favorite new food blogs. It takes a different, more cultural approach.
40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes Quick editing makes for a fun pastiche of powerful, or at least memorable, moments in film. [via waxy]
8-Bit Jesus: A Chiptune Christmas Quirky, sure, but these are good [via waxy]
Daniel Libeskind's New York Tower A refined take on a building that shows its skeleton. I'm excited to see this come to fruition.
Kim Rugg's Re-Imagining of Important Front Pages She cuts up the page and reorders everything alphabetically. The photos are cut into small pieces and reordered by color. Her artist statement is a bit generic, but I definitely these pieces visually stimulating.
Seeing Eye Calendar I already have enough 2009 calendars, so putting this here will have to do.
Whatever You Do, Don't Panic The Guardian compiles six 999 (England's emergency number) transcripts that are riveting to read.