christian ross

Quality finds this week

So I know its been quiet around here for the last couple of weeks. I am slowly getting towards the end of a major overhaul of this site that will hopefully suffice for a little while.

I have a folder where I deposit random stuff I stumble across on the web that may or may not ever see the light of day. Here are a few that I’ve come across within the last week or two that found their way into prolonged tab exposure or my dustbin.

Alphabet Poster by beauchamping (sold on Etsy)

 
Regretsy
Speaking of Etsy, with a site built mostly for handmade goods, you’re bound to get some real junk mixed in. Thankfully, Regretsy finds the best of them.

 
Public Gothic typeface from A2591
From the designer, “It is little industrial, little vintage, little condensed, little bold.
Public Gothic is our new font family and beta release is free to use in all your designs, commercial or non commercial. ”

4 variations, free to download and use (thought not for web-embedding).

 
The League of Movable Type
I’ve known about this one a little longer but since the subject of type has already been brought up, The League is killing it with some open source, web-embeddable fonts.

Already used several in different projects including, League Gothic, Chunk and Blackout.

6th day

End of week internet goodness for 10/09/09

Image heavy post today. View all past 6th Days here.

Life Magazine’s 30 Dumb Inventions show that ingenuity doesn’t have to correlate with common sense. I bet there were a couple of Darwin Award winners in the bunch. A few of my favorites:

Dog Restrainer, 1940
We played with plastic toys like this as kids. Usually to pick up candy on the floor or to pinch your little brother. Never did I think, “I wonder if this will save me from a pit bull attack.”

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6th Day

End of week internet goodness for 10/02/09

A quality teacher:

“On a history test we were asked, ‘Who was Michelangelo?’ I answered, ‘Renowned artist/Ninja Turtle. Wore an orange headband. Weapon: daggers.’ My teacher marked this wrong and wrote back, ‘WEAPON: NUNCHUCKS. CHECK YOUR FACTS.’”

(via Kory)

Call of the year
I want this guy calling all of the games for the teams I root for from now on. You’ve got to listen to both audio (in order) to understand. They’re short. (more…)

6th Day

End of week internet goodness for 09/25/09

The web wasn’t particularly funny this week but it did provide some some well-built infographics – which I can never seem to get enough of.

Click the images to see the full graphics.

First up, ever thought of printing out the Internet? Umm, me either. But if you tried, it’d only take your inkjet printer 3,800 years to knock it out.

(via Cartridge Save) (more…)

6th Day

End of week internet goodness for 09/18/09

Creepiness abounds in this 80’s dating video.

“No fatties, no hamsters, no dopers, no smokers, no alcoholics, no Donna Juanitas, no posers, no crazies…” Dude, you’re doing your bio for video dating, don’t eliminate all of your prospects right off the bat.

You know the music from 2001: A Space Odyssey even if you’ve never seen the flick. You’re about to find out that it might be a little too large of a piece of music for a junior high level orchestra.