Ted Williams – Golden Voice

Ted Williams and his golden voice have been well-documented this week so hopefully this joke won’t be lost on you. From the oft-genius that is someecards.com, comes this gem: via @melanieross If you’ve been living under an Internet rock this week, this should catch you up to speed. Also, Ted has a new job now…

The eight90 Christmas wrap-up

A happy 2011 to you, hope your holidays were enjoyable and refreshing. A quick thank you and update to all who participated in our 2010 Giveaway promotion from eight90. Overall I had a good time with it, found it successful for how fast it came together and learned a bit about both my clients and…

Gift Giving Made Easy – Wall Coverings

I originally thought about doing a general “design” type gift post but it eventually evolved into what you see here, art for your walls. Dress up your office, bedroom or any other empty wall space with some of these great pieces. 2010 Posters, Pictures, Signs and More Click image below to enlarge 1. Polaroid for…

Gift Giving Made Easy – Tech Toys

Got a gadget lover on your list? Here’s some items that will either grow his collection or help him to maintain it in some way. 2010 Tech Toys and Gadgets Click image below to enlarge 1. Color Lens and Flash Filters: $15 2. Rolleiflex MiniDigi AF 5.0 Digital Camera (Black): $280 3. Apple 11-inch MacBook…

Gift Giving Made Easy – She’s Got the Look

Didn’t want the ladies to feel completely left out this year so I enlisted the help of a fashonista and friend of mine to put a little something together for my female readers. She gets the chance to have fun and play Internet dress up and I get the chance to act like I don’t…

Christmas Music – Day 4

Needing something a little more contemporary to get through the week? Here’s 5 tracks that should fit the bill. The first three are on a pretty steady rotation around our house. And yes, there’s an Owl City track that sounds pretty much like Owl City but I bet if you give it 3 listens you’ll…

Gift Giving Made Easy – Black is the new Black

Men, we should dress like men. Here’s a little guide to looking your best in gray/black and making your significant others’ knees buckle in the process. Feel free to show up your boss and/or wear it out for a nice evening. Also, some of these are completely out of everyone’s price range, I realize that.…

Gift-giving Made Easy 2010

Hopefully I can pencil in enough hours to knock out a few of my own gift ideas before the month ends. I’ve even enlisted a bit of help as well for a post or two so we’ll see how that turns out. I had a good time coordinating gifts by color and designing matching posts…

Christmas Music – Day 3

Looking for those special tracks to spend a nice evening with your significant other in front of the tree? Welcome to the Jazz/classic portion of our album; including one of my most all-time favorite Christmas tracks by trumpet player Troy Andrews. All instrumental and probably best played last in the evening if you know what’s…

Christmas Music – Day 2

Let’s build out our CreepySanta2010 album a little further, today’s tracks come courtesy of my foot as it taps. Let loose and dance a little. Or crank it up and watch your little ones do a little jig of their own. Note: There’s a high possibility that I drop a 5th track through the Twitter…

Christmas Music 2010

It’s still early enough in the holiday season that you shouldn’t be tired of Christmas music yet. I’ve actually been spinning Christmas tracks now for a few weeks trying to sort through what I have and what you might like to hear. If you were around my Internet neighborhood last year then you probably know…

I’m Thankful

It’s that time of year again, my second annual list of random things I’m thankful for. Here, in no particular order and by no means an exhaustive list, are some of the things I am thankful for this year: God, Jesus, Melanie, Cohen, Keegan, mia famiglia, Vitesse, Chipotle, reliable transportation, two-teeth smiles, A Fashionable Thursday,…

Pictory – Everything’s Bigger in Texas

If you’re not following the Pictory showcases, you’re missing out. Laura Brunow Miner has done a fantastic job (now 20 times over) of taking a theme and curating user-submitted photos around it. Each one is top notch. A few months ago as I was browsing the site, I noticed that she was taking submissions for…

2010 Coat Giveaway

From the Fort Worth Star Telegram: Grapevine church gives away more than 1,000 coats, clothes and blankets Proud to have been a part of the team that spent the last three months putting this coat drive together. In only our third year of doing so, we collected over 1400 coats from the community and distributed…

The Office in 2D

Swiss graphic design firm Pixelfarm produced these fun little illustrations that should please most fans of The Office. Now if they could help get the writing on the show back up to season 3 levels I’d be really happy. Click through to their website to see the entire cast. via iamkory

A History of Rap…

with Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake & The Roots. This has been all over the Twitters today but just finally got a chance to view it. Fantastic. @blankenship says it best, “it’s like a chronological retelling of my childhood.” If you weren’t before, you should now be convinced that Fallon/Timberlake might be the best comedy duo…

Himalayan Salt Plate

*I’d love to credit where I stumbled across this but sadly, I just can’t remember. Apologies in advance if it was you. I’ve never seen or heard of cooking on a salt plate but after this description and its supporting images, I’m sold. You can serve food on it both hot and cold, and as…

charity: water Live Drilling

I’ve never been shy about my love of charity: water and their mission to provide clean water for those who don’t have it around the world. They are celebrating their 5th year of service this month and coincidentally dot-comrade Cameron Moll is doing the same with his fantastic job board, Authentic Jobs. I also love…