Drooling over the tiny precision of these hand carved pencil leads by Dalton Ghetti. I think the P is my favorite. And the contrast of the beat up stubby pencils? If they weren’t so stunning they would be adorable. See more here — be sure to click through the gallery (Thanks Adam! Via The Telegraph)
As you may know, in addition to LEAP, I am also a co-founder of Kirtsy, a website where you can find some of the coolest things you ever saw online. The past few weeks, the Kirtsy team has been working like crazy on a big party that we’re throwing with BlogHer at their conference next week, and friends? It is going to be the raddest party ever! The event actually has an official name, and it’s a mouthful: BlogHer 2010 Voices of the Year Gala and Art Auction Curated by Kirtsy. So we’ve been calling it the BlogHer Kirtsy Party…
My awesome nephew Val (age 14) just got back from summer camp at the Flying Cloud Institute in Massachusetts. He was part of the team that made this fantastic video. How much fun would it be to go to summer camp in the 21st Century? So much fun, right?
So remember when I used to write in my writing blog? The one called UpsideUp? And then I changed UpsideUp to a design blog? That has a lot of pretty pictures but not a lot of writing? Yeah. That. Well now there’s this. LaurieSmithwick dot com. Aka, Not Only But Also. As in, Not Only is there all the stuff I do in my life, But Also there’s this blog. For the time being, it will serve as a place to find all those old UpsideUp posts that you have missed so terribly all these long, cold months (sarcasm font). And…
Brilliant. Now you can turn your iphone into a mix tape. It even comes with its own plastic case (that doubles as a stand) so you can even make a snazzy magazine collage tape cover! Suddenly, you’re no longer listening to Broken Bells and Phoenix, but instead, Nirvana, with The Pixies on the flip side, natch. And wouldn’t this be a perfect desk-mate for your mix tape USB hub? You could be starting a retro-volution! Buy yours here. From Art at Heart. Thanks Adam.
How fun is this?! I wish I knew what he was saying, but I sorta like the unexpected aspect of not knowing what’s coming next. Do you have an iPad yet? I don’t, but I can’t lie — I’m seriously coveting one. I’m waiting for my 3 year-old MacBook to kick the bucket, though. The delete key doesn’t work — but in true Apple product form, nothing else is wrong with it. Dangit. I guess I’ll have to live vicariously through videos like this til I get my own. Have you found any other cool ones? Please share!
Best infographic ever. (From FlowingData – Data Underload) (Thanks Keith!)
The fantastic-beyond-compare SwissMiss blog is turning 5 and I’m so sad that I can’t attend the bash. So instead I’m participating virtually, via the Flickr party. There’s some great stuff there — be sure to check out all the other well-wishers’ wishes.
One of the most brilliant pieces of unintentional comedy I’ve seen in a good long time. (Thanks Andrew!)
