Selling yourself short?

What would you do for five bucks?

http://www.fiverr.com/

Hello Senior Designer.

http://www.sincerelymichael.com/

keyboards

Starting Portuguese classes today.

Time to add another keyboard layout.

:)

R.I.P. Ernst Beyeler

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/7326908/Ernst-Beyeler.html

Cytothings

Stumbled upon these photographs taken through a microscope- gorgeous:

(onion skin)


(Pumpkin Stem)


(Basswood stem)


And these illustrations from Henry Grey's Anatomy of the Human Body

The week in pictures

My favorite of the week, found on msnbc.com.

Photo courtesy of David McNew/Getty Images.

The Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich

Oogah doogah wadah dadaaa.

Punctuation for sarcasm

Someone has finally designed a piece of new punctuation - the sarc marc. I love the idea, but for now I will wait for it to become incorporated onto keyboards.

http://02d9656.netsoljsp.com/SarcMark/modules/user/commonfiles/loadhome.do

Urs Fischer

"Frozen Pioneer" by Urs Fischer, now on view at The New Museum: http://www.newmuseum.org/
Seeing this makes a fairytale happen in my head.

Getting ready for Valentine's day

YouWorkForThem.com is doing a great job at getting people motivated for this years Valentine's Day designs...

http://www.youworkforthem.com/list.php?onsale=&new=&cat=0&action=search&sText=Valentine&SearchIn=0&sort=release&view=76

Can't think of a better gift for a new family

Demons, Yarns & Tales

Now at the James Cohan Gallery (http://www.jamescohan.com): Demons, Yarns & Tales - Tapestries by contemporary artists.

Visit the gallery site, or find some extra information here:

http://flavorwire.com/61451/demons-yarns-tales-tapestries-by-contemporary-artists

The tapestries are also on view on flavorpill: http://flavorwire.com/gallery/01-14-10/index.html

Smile with Pride

Fun online magazine, anxiously awaiting the next edition...

http://www.smilewithpride.co.uk/

What character are you?

http://www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you/

To enter, type "character" in the password field. Begin.

I am Archer Hairline - good match. Archer Hairline available from Hoefler & Frere-Jones Foundry.

Taller Latreños

Taller Latreños in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chipas, Mexico - like most places there, has a feel of authentic artisanship. Here, while shopping for hand-made books and cards, you can watch the printers at their presses, or get lost in the pile of old papers to be used in upcoming projects.

For more information: http://www.tallerlenateros.com

Photo courtesy of www.beatricecoron.com. More available at: http://www.beatricecoron.com/Mexico2005

Musical Mail

The Royal Mail has issued this stamp set:

If anyone in Britain wants to send some mail this way...please do. Slight preference for David Bowie or Pink Floyd... ;)

Automatic Writing

Perhaps this is the written expression John Frusciante used to make his album?

I must try it out...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_writing

For how-to's, go here: http://www.hypnobusters.com/articles/automaticwriting.html

John Bohl

Red Snow Bars and more at http://johnbohl.tumblr.com/

Red Snow Bars by John Bohl.

Ill Studio

Ill Studio is ill.

http://www.ill-studio.com

Medicine Cards

Animals and beautiful illustration by Angela Werneke

http://www.medicinecards.com