Consumption: April 2005

On the Web

Chris Harding Animation Concern: Wonderfully designed cartoons reminiscent of Gene Deitch-era Terrytoons.
A Whole New Internet?: Jason Kottke assesses the State of the Web Union
Guess the Google: A fun Flash quiz game using Google Image Search
54 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
Amusement Park in Decay: Three pages of lovely photos (1, 2, 3)
Five Simple Steps to Better Typography: Sound advice from Mark Boulton.
Singles Night at Wal*Mart: I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Adobe to Acquire Macromedia: I can honestly say I didn’t see this coming.
Peter Beste: Fascinating photos of the Norwegian Black Metal scene, from his forthcoming book.
Snow-Bo: A wonderfully twisted animated film by Vera Brosgol and Jenn Kluska.
Afterglow Studio: Beautiful, unique handmade lamps by the very talented Andrew Schulman.
America We Stand As One: Hear us now, terrorists! You cannot crush our incredibly cheesy spirit!
Snobsite.com: The Online Home of The Rock Snob’s Dictionary.
“The Best 90 Minutes of My Life”: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore on the power of the mix tape.
Baby Got Book: Yeesh. God really needs a new PR guy.