Sam 101 - Please take your seat.

World's obviousest

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:56:20 -0400

From NYT:

The [National Advertising Division of the BBB] therefore recommended that Apple modify its “world’s greenest family of notebooks” claim, “to make clearer that the basis of comparison is between all MacBooks to all notebooks made by a given competitor.” It also suggested that Apple “avoid the reference to ‘world’s greenest’ — given the potential for overstatement.”

Apple? Overstatement? No…

Sock it to me

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:55:00 -0400

Comments have returned. That is all.

15 years later...

Sun, 31 May 2009 22:44:00 -0400

Toy Story 3, coming June 18, 2010.

I had to check twice to make sure that the 1995 release date of the original “Toy Story” was correct. In fact, so much has happened since then that the newest incarnation will be shown in Disney Digital 3D (which premiered in theaters this weekend in “Up”).

Click here to watch the trailer (strongly recommend 1080p).

Sotomayored

Wed, 27 May 2009 09:33:00 -0400

Ezra Klein’s got it right, Obama won’t see any problems with his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, mostly because her last name can’t be turned into a verb.

The last nominee to actually be defeated — Harriett Miers was withdrawn, remember, and withdrawn due to conservative unrest — was Robert Bork.

A quick Google gets me here:

William Safire defines “to bork” by reference “to the way Democrats savaged Ronald Reagan’s nominee, the Appeals Court judge Robert H. Bork…

Nothing to worry about.

No Outlet

Thu, 14 May 2009 01:15:00 -0400

From the Congress for the New Urbanism.

Be on the lookout around the 2:12 mark for a Columbia Heights shoutout (my hood.)

Manute + Muggsy via @theredheadsaid

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:36:38 -0400

Manute + Muggsy

via @theredheadsaid

WTC 2.0

Sun, 03 May 2009 21:47:00 -0400

After 9/11, Ji Lee began photographing logos featuring the Twin Towers around NYC, most of which are bound to disappear as the logos change or businesses shutter.

Enter, WTC Logo Preservation Project.

The nostalgic in me loves the logos including the towers, but the change is probably inevitable, if not preferable.

[via Logo Design Love]

Making friends with the beer guy

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:04:00 -0400

I did not get a chance to go to a Nationals game last season* after moving to DC, but I can safely say that the chances of my going to a game this season went up today.

Introducing, the beer list for the 2009 season at Nationals Park:

Bottles: Budweiser, Bud Light, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Lite, Coors Light, Bell’s Oberon American Wheat Ale, Harpoon Summer Ale.

Draft: Peroni, Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout, Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale, Southampton Triple Abby Style Ale, Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen, Williamsburg Tavern Brown Ale, Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager.

Not that I would plan on spending an afternoon sitting in the sun drinking the Kalamazoo milk stout, but I could.

* – Sam has actually never been to a Major League Baseball game.

Shot using tilt-shift photography to make everything all miniature-like. (from kottke)

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:01:00 -0400

Shot using tilt-shift photography to make everything all miniature-like.

(from kottke)

not sure how I missed this one… trumcgowan Moscow,...

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:34:00 -0400

not sure how I missed this one…

trumcgowan

Moscow, 1988
The tourist with a camera on the left is undercover KGB agent Vladimir Putin.

(via tumbléo)

Heading to Charleston for the weekend. Looks like the weather...

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:50:00 -0500

Heading to Charleston for the weekend. Looks like the weather will be, meh, OK.

@lessig’s talk Thursday evening at the NY Public Library...

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:36:00 -0500

@lessig’s talk Thursday evening at the NY Public Library with Shepherd Fairey and Steven Johnson. Larry discusses fair use and copyright regs in the context of the lawsuit pending against Shepherd Fairey from the AP.

Trailer for Objectified, from the creators of Helvetica. Great,...

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:23:00 -0500

Trailer for Objectified,
from the creators of Helvetica.

Great, another documentary featuring designers with funny names and even funnier eyeglasses. Oh well, the trailer is cool.

Aside: In these troubling economic times, what is to become of all these things that got us into this mess in the first place? Our houses, our cars, our furniture, our computers—how will these be changed by this financial hangover?

BREAKING NEWS

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:16:00 -0500

samuelspence.com now features comments.

We now resume your regularly scheduled life, already in progress.

In Praise of Lo-Fi

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:22:00 -0500

In Praise of Lo-Fi: Filling my disgruntled, technology-averse hipster quota for the day.

A great selection of candid photos from The New York Times...

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:26:00 -0500

A great selection of candid photos from The New York Times Magazine of the chief officials set to take office in Barack Obama’s administration. Shot under very bright lights on a white background, each shows subtle nuances in expression and movement. Many remind me of the photos from my favorite book that I don’t own, “Wisdom.”

Also in the issue out this week: Behind “Obama’s People” and
The Edge of Mystery

View of the front of the Capitol Building on Saturday, January...

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:08:00 -0500

View of the front of the Capitol Building on Saturday, January 18.

As I’m sure you expected, you will most likely have to...

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:31:00 -0500

As I’m sure you expected, you will most likely have to endure a final few days of Obama propaganda.

Earlier today, I got a chance to stop in at Manifest Hope: DC. Alas, I only had the phone to take pictures with, and since NOTCOT’s shots are pretty much always going to beat whatever I venture to take, click above to see some of the amazing stuff on display for the weekend in Georgetown.

Manifest Hope: DC First Look (NOTCOT)

Bars & Tones (via Vimeo)

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Bars & Tones (via Vimeo)

Jeff Bridges’ photos of the making of “Iron...

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:04:00 -0500

Jeff Bridges’ photos of the making of “Iron Man.” via @patricknorton