David Cole

“It has been on my wrist since I got it a year and a half...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:07:14 -0800

“It has been on my wrist since I got it a year and a half ago. I even wear it during football games.”

One of Sleepover’s earliest projects launched today: a...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:33:49 -0800

One of Sleepover’s earliest projects launched today: a redesign of The Bygone Bureau. Kevin and Nick were wonderful to work with and we’re really proud of the site. Don’t miss their write up of the redesign.

sleepoversf: Our new theme, Rubber Cement, has arrived in the...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:21:31 -0800

sleepoversf:

Our new theme, Rubber Cement, has arrived in the Theme Garden! Enjoy this demonstration. While it lacks the extensive customization of our previous release, this petite theme is still flexible in all the right places. It even has support for pages and answer posts! Nice, neat, and a touch retro, Rubber Cement will catch the eye of discerning young moderns everywhere. Make it yours today. Sleepover: themes of distinction!

Hooray, I designed this. Let me know what you think! Also, Sleepover now has a blog on Tumblr. Follow it for updates regarding our themes and other (upcoming) Tumblr projects.

Ad I did for the wonderful MaxFunCon. I’m going,...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:48:06 -0800

Ad I did for the wonderful MaxFunCon. I’m going, won’t you join me!?

On pride and Pringles

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:23:19 -0800

On pride and Pringles:

bobulate:

The pride in products:

Fredric Baur invented the crush-resistant canister in 1966 and was so proud that he said he’d like to be buried in one. It remained a family joke for years, but when Baur died last year after a battle with Alzheimer’s, his children stopped at a Walgreen’s on their way to the funeral home, bought a can of Pringles, and buried a portion of their father’s ashes in the bright red can.

“My siblings and I briefly debated what flavor to use,” Larry Baur told Time magazine, “but I said, ‘Look, we need to use the original.’”

From newfangled beginnings to endurance.

Ten flavors of Pringles, in decreasing appropriateness for use as an urn:

Original
Salt & vinegar
Paprika
Barbecue
Sour cream & onion
Pizza
Jalapeño
Prawn cocktail
Loaded baked potato
Mexican layered dip

The last post from my old blog! A pixely 14 MUNI.

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:47:09 -0800

The last post from my old blog! A pixely 14 MUNI.

I just posted a new article on the Sleepover blog: Metagames and...

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:56:11 -0800

I just posted a new article on the Sleepover blog: Metagames and Containers. Check it out, let me know what you think! It was fun to write and a pain to code.

I feel like Ed Emberley deserves more cred. His instructional...

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:53:36 -0800

I feel like Ed Emberley deserves more cred. His instructional books on how to draw were a huge part of my childhood. But there was one book of his that I would always flock to during library time: Wizard of Op. It’s packed with trippy, gorgeous, black and white illustrations and optical illusions. Check out more Wizard of Op on Flickr.

Click through for excerpts from A Boy’s Treasury of...

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:07:08 -0800

Click through for excerpts from A Boy’s Treasury of Things-to-do, a gem in my library of vintage instructional material (a fetish I believe I share with absolutely nobody). Activities include “Canteen”, “Semaphore”, “Soup to Nuts”, “Blow It Home” and “Schnozzola.” This page is one of my favorite things of all time.

Like the famed cherry blossoms come with the Japanese...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:42:00 -0800

Like the famed cherry blossoms come with the Japanese springtime, Babysan came with the Occupation — and it is hard to say which brings more color and charm to the small Far Eastern country. One is inclined, however, to steak his yen on Babysan; she is in bloom all year ‘round.

Published in 1953 (a year after the American occupation of Japan ended), Babysan is a series of one panel cartoons accompanied by a few paragraphs of explanatory condescension.

The backstory is that Babysan was a young child in 1945 when the Americans first came. That’s when she fell in love with them, you see, because servicemen would pass out candy to the curious children. Creepy!

The cartoons walk a peculiar line: Babysan is a flirty Japanese pin up but she’s also foolish, duplicitous, greedy and generally unpleasant to be around. Check out more Babysan on Flickr.

She may not go so far as to become a blonde but she knows that there are many ways to attract a man. She realizes that occidentals from Brooklyn and any point west often admire lush curves. In the Jane Russell department Babysan is slightly understocked. So are many Japanese girls. But there are some western ideas that can be used without adaptation to enhance chisai chichi — chisai means small, and even small chichi are better than no chichi at all.

She tries a western innovation and she succeeds — a little awkwardly perhaps, but the jump is hurdled. A girl just doesn’t step out of a wooden, toe-revealing geta into soaring, high-heeled shoes without wobbling a little, and she doesn’t shed a kimono for a skirt and a sweater without looking a little “artificial.” But on Babysan, the boyfriend insists, even “falsies” look good.

5 Questions Answered by the Guide to Police Duties by A.J. McIntosh, Chief Constable of Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Original Edition June 1936.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:01:00 -0800

Q. Can a dog be used on a public highway for the purpose of drawing or helping to draw any carriage, etc.?
A. No; that is an offence under section 8 of the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, and the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1854.

Q. What must be painted or affixed over the door or gate of a knacker’s premises?
A. The name of the knacker together with the word ’Knacker.’

Q. Is it an offence for an animal to be slaughtered in sight of another animal awaiting slaughter?
A. Yes.

Q. Can a person import or keep a Musk Rat?
A. Not unless under license. Musk Rat Importation and Keeping Regulations, 1932. All licenses have now been revoked.

Q. To what do the Diseases of Animals Acts apply?
A. Diseases known as Cattle Plague, Pleuro Pneumonia, Foot and Mouth Disease, Sheep Scab, Swine Fever, Glanders, Rabies, Anthrax and Parasitic Mange.

Q. What must the finder of a stray dog do forthwith?
A. Either return it to the owner or take it to the nearest police station.
Q. What Act deals with this matter?
A. The Dogs Act, 1928.

Doctors Without Borders on Tumblr

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:07:18 -0800

Doctors Without Borders on Tumblr:

staff:

Doctors Without Borders is doing an extraordinary amount in Haiti. Please support their efforts and donate anything you can.

I just donated! Do it!

Interview with Paul F. Tompkins « Mission Mission

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:33:12 -0800

Interview with Paul F. Tompkins « Mission Mission:

Hey, I interviewed one of my personal idols: Paul F. Tompkins! The funniest dude alive also happens to be performing here in San Francisco this weekend and you should come see him. He also touches on his new podcast and collaboration with Tom Scharpling (one of my other idols).

Me, at the NYPL! By the remarkable Jason Polan as part of the...

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:03:00 -0800

Me, at the NYPL! By the remarkable Jason Polan as part of the Every Person In New York project.

Umm, umm, umm, I’m barely sure how to write this post....

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:05:15 -0800

Umm, umm, umm, I’m barely sure how to write this post. Today is a huge day for me.

My new studio is officially open for business. Sleepover. Sleepover! It has kept me up at night for months now. I’m incredibly proud to have Tag Savage as my partner in this venture. Check out the site for more, but very quickly: we do websites for magazines, writers, content folks.

A main focus will be our blog, which we’re starting off with a bang. Tag discusses his shoes and I announce a new Tumblr theme. My entire heart is in this thing. Check it out, and do let me know what you think.

WTF?

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:44:31 -0800

dontaskmeijustworkhere:

My bike just got stolen out of my fucking carport. I inherited it from my grandma who is now deceased, so it’s kinda important to me. I spent all fucking summer fixing it. If anyone sees a 3 speed rust colored Raleigh from the 60’s with a wicker basket and a Brooks jr. seat, please DM me ASAP.

To the shit birds who stole it, I hope you rot in hell you pissant fucks.

Thanks.

They also stole my bike, but it’s hardly as special. Look for hers, then we can talk about my crummy bike that I barely used.

10 replacement plot devices for the modern age

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:37:31 -0800

Amnesia → Hard drive crash
The self made man → The self-assembled robot
Red herring → Wireless red herring
Foreshadowing → 2^4shadowing
Double agent → Double User-Agent
Deus ex machina → iddqd
Unreliable narrator → Reliable narrator ^{[citation needed]}
The long con → The long cron
It was all a dream → It was all a webisode
The butler did it → The computer did it

"Punch-Drunk Love” is, as Anderson concedes, the first film he has made that is entirely his...."

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:57:21 -0800

““Punch-Drunk Love” is, as Anderson concedes, the first film he has made that is entirely his. “This one came from my stomach,” he says, laying a hand on his abdomen. “It’s referenceless. When you start out, you latch onto other movies, other styles, to help you get across what you’re trying to say. But this one is mine somehow — all mine.””

- Films of the decade: “Punch-Drunk Love” (via Rian Johnson)

I agree with the author that Punch-Drunk Love is one of the best movies ever, and the referenceless quality is part of what makes it so stunning. I encourage everyone to see it or see it again. But, I don’t really understand what she means by criticizing There Will Be Blood for being “just a film.” I think I need to rewatch TWBB and solidify my thoughts before I start ranting at length about Kubrickian qualities for the millionth time. No matter what, both films rank high on my not-yet-formalized decade list.

10 varieties of moulding with wonderful...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:27:53 -0800

10 varieties of moulding with wonderful names

Ovolo
Cartouche
Bandelet
Astragal
Egg-and-dart
Bolection
Mouchette
Cavetto
Lesbian cymatium
Gadroon

10 legitimate occupations found in Wikipedia's "Occupation Stubs" category that sound sexual

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:29:40 -0800