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Designer dogs.

An excerpt from the NY Times (full article): Woman’s Best Friend, or Accessory? By RUTH LA FERLA Published: December 7, 2006 Paige, Ms. Lewis’s dog, owns 40 outfits, among them an Hermès coat. Part of Ms. Lewis’s closet is designated for the dog. Like her mistress, she

Funnies.

by vinnieandhenry. Renée and I were ROFLOL today at work because of this, probably the funniest news article I’ve ever read. Surely the Stranger will get wind of this for their Last Days column. No pun intended. And then there was this, sent to my Weim mailing list (speaking

Ten little Weims.

originally uploaded by vinnieandhenry. A Weimaraner reunion, taken on a three-hour romp near the White River in Auburn. These dogs are all related to Oslo and Mies. That’s me in the middle with the green hat holding Oslo. Mies is standing on the rock in the back next to

Snowing in Seattle.

originally uploaded by callieo!. It’s snowing right now. I love it. Rain, rain, STAY AWAY….. We went snowshoeing at Hyak with James and the dogs on Friday. The snow was great! It reminded me of home. I didn’t want to come down off the mountain.

Neue Haas Grotesk.

How cool is this? A film about Helvetica; an excerpt from the director’s website: Haas’ director Hoffmann commissioned Miedinger, a former employee and freelance designer, to draw an updated sans-serif typeface to add to their line. The result was called Neue Haas Grotesk, but its name was later changed

Spiekermann on the House.

Check these out. I actually like the Neutra ones best. If we ever remodel our house someday…. And did you hear how they’re thinking of renaming the Golden Gate Bridge??? What a branding nightmare…. It would take generations for a new name to stick.

Poster of the Week.

I like this feature from the Stranger. Hi, Neha. 🙂

"Smoke 'em out" with PowerPoint.

photo by Ralf Stockmann. This is a really interesting excerpt, taken from Thomas E. Rick’s Fiasco, especially given Tufte’s assertions about PowerPoint: That reliance on slides rather than formal written orders seemed to some military professionals to capture the essence of Rumsfeld’s amateurish approach to war planning.

Je veux des bon bons!!!

Okay, this is great. My first time posting a video; I hope it comes through….

Hasselblad.

I went to a small (yet exquisite) photo exhibit the other night and the photographer used a Hasselblad medium-format camera in his work. I want one! Check out work from the Hasselblad Masters….