http://jasonsantamaria.com/oddities/ en Copyright 2008 2008-11-20T17:36:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Ffrenzic.com%2F&seed_title=Frenzic http://frenzic.com/ Frenzic, an awesome and addictive puzzle video game, is now out for the iPhone. This is one of the first iPhone games I haven’t been bored with after 10 minutes. From your friends at The Iconfactory and ARTIS Software. #]]> 2008-11-20T17:36:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fview_listing.php%3Flisting_id%3D17212177&seed_title=Snow+Angel+Letterpress+Cards http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17212177 letterpress holiday cards with blind printed snow angel. Great use of the medium. #]]> 2008-11-20T17:33:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aiga.org%2Fcontent.cfm%2Fthe-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway&seed_title=The+%28Mostly%29+True+Story+of+Helvetica+and+the+New+York+City+Subway http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway, a long and engrossing read on the history of typography in the NYC Subway. #]]> 2008-11-19T15:45:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.designspongeonline.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fvideo-debut-design-by-the-book.html&seed_title=Design+by+the+Book http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/11/video-debut-design-by-the-book.html Design by the Book, a collaboration between design*sponge and the New York Public Library, who’ve invited five Brooklyn-based artists to draw inspiration from the NYPL’s collections to make… something! They’ll film the whole deal like an independent Project Runway for visual designers. Subscribe for free on iTunes U. #]]> 2008-11-18T16:06:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.designersreviewofbooks.com%2F&seed_title=Designers+Review+of+Books http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com/ Designers Review of Books, reviews of new (and sometimes old) design books. Just launched, but already looks very promising. #]]> 2008-11-18T15:29:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Falistapart.com%2Fissues%2F272&seed_title=A+List+Apart%3A+Issue+272 http://alistapart.com/issues/272 Issue 272, What will it take to make web video accessible by default? And can a 404 page do more than just tell users something went wrong? Articles by Joe Clark and Dean Frickey. #]]> 2008-11-18T15:19:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnycityracks.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F29%2Fand-the-winners-are%2F&seed_title=New+bike+racks+in+NYC http://nycityracks.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/and-the-winners-are/ Hoop, by Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve from Copenhagen. 5,000 of the winning racks are expected to be installed over the next three years. I love how they installed the 10 finalists in Astor Place to see how people used them. #]]> 2008-11-14T20:32:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mysterywesterntheory.com%2Fvaleriemadill%2Findex.php%3F%2Fproject%2Flooking-at-libraries%2F&seed_title=Looking+at+Libraries http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/valeriemadill/index.php?/project/looking-at-libraries/ re-imagines book organization in libraries by using large color coded labels that contain all pertinent book information. #]]> 2008-11-12T19:28:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F2008%2Fnov%2F04%2Ftelevision-simon-pegg-dead-set&seed_title=Zombies+Don%26%238217%3Bt+Run http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/04/television-simon-pegg-dead-set The dead and the quick, Simon Pegg (of Shaun of the Dead fame) pleads for some sanity in keeping our zombies of the shambling variety. I couldn’t agree more. (via CP) #]]> 2008-11-11T17:39:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fao.com%2Fcatalog%2Ffactories%2Fmuppets.jsp&seed_title=Muppet+Whatnot+Workshop http://www.fao.com/catalog/factories/muppets.jsp personalized Muppet. So badass. #]]> 2008-11-11T17:37:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fisgraphicdesignart.com%2F&seed_title=Art+or+not http://isgraphicdesignart.com/ Is graphic design art? You make the call. #]]> 2008-11-10T22:18:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwellmedicated.com%2Finspiration%2F100-illustrated-horror-film-posters-part-1%2F&seed_title=Illustrated+Horror+Film+Posters http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/100-illustrated-horror-film-posters-part-1/ Part 1 and Part 2. Many of these remind me of my childhood and nights spent with friends to have mini horror movie marathons. Lots of classic stuff like Death Race 2000, House, Dawn of the Dead, Re-Animator, Escape from New York, and tons of Jaws ripoffs. #]]> 2008-11-10T17:09:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wearebuild.com%2Ftemporary%2Fobjectified.jpg&seed_title=Logo%2C+Objectified http://www.wearebuild.com/temporary/objectified.jpg Evolution of the Objectified logo (design by Build) for Gary Hustwit’s upcoming documentary of the same name. #]]> 2008-11-10T16:37:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fforvo.com%2F&seed_title=Forvo http://forvo.com/ Forvo, all the words in the world. Pronounced. So cool. #]]> 2008-11-04T03:13:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fjontangerine.com%2Flog%2F2008%2F10%2Ffont-face-in-ie-making-web-fonts-work&seed_title=%40font-face+in+IE%3A+Making+Web+Fonts+Work http://jontangerine.com/log/2008/10/font-face-in-ie-making-web-fonts-work Making Web Fonts Work, Jon Tan on the (sad) state of font embedding online. #]]> 2008-11-03T19:21:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cockeyed.com%2Farchive%2Fcandy_code%2Fcandy_code.html&seed_title=Candy+Code http://www.cockeyed.com/archive/candy_code/candy_code.html candy code while trick-or-treating to help others find the good stuff. Similar to the hobo code. #]]> 2008-11-03T19:18:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fthepenguinblog.typepad.com%2Fthe_penguin_blog%2F2008%2F09%2Fbook-design-to.html&seed_title=Design+to+get+you+hiding+under+the+covers http://thepenguinblog.typepad.com/the_penguin_blog/2008/09/book-design-to.html Beautifully spooky series of new Penguin book covers for some classics from Poe, Lovecraft, Stroker, and more. I think I might need all of these. #]]> 2008-10-31T19:08:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fxrl.us%2Fovpkh&seed_title=Horror+on+Hulu http://xrl.us/ovpkh fun free horror movies on Hulu for your All Hallows’ enjoyment, including: 28 Days Later, The Thing, Near Dark, Carnival of Souls, and more. #]]> 2008-10-31T13:34:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.classicsapp.com%2F&seed_title=Classics http://www.classicsapp.com/ Classics, an iPhone book reader stocked with an ever growing supply of literary classics (more Verne and Wells, please). Beautiful UI and custom book cover designs. #]]> 2008-10-31T13:14:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FFonts%2FMisc%2Feot-report-2008&seed_title=For+and+against+standardizing+font+embedding http://www.w3.org/Fonts/Misc/eot-report-2008 #]]> 2008-10-30T20:16:00-05:00