Good news: I can write proper English under pressure. Can you?
Turns out I can also “do simple maths.”
Don’t fret if you’re not quite as successful. This is the same site, after all, that invites you to play “Dress the Royal Baby!” and “Count the Kittens.”
Looks like KREM 2 News has discovered the SPOMa exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Here’s their story, which aired this morning.
Because she’s a right thoughtful lass, Shirlee arrived at the office this morning with some dark chocolate and sea salt-covered caramels from Chocolate Apothecary. Just how good are they? Um…you’re going to need a cigarette afterward.
“We should work on making our world understandable and not make it more confused. What looks like wood should also be wood and iron should remain iron.” – Günter Behnisch, from The Architect Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012)
Need a little perspective? Ever wonder where you fit in the grand scheme of things? Click here, then prepare to be dazzled. (Or depressed. Either way…)
It was just announced that Michelle Hege has been named president and CEO of Desautel Hege Communications.
I remember Michelle coming to our firm’s office on East Sprague back in the mid-90s. If not the first, it was one of the first times we met. Cheerful, energetic, warm, and seemingly fresh out of college, she was working at Medical Service Corporation under the tutelage of Cher Desautel. As I recall, we were working on a pocket folder design.
Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Michelle and her team on several projects. It’s no surprise to see her rise within her company and within the industry. A consummate professional with deep PR and communications knowledge, she has an impeccable reputation. And, I have to add, absolutely perfect hair.
Congratulations, Michelle.
“Hone in on” has been popping up in conversations lately. We’ve dealt with this issue here before, so I won’t belabor the point. Just please take a moment to refresh your memory.
Done? Good. Let’s move on to the difference between compliment and complement.
When you confess admiration for my Adonis-like physique, you’re paying me a compliment. When the idea you’re trying to convey is completing or matching, however, the appropriate word is complement. In other words, a cask-strength single malt and a Partagas no. 10 aren’t complimentary (unless they’re being nice to each other); they’re complementary.
“I went to Peru and all I got were these lousy flesh-eating maggots.”
Is this the worst-written headline ever…or the best? (I vote “best.”)
It’s “unclear” whether drugs were involved: “The 23-year-old man allegedly entered the first house by going headfirst through the front window around 12:05 a.m. on Tuesday. He was confronted by the owner, an 86-year-old woman who hit him with her cane.”
Vampire graves uncovered in Poland!
Thanks to a case of “transient global amnesia in a fugue state,” Michael Boatwright now speaks only Swedish. Lucky.
With the walking campaign I did to get this internship, I got to know quite a few design firms here in Spokane, including some marketing offices that I’d never heard of. But with how helveticka does their collaborative work and just the standard printing processes, I get to see all sides of design. It’s normal or typical to pick up prints or collaborative work from other companies, but for me, doing anything on behalf of helveticka is exciting. Spokane has a great design community!
On another note: This is a get-to-know-the-intern moment! I am most definitely, without a doubt, in love with city life. But growing up, my second home was West Glacier, Montana. I have an abundance of family there and have enjoyed traveling every single summer to visit. This past weekend, I took the time to go and visit. The picture at left is a shot I took of my sister on the trail right next to the famous Old Bridge in West Glacier.
What’s your favorite summer travel spot?
Last week it was the news that Jim Kelly had died; this week it’s a reminder that nothing lasts forever:
This used to be Bud’s Jazz Records in Seattle. Since it closed five years ago, I’d pretty much forgotten about it. Heck, I hadn’t even been by to see what remained of it until yesterday, when I realized it’s right around the corner from where the boys from ILF Media and I were shooting. Just about every trip I’ve ever made to Seattle, though—going back to the mid-80s, anyway—necessitated a visit. Here’s a shot from happier times.
This is why the writer should never leave the office. While Aaron is playing over in Seattle (actually, he’s interviewing clients for a video project) iNid had a birthday. She molted! Aaron will enjoy trying to find where I hid her old skin as soon as I figure out how to get it out of her cage. (It’s in the upper right of the image.)
I know what you’re thinking. “The History of Typography?” Yawn. But Yukon-based graphic designer Ben Barrett-Forrest has a way of making it interesting. No, really. Check it out…
“I’m going to get my degree in graphic design and I won’t have to do math.” False. Welcome to 3D design!
I had a great week finishing my first small project, starting another, and helping out with drawing up the dimensions of a 3D project we are doing. I am basically a professional at converting measurements to 1:12 scale now thanks to Shirlee.
The downside to internships is that they end and I won’t be around once this project is done and fabricated. I guess I will have to stalk helveticka once I leave…
This New York Times article is well worth a couple of minutes of your time today.
Jason Everman has the unique distinction of being the guy who was kicked out of Nirvana and Soundgarden, two rock bands that would sell roughly 100 million records combined. At 26, he wasn’t just Pete Best, the guy the Beatles left behind. He was Pete Best twice.
Then again, he wasn’t remotely. What Everman did afterward put him far outside the category of rock’n’roll footnote. He became an elite member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, one of those bearded guys riding around on horseback in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban.
As if that weren’t enough for one lifetime, Everman just earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Columbia.
Seriously. Read the whole thing.
If Bioshock Infinite is considered a “first-person shooter,” then this is surely a first-person sorter. (While this, from the same developer, simply defies classification.)
One mystery apparently solved; another tantalizingly close. And a third…well, let’s just say that the Minnesota Iceman cometh.
Eight UFO-shaped buildings! (Regular readers are already familiar with one of them.)
From the same database that brought us these cringe-inducing factoids comes this stunning conclusion: Using your cell phone while walking is likely to lead to injury. Read the whole article, if only for the “schadenfreudic gems.”