I've been blogged.

The Blogging Blogger Blog finally got me. The Blogging Bloger Blog is a pretentious, pointless and parasitic piece of performance art, which attempts to illustrate the aesthetic experience of reading blogs. Head over there to see a bigger version of....me and see others that have targeted.

Holy Crapple.

Apple just introduced a new 24" iMac.

Don't buy anything from Apple until after September 12.

Sending out an invitation that reads "It's Showtime" is reason enough.

"There will be an Apple special event one week from today, on September 12, at 10:00AM Pacific (1:00PM Eastern, 5:00PM GMT) at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco -- coinciding exactly with the opening day of the Apple Expo in Paris. Now for those of you keeping score at home, we may or may not see an updated nano, a new version of iTunes, a new Airport Express-type video streaming device, a new iMac, and/or possibly iTunes movie downloads."

[via Engadget]

Fingered at Disney World.

Walt Disney World is fingerprinting those who enter. Dirty. Read more about it here.

[via BoingBoing]

Internet Fun.

Over at says-it.com you can create your own custom cassette tape images and have it printed as a magnet or a sticker. Nice.

[via BoingBoing, which had a Goatse reference as well, but I upped the title of the cassette.]

Fall into Color.

The new PANTONE Fall 2006 Color Forecasting for Fall has been released. Download the PDF.

[via Coudal Partners]

Steve Jobs on Design and Creativity.

"Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service."

"To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Most people don't take the time to do that.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things."

More Stevie goodness here.

[via Design Observer]

Blogger my old friend

I've been crazy-busy with lots of work and haven't had time to blog or use the internet for anything other than project research. I'll have a few entries today and will try to keep it up.

Sorry

No posts for a while. Lots of side projects going on.

Better throw out that butter.

This is an interesting find I stumbled upon: Table of Condiments that Periodically Go Bad.

[via my Stumble! feed]

Not cool enough for school.

So I've been neglecting The Daily Visit....because there hasn't been anything too cool or interesting to write about for the past week. I have a couple of things to share while I wait for some files to copy over to the server. Enjoy!

Design not Within Reach.

According to Reuters, Design Within Reach posted losses for the second time this year AND missed their the deadline for filing financial reports, which has led to a threat of delisting by NASDAQ.

Why buy expensive stuff if you can't take it home right away? I'll just order it out of the catalog if it's going to take three weeks anyway.

[via Unbeige]

Pimp your cat.

Give your cat some grillz.

[via BoingBoing]

S+arck House

Check out this cool house building kit by Philippe Starck.

"The wooden box contains the general plan of the house and its components on a scale of 1:50, with and without canopy, with additional 150 m² floor space (ground floor, first floor, roof, two sections and all four facades), detailed plans on a scale of 1:50 for the ground woodwork, principles of woodworking (beams and joists, insulation, flooring and parquet), roofing woodwork, exterior construction work (windows on the four facades and plans for electrical wiring, heating and plumbing), a site checklist, a video showing the various stages of construction, commented by Philippe Starck, a step-by-step site management notebook, a blank notebook for the client's own comments, a hammer to symbolize the labour of building a house and a French flag for the topping out ceremony. The plans for the house, which can be customized, were drawn up by designer Patrick Bouchain and architects L. Juliene and J.M. Mandon. Needless to say, implementation of the project calls for skilled workers, official planning permission and adaptation to the site for local conditions."

It's being sold via the Apartment Therapy classified section for $2000 (add $30 for a VCR) See more and read more here.

[via Apartment Therapy]

Is it the shoes?

Stephon Marbury is not the money/ego-lusting basketball player we all thought he was.

"Stephon Marbury is now endorsing a sneaker that costs just $14.98, a pittance when compared with the often daunting prices that companies such as Nike and Reebok charge for their footwear."

He also plans on wearing the shoes during the season. Marbury will prove that if you wear $14.98 shoes or $300 shoes and if your team sucks, you'll still lose.

[via ESPN]

Haters want to hate.

There's a movement to kill the caps lock key on all future keyboards. Don't we all have better things to do?

[via Engadget]

Leaders finish first...with more money.

There is a very interesting article is in Communication Arts' photography annual regarding design management v. design leadership. Conclusion: leaders make more $$$$$.

[via Design Observer]

Photoshop Magic

A history of digitally altered magazine covers and news-worthy photographs can be found here on someone's page at Dartmouth. My favorite is still Ann Richards on that Harley. That's one white hot mama.

[via Coudal Partners]

Flat Silicone.

These silicone strainers from SiliconeZone look really cool....and they lay flat when not in use.

[via Cool Hunting]