A curiosity outlet.Tumblr (3.0; @mralex)http://mralex.tumblr.com/<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kobypfdMBY1qzt5pyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>**Neon Wavelength ** New desktop wallpaper? You’re damn right.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jdhancock">JD Hancock</a>)</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/162245275http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/162245275Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:41:39 -0700<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/2w9XXXqFFq252wufygSQBsfco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://artpixie.tumblr.com/post/144229385/tumblr-on-vi-sualize-us">artpixie</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://vi.sualize.us/view/327ce7f3aaadd1c69a9fe32dbf616296/">Tumblr on vi.sualize.us</a></blockquote> <p>Monorail cat, now boarding.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/148481332http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/148481332Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:21:00 -0700“<p>Cook said during Tuesday’s earnings report conference call that Apple has “some ideas” on how to improve the [App Store] experience.</p> <p>“As you know, today we do it by type of app and also have show popular apps and top-selling apps, et cetera,” Cook said. “We realize there’s opportunity there for further improvement and are working on that.”</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/22/apple_suggests_app_store_redesign_in_the_works.html">Apple suggests App Store redesign in the works</a></p> <p>So that’s coming <em>real</em> soon, right?</p></em>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/146931015http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/146931015Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:04:00 -0700<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/KOKm1U0w3q6he13aiFJSnLZao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Geneology and Genetics Charts” <em>Graphic Presentation</em>, Willard Cope Brinton, 1939</p> <p>I love these infographics.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mstoll">Prof. Michael Stoll</a>)</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/146206277http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/146206277Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:05:00 -0700designinfographics1939<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/KOKm1U0w3q6hbxlmYCxOKx3Do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Flow Charts” <em>Graphic Presentation</em>, Willard Cope Brinton, 1939</p> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mstoll">Prof. Michael Stoll</a>)</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/146205342http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/146205342Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:04:00 -0700designinfographics1939<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/KOKm1U0w3q6h9ne5IjGLYtbto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Maps with Circles and Sector Charts” <em>Graphic Presentation</em>, Willard Cope Brinton, 1939</p> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mstoll">Prof. Michael Stoll</a>)</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/146204162http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/146204162Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:02:00 -0700designinfographics1939<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/f2OmQc1cjq4jebk66ttvlblEo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://papertissue.tumblr.com/">papertissue</a>)</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/145684563http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/145684563Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:21:59 -0700<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/JBy6l1Bb3q10gj42OquEaqc2o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ffffound.tumblr.com/post/143748701/but-does-it-float">ffffound</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://ffffound.com/image/b9825e78527872001753c78b850b106e202157e9">but does it float</a></blockquote> <p>There’s more depth and detail in this than it appears at first glance.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/143769516http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/143769516Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:54:37 -0700designminimalgeometricblackwhitepink<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/2w9XXXqFFq01km5sjUE5fICFo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://artpixie.tumblr.com/post/143299285/via-salva-l-pez">artpixie</a>:</p> <blockquote>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/senyoriguana">Salva López</a>)</blockquote> <p>Sure, the composition is awesome. But the colour palette is even better.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/143301285http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/143301285Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:00:00 -0700designpalettepurpleyellowredblack<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=2f9cab89e1&photo_id=3727996595&flickr_show_info_box=true&hd_default=false" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=2f9cab89e1&photo_id=3727996595&flickr_show_info_box=true&hd_default=false" height="225" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bovinity/3727996595/">Leafy Dragon Fish</a></strong></p> <p>My girlfriend and I took a trip to the Monterey Aquarium this past weekend with the intent to see the Seahorse exhibit. My main desire was to see these amazing <em>sea dragons</em>.</p> <p>Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leafy_sea_dragon">informs me</a> they’re from Australia, which makes sense, since everything in Australia is apparently designed to either kill you, or avoid getting killed at all cost. And these sea monsters are clearly designed to stay alive.</p> <p>I could watch them for hours.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/143264340http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/143264340Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:52:00 -0700fishseadragondragon fishmontereyseahorse<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/vVmbDWseNpyyv5xb2LdUXNtQo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://1nation.eu/post/142746633/late-night-walk-via">peetypassion</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Late night walk</b></p> <p><a href="http://www.eyefetch.com/p/35/1088650-f0b9dd07-f86c-48dd-ab55-f9471555c219.jpg">via</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I imagine this is what my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bovinity/2805450172">Token</a> does when I’m not around. That is, stalking around 18th century Europe.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/143238769http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/143238769Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:07:03 -0700<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/rQB56N9HDpzb9huy8Zqit3Dfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://joncontino.tumblr.com/post/142915877/a-time-to-get-fashionably-old-and-even-made-in">joncontino</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://www.atimetoget.com/2009/07/fashionably-old-and-even-made-in.html">a time to get: Fashionably Old And Even Made In America</a></blockquote> <p>I love everything about this letter. The gaudy logos, the content, even that signature.</p> <p>Yours truly.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/142983329http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/142983329Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:51:00 -0700americanaexpertjacob adlerthievestypographydesign<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cH6r2tIaRXU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cH6r2tIaRXU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>My reality requires some augmentation, stat. I also need a towel.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/142387685http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/142387685Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:47:57 -0700iphoneaugmented realityawesomeacrossair<a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/brand_new_is_brand_new.php">Brand New: Brand New is Brand New</a>: <p>And extra sexy.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/142273017http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/142273017Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:56:06 -0700webdesignminimalclean<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J3uT_dh2tB8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J3uT_dh2tB8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Claude Lelouch’s 1976 film, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27%C3%A9tait_un_rendez-vous">C’était un rendez-vous</a>. 9 minutes of a Mercedez 450SEL hurtling through Paris, at over 100mph, in the the early hours of the morning.</p> <p>Try doing that today.</p> <p><a href="http://www.kottke.org/09/07/what-fast-looks-like">via Kottke</a></p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/142174614http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/142174614Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:40:00 -0700parisspeedcarmercedez-benz1976video<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/KOKm1U0w3pvavjq1doqwCBDbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Vile, ersatz coffee.</strong></p> <p>That brown color is pretty much how it tastes. Also, watery.</p> <p>The fact it was free doesn’t help in the slightest.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/141030889http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/141030889Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:17:00 -0700mccafevilefakeersatzmocha<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/KOKm1U0w3pv2p9sz9psVj7Mwo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Check out this awesome spacer.gif, guys. At 420x390, you could literally space the crap out of anything with it.</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.sarancorporation.co.jp/stocklstani/spacer.gif"><a href="http://www.sarancorporation.co.jp">www.sarancorporation.co.jp</a></a></p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/140921782http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/140921782Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:29:07 -0700Me: I JUST KNOCKED SALAD ALL OVER THE FLOOR<br /> Me: BUGGER<br /> S: OH MAN<br /> ME: it's like i'm sitting in a bloody garden<br /> S: its god's way of telling you to not eat healthy<br /> Me: i know<br /> Me: MOAR BACON PLZ<br /> S: Next time a BLT w/ xtra mayo!http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/139241232http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/139241232Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:02:34 -0700“Drinking at the hotel bar. The bartender appears accidental and has better things to do right now.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://twitter.com/mralex/status/1356844959">Twitter / Alex Roberts: Drinking at the hotel bar. …</a></p> <p>The hotel didn’t have free wifi after all. Thanks online booking site, you’re the best. The poorly staffed bar did have an endless supply of Carling though.</p> <p>I forgot how wimpy the water pressure is around here. Showers are akin to running naked through some light rain, with the lightness of a cascade of feathers.</p> <p>Driving after a 10 hour flight is going to be stressful wherever you are. It doesn’t help my nav system has a funny accent. And English roads are pretty bad, nothing like the glorious congested highways of the Bay Area; these are narrow, congested highways, full of roundabouts.</p> <p>And now I have a three hour drive ahead, up to the Midlands. Just as soon as I figure out where the damn side mirror adjuster is…</p></em>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/88151069http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/88151069Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:20 -0700<p>I’m surprised, and a little sad, that SFO still doesn’t have free wifi. Apparently my hotel in London does. So there.</p> <p>I guess I don’t really need wifi, sitting in a bar, waiting for my gate to open.</p> <p>One last American beer before the good stuff… Sam Adams is OK, but, you know.</p>http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/87767117http://mralex.tumblr.com/post/87767117Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:44:00 -0700