Six random and only vaguely related things that I’m loving this week:

“Snacks of the Great Scribblers” from the New York Times (a portion of which is shown above).
Beyond the Perf’s 2012 stamp preview (I’m loving the cherry blossom design).
Fab.com’s daily design bargins.
Hipster Puppies– I feel this is pretty self-explanatory.
Pinwheels and their symbolism
The “Airmail Origami” T-Shirt [...]

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“The Current War,” an infographic from Good magazine.
I’m loving this infographic from Good about the development of electricity, Tesla and Edison (click for a larger image).  Ever since I saw “The Prestige,” I’ve been fascinated with rivalry between Tesla and Edison.  I feel like there has got to be a great book about this, kind [...]

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Heather K. Phillips designed these Stamps of Disapproval.  I’m a fan– there are times in my personal and professional life that these would come in handy.  Oh, and if you used StazOn ink, you could even disapprove of all sorts of public signs…  They are available for purchase from Schooled.  Now, which one really captures [...]

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“Entrance to Dreamland, Coney Island, NY” c. 190- in the NYPL’s collection.
The time!  Oh goodness.  Can I blame the holidays?  That I just ran a marathon?  That it gets dark at like, what, 4:30 or something obscene like that… Well, regardless of my own lack of writing, there is loads to read about the post [...]

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It seems awfully early to start the calendar obsessing, I think I said something about holding off until November 1, but there are just too many good ones to keep quiet.  Herewith, links to just a few of the calendars that are catching my eye:

Pie Bird Press’ 2011 Seasonal Produce Calendar
Plasticouture’s Until 2044, steel working [...]

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“Hooray Hands 2011 Calendar” from Curiousdoodles via Etsy.
I’m on my way to San Francisco now, but I wanted to share this with you.  Just yesterday I came across what is sure to be a new favorite blog, Design Crush.  Seriously friends, why did you not tell me about this corner of the internet?  Of course, [...]

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“Everything in Iceland has a milky white quality to it” in Jeanine Caron’s Flickr Stream

Once again, I’ve been away much longer than I meant to.  Unfortunately, well happily for me as a human but not so much for me as a blogger, I’m going to remain busy.  I’m heading to San Francisco and Oakland this [...]

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Inspired by a post on the Letter Writer’s Alliance, today I present two spaces– one space I’m seriously jealous of and one space I’m really excited about. First, how cool is The Papered Parlour (pictured above via Don’t Panic Magazine)?!  The more I learn about London the more I’m convinced I should move 3,600 [...]

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Things will be a big quiet around here for a bit.  I’ve got some work travel this week (so, actually it’s hardly a break…) and it’s my birthday.  Let’s pick back up on the 19th or so, shall we?  For now, here are a few things I’ve been ogling or reading lately:

Budget Raygun: honestly, do [...]

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I spend a lot of time on my computer (at work and at home) and on the phone.  These two items have gotten me thinking about the possibilities for an incredible home office/studio/desk/base.  First, (pictured above) the iRetrophone Classic Black by Free Land Studios, $195 via Etsy.  Wouldn’t it also look great on my bedside [...]

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