December, 2010

And, and then —

Posted by Robin Camille in photography, type on December 28th, 2010 .

Left: wood, bearably light. Right: ceramic, pleasantly weighty. (Apologies for Hipstamatic. Promise to fix camera soon.)


Trees, winter, Illinois

Posted by Robin Camille in illinois, outdoors, photography on December 26th, 2010 .

Autocomplete alphabet

Posted by Robin Camille in internet on December 22nd, 2010 .

I use Google’s browser Chrome Chrome (after much harassment), which is all about autocompletion in the URL/search bar. So here are the URLs that come up when I type in each letter of the alphabet. A is for Amazon B is for Bank of America C is for CUMTD.com [transit in Champaign-Urbana] D is for DiveIntoPython.org [...]


*Santa* brandbook

Posted by Robin Camille in droll, internet on December 21st, 2010 .

The consulting firm Quietroom has created a “brandbook” for Santa. It is so clever. You should read the whole thing here. (via GOOD, which is owned by MSN? Didn’t know that.)


Let us all take style cues from Another Country

1 comment Posted by Robin Camille in film, style on December 17th, 2010 .

Still from Another Country (1984). Plays-turned-movies about troubled, sexually ambiguous young men in elite British prep schools never fail to draw me in. (See: The History Boys.) Rupert. Everett. In a pink hat. Can I just say, young Colin Firth in pajamas, reading in bed. Can I just. Can I just say that. Okay.


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