Intelligentsia is a coffee bar in Venice, California, where espresso is “taken very seriously.” It makes me happy that people and places like this exist. In the video below, one …

Contemporist (my new favorite blog) posted photos of an amazing house designed by A-cero Architects:

“The balance on which rest the three principles defining this construction, beauty, firmness and utility …

I spent most of my high school computer class playing an awesome game called Ski Free. I didn’t realize everyone else was playing it, too. Apparently it’s wide …

For those of you who missed it, AOL just announced a completely new brand:

Now, I’m no branding expert, but to me these logos look terrible. The images are …

“A central aesthetic principle in Japan is simplicity, but it is different from simplicity in the West. Let me explain the difference by comparing cooking knives. The knives made by …

An interesting article on SitePoint in which Dmitry Baranovskiy, creator of the Raphaël JavaScript library, talks about the “terrible code” behind Google Closure and describes Closure as “a JavaScript library …

I don’t need any tubs, showerheads or bathroom fixtures, but when I do I’ll head to Davroc.

Especially cool is the Aquavision, a “luxury, waterproof and in-wall television …

An inspiring article by Spencer Fry, co-founder of Carbonmade. He discusses the history of their company and challenges they experienced transitioning from a client-project agency to a product company.

I …

“People who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen.

Announcing your plans to others satisfies your self-identity just enough that you’re less motivated to do …

It baffles me. As this little excerpt illustrates:

“This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock, powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US …

It has x-height of 3 pixels, it is italic, inspired by old masters and most important – made by hand. You must not look too closely, because colors get visible. It …

WebGL is an effort to bring native, high-performance 3D graphics to web browsers by offering a JavaScript API to OpenGL ES, which draws onto the <canvas> element. Very cool.

Jeff …

Just discovered Yahoo! Web Analytics. As you can imagine, it’s a website stats/reporting tool, similar to Google Analytics. However, as the Features page shows, YWA has some pretty …

This latest version of my site (which obviously isn’t finished :) seemed like the perfect opportunity to experiment with HTML5. It’s quite satisfying to markup a blog post inside …

Raphaël is a very slick looking JavaScript library for drawing and animating vector graphics with JavaScript. The API is simple and well thought-out and it supports all major browsers, including …

“there is much to be gained by running your own copy of WordPress. But clearly there is a price: constant vigilance.”

This is something I’ve been thinking a lot …