Print is dead?

Joel Johnson's commentary on the 75th anniversary issue of Esquire.

I feel great!

Via Dave Winer.

Objectified.

Hustwit's new film on design, premiering in 2009.

Tony Clifton lives.

It's somehow right that he outlived Andy Kaufman.

PerversionTracker.

After ages, it's back. Wonderful satires of crapware for the Mac.

Banksy.

Multi-part piece on the great anonymous street artist.

Beautifully pointless.

The Web design of Rafael Rozendaal. Flash that doesn't piss me off.

Microsoft wants to f*ck up your car, too.

Microsoft is expanding its Automotive Business Services, beginning with Live Search. I wonder how bad it will really be.

Ted "Tubes" Stevens indicted.

Seven felony counts. Fairbanksans, take note: come help the Interior Democrats mark the 1-year anniversary of the FBI raid on Sen. Stevens' home in Girdwood; feel free to bring signs asking VECO to help you with your next house renovation. Wednesday, July 30, 11:30 am at Senator Ted Stevens' campaign office on Old Steese Highway.

Physical theories as women.

From McSweeney's.

Oliver Stone's "W."

Leaked trailer for Oliver Stone's forthcoming film about George W. Bush.

"Fonts are the clothes that words wear."

The National Post on TypeCon 2008.

Ex-Google employees unveil new search engine.

Cuil.

The word on voting.

Acropolis.

Interactive preview of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens.

A call from Steve.

"This is Steve Jobs," he began. "You think I'm an arrogant [expletive] who thinks he's above the law, and I think you're a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong." Kick-ass way to start a phone call.

Interactive map of Bush crimes.

Handy guide, via Slate.

Obama in Berlin.

Amazing photo.

Happy SysAdmin Day!

Hats off to you modern-day sorcerors!

The trouble with Apple.

David Pogue on the nightmare of Apple's MobileMe rollout and Apple's problem with customer service on the large scale. And before any fanboy flames fly, I am a Mac user.

What triggers the Northern Lights?

Scientists now think they know. Photo courtesy of Jan Curtis.

Alaska pinup girl.

Photo on the wall, Fairbanks cab dispatch office. Mobile post.

Robert Novak, compassionate conservative.

Willfully outing a CIA operative is a hard act to follow, but Bob Novak is on his way.

Odd Mickey Mouse statues in Beijing.

Via BoingBoing.

Man arrested with record blood alcohol level.

About .490 in Rhode Island. Lightweight.

Real Dan Lyons.

Formerly known as Fake Steve Jobs. Welcome back.

The 10 ugliest cars sold in the US.

Via Jalopnik. This 2008 Jeep Compass Rallye is particularly stunning.

Barack Obama's elitist summer abroad.

More brilliant commentary from Colbert. Thanks, Craig!

New York Post publishes McCain op-ed piece.

The "liberal" NYT rejected McCain's error-filled op-ed. Thanks goodness for Rupert Murdoch.

Howard Rheingold.

"A Technosocial Koan."

Optimus Pultius.

When Optimus Maximus isn't enough. Art Lebedev's new keyboard.

Letters to Charlie.

Bill Geerhart's letters to serial killers.

Lawsuits against bloggers rising.

So what is free speech?

Fun JibJab.

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Cab fare.

$15 of hard-earned money. Mobile post.

Too stupid to deserve a computer.

Moron orders new MacBook Pro, can't figure out how to open it. Via Apple's discussion forums.

Downtown for Golden Days.

One for Michelle.

NYT on birders in Central Park.

Karl Rove: man of God's law.

He's still out of the country, refusing a subpoena because he may be indicted. I can't wait to try that with the IRS.

HP ships 32 pieces of paper in 17 boxes.

Via The Consumerist. I've ordered entire computer systems that came in smaller packages. Somebody needs to start coming to work sober.

The Macintosh Finder.

I'm trying to help a friend make the transition to OS X and am realizing that I've used Macs for so long I'm hard-put to find a decent metaphor for the actions of the Finder. I'd sure appreciate any private emails or Tweets.

George W. Bush Sewage Treatment Plant.

The renaming qualifies for the November 4 San Francisco ballot. An appropriate legacy.

Theeese are the JBs!

Where's the thong? No crack either, I guess. Damn.

I love clouds.

We'll see how this turns out. Mobile post.

Update: not bad for 2 megapixels on an iPhone.

iBrick.

No idea if it's real or not, but funny nonetheless.

That's how I roll.

Via John Gruber on Twitter.

Live in the USA, die faster.

Stupid, sick, fat and broke: what shame. I guess that explains a lot about the last eight years.

Betty.

Color for "the hair down there."

The sissy city.

Seattle: you just want to help them. $5 million of taxpayer money later, and they can't figure out public toilets.

The Periodic Table of Videos.

Courtesy of the University of Nottingham. You might learn something before it's done, to quote Bill Cosby.

The soothing sounds of BASIC.

Audio conversion of the first perfect dump of software for the Apple I. Makes dogs crazy and pisses off the neighbors.

Why Trent Reznor rocks.

He's created the most interesting business models in music in decades, whether you like his music or not. Bio here. A nice refresher. Tori Amos and Courtney Love?

It's all about the customer.