CoverSpy

CoverSpy is a fascinating blog that makes me miss those beautiful short moments one shares with one’s fellow New Yorkers.  Here’s the creators’ description: “A team of publishing nerds hits the subways, streets, parks & bars to find out what New Yorkers are reading now.”

Doane Paper

Doane Paper is practical and perfect.  A combination of lined paper and graph paper, Doane Paper makes sense.  I haven’t used it yet, but I am thinking of trying an entirely Doane semester in the fall.  I’m always disappointed when I ruin a lovely page of handwritten notes by attempting to draw a matrix or graph without a grid to follow, so Doane paper might just be the perfect tool for keeping my notes tidy and my lines straight.

Animator vs. Animation

Thanks to my academic advisor for reminding me that this gem exists.  ”Animator vs. Animation” is a hilarious Flash animation by Alan Becker.  If you’ve ever animated something in Flash, you will really appreciate this.  You might also want to watch “Animator vs. Animation Part 2” if you are sick of the Windows XP desktop.

Nooooooooooooooo

The other day, I discovered http://nooooooooooooooo.com/, home of the “Instant No Button.”  Turn your volume up and visit this page whenever you find yourself in an epic fail sort of situation.

Indexed

Rediscovered via BlinkCast.  Jessica Hagy comes up with humorous and insightful graphs, draws them out on index cards, and posts the cards on the site Indexed.  She’s been making these clever graphs since 2006, which leads me to believe Indexed may have been one of the early inspirations for the internet’s recent graph craze (see GraphJam).

Here’s “Rural Astronomy” from Indexed:

Browser Pong

Found via Hello Bauldoff.  Lately I’ve been seeing some exciting new twists on classic arcade games pop up on the internet.  Two months ago, I posted about First-Person Tetris, a dizzying rendition of the well-known puzzle game.  Today I discovered Browser Pong, created by Stewart Smith, and I think it’s one of the coolest browser-based games I’ve ever seen.  Smith’s other work is also really interesting, so play the game and then make sure to check out the rest of his website.

Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald‘s blog post “A Pictorial Guide to Avoiding Camera Loss” made me laugh.  What a clever idea, and a perfectly executed one at that!  I like the way this guy thinks.  He recently published a children’s book called The Greatest Blogger In The World, which I think I need to buy because I imagine it is what my life would have been like if I had been born ten years later.

Cheeseburger Cupcakes

When I came across How to Make Cheeseburger Cupcakes yesterday, it was an instant bookmark.  Don’t these look delicious?

Western Spaghetti

I have just come across we love stopmotion, a blog about stop motion videos, and I am trying to restrain myself from reposting all of its amazing entries here. However, I cannot resist sharing PES‘ Western Spaghetti video with you readers, as it is one of the most innovative videos I’ve seen in a while:

Tea Sub

Found via SwissMiss.  To a tired Beatles fan who enjoys a good cup of tea, the Tea Sub is nothing short of genius.

Russian Stacking Byte Dolls

Found via Monster Munch.  Art Lebedev Studio had the idea to make Russian stacking doll sets that help you remember the order of byte size.

GoogleGoogleGoogleGoogle.com

GoogleGoogleGoogleGoogle.com is a mouthful to say and tedious to type, but it’s a neat idea for easy web searching.

(On a related note, Google Chrome is now available in beta for Macs!)

Dress For Dinner Napkins

I want pretty much everything that The Spoon Sisters sell, like these clever Dress For Dinner paper napkins:

Bubble Calendar

Bubble Calendars are a lot of fun.  Who doesn’t like popping bubble wrap every day of the year?  I have a 2009 Bubble Calendar and it is quite the conversation piece.  You can get a horizontal or vertical 2010 Bubble Calendar for the apt price of $20.10 at the Bubble Calendar website.

Super Epic Rainbow Cake

Found via Swissmiss, and too delicious not to repost.  Check out this Super Epic Rainbow Cake by Whisk Kid.  All I can say is nom nom nom nom nom nom.

Things To Be Happy About

Things To Be Happy About is a website created by Barbara Ann Kipfer, author of 14,000 Things to be Happy About.  The site features many randomly generated lists of things to make you smile.  I especially like the “Six Degrees of Happiness” page:

Deadline Post-It Stop Motion

Found via Sillycone Inc’s blog. You know how much I love stop-motion…

Every Person In New York

Jason Polan has rather ambitiously decided to draw every person in New York.  “He plans on working on the project until it is finished,” says MUG.  Polan’s drawings perfectly capture the fleeting moments and familiarity that make up New York life.  Here is Polan’s “People at the Museum of Modern Art.”

Boarded Up

Boarded Up is a project by James Reynolds, who had the clever idea to paste images in the boarded-up windows and doorways of businesses that have been closed down.

Dynomighty Wallets

I get a lot of comments about my wallet.  Most people say, “That’s so cool!  Did you make it?”  I regrettably have to say, “No, I wish I had!”  The wallet is one of Dynomighty Design‘s incredible, “mighty” Tyvek wallets that are virtually indestructible.  I’ve had my wallet for several years now and don’t foresee buying another wallet in the near, or even distant, future.