Archives: October 2011

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Written By Danny Nicolas

Its been nearly 4 years since I walked the streets of London and realized how large of a marketing force was behind popular band, and a reminder of how influential the band Coldplay had become. At every corner and on every radio station, Viva La Vida was broadcast to the senses. Fast forward a few [...]

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto





Cooking in Life

Written By Danny Nicolas

How can one not get excited about food? Some people limit themselves by only enjoying the "eating" part of food in the kitchen and dining process. Eating iss only 20% of the fun: preparing, cleaning, presenting, feeding, and eating. Five fun factors in food and I really do enjoy all of them, but i think [...]

Cooking in Life





Remembering Space Bears

Written By Danny Nicolas

It's been over a year and a half since Ben Driscoll stopped publishing Daisy Owl, one of the greatest Bear and Owl stories that has ever been told. Now is as good of a time as any to start at the beginning and read the adventures of the past.

Remembering Space Bears





Kate Beaton

Written By Danny Nicolas

"Nothing funny about happy people. I don’t know, you just look at a situation or a life, and you can kind of pick up the areas of conflict and delve in there, because that’s where the most story is. If someone’s happily married for 20 years, that’s great, but it’s not that funny. Usually, those [...]

Kate Beaton





Google Reader Finally Being Updated

Written By Danny Nicolas

I probably spend more time in Google Reader than I do Gmail (Google no doubt has these statistics) so allow me to share my excitement. Google announced today that the long wait for Google Reader to be updated is nearly over. The changes were announced in an article titled Upcoming changes to Reader: a new [...]

Google Reader Finally Being Updated





More Breakfast

Written By Danny Nicolas

An October breakfast with pepperjack cheese eggs, ketchup, tangerine slices, a banana, and (not pictured) a cold glass of water.

More Breakfast





Houses and More Houses

Written By Danny Nicolas

Here are a few links to a few more houses: Bridge House by Joeb Moore + Partners Architects. Dune House by Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter House in Kaga by AE5 partners Locarno House by designyougo Atrium House by Mesh Architectures Balnarring House by Simon Couchman Architects La Concha House by MOOARC

Houses and More Houses





Visual Search Engine

Written By Danny Nicolas

Treshr is a visual a search engine for Freecycle. Tina Roth at swissmiss has a good writeup on it. Check it out.

Visual Search Engine





New Interface for Typekit Fonts

Written By Danny Nicolas

Typekit has a new, faster interface for browsing fonts. Jason Santa Maria hints that more exciting things are coming soon from the typekit team. This is actually just the groundwork for some big things we’ve been busy with. Now that this is out there, we can start rolling out even more wonderful things. Hold on [...]

New Interface for Typekit Fonts





Norelius Studio Harbor House

Written By Danny Nicolas

Here's an interesting house from the Architects at Norelius Studio:

Norelius Studio Harbor House










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