Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising

contributed by Leroy James

Have you ever wanted to ‘generate content for major brands’? Have you ever found an ‘interstitial’ really, really ‘dope’? Perhaps you’d love to find out if your ‘user experience’ is living up to a corporation intentions. Then this is the site for you: Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising! (http://tpdsaa.tumblr.com/)

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written by Ame

Typography Jokes, We Has Them

Ever since I saw a shirt that said “Kern This Motherf*cker,” at one year’s Creative Summit, I’ve been searching for more typography puns without avail—that is until I found the designs submitted on MySoti. If you’re a type nerd (or a type of nerd, hurhur), then you’ll love these well designed shirts.

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written by Ame

Tetris as Art

contributed by Cacodaemonia

You really can’t call yourself a nerd/geek/dork (possibly not even a human?) unless you’ve played Tetris. Created on June 6, 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov, Tetris has become one of the most well-known and reinvented games ever. Some variation of Tetris has been ported to nearly every gaming system and handheld device since the 1980s. All seven puzzle shapes in Tetris are composed of four segments, and each unique shape is assigned its own color. These two features lend themselves exceptionally well to use in a wide variety of stylin’ arts and crafts.

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written by henchmen

More Fun that a Calculator Wristwatch

contributed by Leroy James

Within the last couple of years thanks to the invention of the cellphone, and now the smartphone, many calculators have fallen by the wayside. These days when you walk into an Office Depot the calculator section is at best slim pickings. Vintage Technology has, so far, the web’s largest vintage calculator gallery at over 550 calculators and counting from over 120 different brands.

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written by henchmen

Hipster Fashion: Men’s Swimwear

contributed by Leroy James

For any hipster dude spending their summer around the beach, or if you live in Austin, around Barton Springs you’ll find your choices for fashionable swimwear are pretty limiting. Luckily, lots of brands these days, like the skaters at Mishka and the gentlemen at Rag&Bone, have noted the fashionable dude’s lack of good swimwear and have done some great takes on the old swim trunks your dad wore. Don’t forget to accessorize them with your James Victore surfboard:

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written by henchmen