Andy

I'm a designer for Netscape in New York City, and a rabid Mets fan. I am desperately seeking to avoid MySpace, and could really use some gold stars.

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Helvetica: The Film
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Helvetica: The Film

Art & Design – Director Gary Hustwit explores the love/hate relationship for this ubiquitous typeface, including interviews with industry icons. Set to start screening early 2007. (via whatdoiknow.org)

Submitted and Voted for on August 08, 2006 08:59am

Tasty Type at the Supermarket
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Tasty Type at the Supermarket

Art & Design – FontShop goes to the market in search of good type and food packaging. They deconstruct their favorites (and tell you which typefaces are used).

Submitted and Voted for on August 08, 2006 08:46am

France kicks out Brazil in quarterfinals
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France kicks out Brazil in quarterfinals

Sports – France defeats Brazil 1-0. The game's only goal was scored on a free kick, France's Zinedine Zidane to Thierry Henry. France will face next Portugal (winners earlier in the day over England) in the semifinals.

Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2006 05:08pm

World Cup: A look at the Elite Eight
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World Cup: A look at the Elite Eight

Sports – Sports Illustrated looks at the upcoming matches in 2006 World Cup action. Their expert Thomas Rongen gives his picks. According to Rongen, Brazil v. France could be the greatest game of this year's tournament.

Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2006 09:07am

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Randy Moss: Smoothie sommelier

Sports – After tasting a smoothie for the first time a few years ago with the Minnesota Vikings, NFL receiver Randy Moss decided to bring a smoothie store franchise to his native West Virginia.

Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2006 08:59am

Ronaldo and Brazil headed to World Cup quarterfinals
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Ronaldo and Brazil headed to World Cup quarterfinals

Sports – Ronaldo scored for Brazil (his 15th in cumulative World Cup action) and Brazil bested newcomer Ghana 3-0. Brazil now heads to the quarterfinals where they will face the winner of today's Spain/France matchup.

Submitted and Voted for on June 27, 2006 04:39pm

Slate.com Redesigns
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Slate.com Redesigns

Art & Design – Slate has a new look (but I can't really remember the old one). Anyway, according to the article, now that Slate isn't owned by Microsoft they have an easier time designing for other browsers. Fun. [via whatdoiknow.org]

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2006 11:24pm

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Ping! Oregon State wins first College World Series

Sports – The OSU Beavers were constantly down in their series, but always seemed to find a way to come back. They defeated the UNC Tar Heels tonight 3-2, helped by some sloppy UNC defense.

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2006 11:13pm

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NL Player of the Week (6/25): Jose Reyes

Sports – For the second straight week, Jose Reyes gets Player of the Week honors. He improved on his previous award-winning week when he hit .500 to this past week where he hit .613. Reyes also hit for his first cycle in a losing effort at Toronto.

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2006 10:37pm

Becks barfs but bullies Ecuador in England win
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Becks barfs but bullies Ecuador in England win

Sports – David Beckham scored England's only goal in the 60th minute. A few minutes later he was vomiting, then out of the game. England went on to win 1-0 to go to 3-1-0 in World Cup action. Beckham has scored a goal in three consecutive World Cups.

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2006 08:44am

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Frisco old-timers showing their age

Sports – The Giants this year are an injury-prone old team. Barry Bonds came out of yesterday's game with a minor leg injury he sustained while sliding into a base. Other injured Giants include Moises Alou, Mike Matheny, Omar Vizquel and Armando Benitez.

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2006 08:38am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / 1 sink

The many obstacles of George Bush

Politics – People will do lots of things to express their frustration over the current political climate. Here, you direct a rag doll Bush as he freefalls.

Submitted and Voted for on June 17, 2006 10:53am

Grim day for pitcher Grimsley in HGH bust
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Grim day for pitcher Grimsley in HGH bust

Sports – Journeyman pitcher Jason Grimsley of the Arizona Diamondbacks has been cooperating with investigators after being caught purchasing HGH, or human growth hormone. Part of his cooperation has been naming names of other baseball players he claims are steroid users. Smoking Gun has the affidavit.

Submitted and Voted for on June 08, 2006 10:43pm

Iraq's Most Wanted killed by airstrike
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Iraq's Most Wanted killed by airstrike

News – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed during a U.S. airstrike near Baquba, Iraq according to authorities on Thursday. Read the full article for details, and watch the "celebration" video.

Submitted and Voted for on June 08, 2006 09:00am

East meets West with the baseball card
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East meets West with the baseball card

Art & Design – This interesting article looks at the craft and design of baseball cards from Japan. Different from their American counterparts, these unique cards are not always the standard size and often aren\'t filled with statistical information.

Submitted and Voted for on June 07, 2006 08:16am

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