Charles Simmons
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Swissted: Classic Punk, Hardcore and Indie Show Flyers Meet Swiss Modernism
Classic show flyers from actual punk, hardcore and indie shows redesigned by Mike Joyce (Stereotype Design) with an eye toward Swiss Modernism.
Top 11 Albums of 2011 – The Year of the Anticipated Release
While compiling this list, it became apparent that the majority of the releases in this Top 11 for ’11 were, in fact, follow-up releases from artists who have either had a long and prolific career and are continuing to put out impressive albums or artists that so impressed with their debuts that their sophomore efforts...
Garrett McNamara Takes on 90-Foot Wave off Nazare, Portugal
While in Nazare, Portugal, working with the Portuguese Hydrographic Institute to study how the waves in the deep-water canyon off Nazare reach such unusual heights, Hawaiian big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara reportedly took on one of those unusual waves, a 90-foot monster. The Guinness World Record for the largest wave ever surfed is currently held by...
Google+ Now Open To Google Apps Users and Brands
In answer to two of the biggest criticisms of Google+ so far, the social network has opened up to Google Apps users and now allows brands to create Google+ Pages. The inability of Google Apps users, those who use the service on their own domains to create custom email address (user@custom.com), was a sticking point...
Square Card Case App Gives Users That Regular Feeling
The Square Card Case App feels very futuristic the first time you use it, and that’s exactly how it’s supposed to feel. This is the future of mobile payments. From Google Wallet and other Near-Field Communication (NFC) services that are in the works to Square’s venture into location-based mobile payments, physical wallets are becoming obsolete and...
The Gaslight Anthem Covers The Who’s “Baba O’Riley”
Take arguably the best rock ‘n’ roll song ever written, The Who’s “Baba O’Riley”, strip out the synthesizers and apply liberal amounts of New Jersey-bred gravelly vocals and you have The Gaslight Anthem’s version of that seminal track. The cover retains the anthemic feeling of the original while giving it a grunge-style overhaul sure to...
Google Wallet Aims to Let Users Pay Via Mobile Phone
Earlier this summer Google officially announced Google Wallet, a way for customers to use their mobile phones to pay for purchases by storing their credit card, gift card and coupons in one place, essentially replacing all the plastic cards they carry around now. When a customer goes to checkout at a participating location, they will...
2011 Burning Man Live Webcast on uStream
Burning Man has begun. The 50,000 people who will comprise the collection of human ephemera at this annual event have started congregating in the middle of the desert to create what will become the seventh-largest city in Nevada, replete with its own Post Office, Black Rock City. While the point of Burning Man (and one...
