Things to check out in San Fran Aug 21, 08, 5:20 p.m.

Hey all,
I know more than a few of you have visited/hung out in/are from SF --- going to be down there midweek next week through the weekend ....what to do?
going to go down the coast to surf a bit at least one of the days

places to stay people have recommended in the past included: The King George, The Pickwick ....others?

Defo gonna stop in Ritual Roasters for a coffee or two..hehe

NY Times Olympics flag Aug 6, 08, 4:25 a.m.

I like all the great infographics the Times has been putting out (http://www.nytimes.com/interact…… ?)

but this I could do without:

I mean, come on ...kind of a slap in the face to what the Olympic rings stand for...even a bit of irony in some ways....

Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro font Jul 3, 08, 9:59 p.m.

argh

this is killing me

what is this font? slanted M, retro .....used ins ome other brand I can't think of right now

design portals dying? why? Dec 16, 07, 3:10 p.m.

just noticed another design portal, lounge72 (http://www.lounge72.com) is closed now. The comment on the PBS remarks about first Pixelsurgeon closing down too.

Curious? why is this happening? is it just the usual turnover, maintainers moving on to other things etc...? or is it something larger like the impact of the massive / major social networks like facebook overtaking more 'niche' portals ........or that there's too many blogs, too many sources of links and discussion on things like delicious and..well, just all the blogs out there...

I don't expect NT, uhh, I mean, QBN to go that way anytime soon...seems quite stable....userbase, new site and all .... but some of those other longtime portals........kaput.....
...surprised K10K has stuck around out of all of them....
DiK is in transition I see now too...

Maybe what it is,... is that the old sites, their maintainers and regular posters etc.... are reaching a threshold, where they must decide if they want to redesign to bring their 'portal' up to more social networking/bookmarking/community standards of interaction, design, etc ...... or risk basically dying a slow death....

random thoughts for the day anyways....

Long live the design portals

book: LOGO by Michael Evamy Dec 9, 07, 10:08 a.m.

http://www.amazon.com/LOGO-Micha…

any good? seems a bit more of a reference book than the showcases that are Los Logos etc...

anyone got this?