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Andy Thompson is an entrepreneur, a designer and a mostly sane human being building incredibly awesome things on the internet. He calls Brooklyn home.
Saturday
July 24

1500 live ladybugs, accidently bought while drunk, feels bad.

“So, after consuming pot brownies and getting a little too drunk on thanksgiving a friend and i decided to buy 1500 live ladybugs from amazon, which was a great idea until they came in the mail. Now they’re sitting on my windowsill and I have nothing to really do with them. If i set them free they’ll die in this weather, if I leave them on my windowsill they’ll die. So, if you have a greenhouse or some kind of animals to feed them to it’d be awesome. I don’t want to ruin 1500 lives. Email me and tell me what your’e gonna do with them, and if you can come pick them up. And they’re yours.” via Craigslist http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/grd/1856419185.html

“ While still teenagers, the group formed and dissolved the rock trio Darlin’ with Laurent Brancowitz (who would go on to be a member of light jammers Phoenix), but not before a dismissive review in Melody Maker called them “a bunch of daft punks.” After hearing My Bloody Valentine’s “Soon,” the moody British band’s own dalliance with dance music elements, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo began experimenting with drum machines and beat boxes in their bedrooms. By the time they were barely into their 20s, their innovative, but ultimately pop, output as Daft Punk was already inspiring rock kids to explore the same alternatives they had.
Fader story on Daft Punk
Friday
July 23
lonelysandwich: Mad Men, Season 11

lonelysandwich:

Mad Men, Season 11

Old, I know, but Guy Ritchie’s take on this Nike ad is simply awesome. I did something similar in college, except it used crappy miniDV cameras, a non-athletic cast and the song “Push the Tempo”  (also a ridiculous video)

Watch this on full screen (make sure HD is on). Mesmerizing.

via cockenblog

Wednesday
July 21
Cool new project coming soon from friends.

Cool new project coming soon from friends.

Tuesday
July 20
maniacalrage: Lightning Over Brooklyn (View bigger at Flickr) It was dancing in the clouds for a few minutes last night before the rain started. The moon was watching. This was awesome. I happened to be driving and had to pull over to sit and watch it for a few minutes.

maniacalrage:

Lightning Over Brooklyn (View bigger at Flickr)

It was dancing in the clouds for a few minutes last night before the rain started. The moon was watching.

This was awesome. I happened to be driving and had to pull over to sit and watch it for a few minutes.

“Dude, you gotta hold it more steady.” Edit: Apparently this meme goes much deeper than I ever expected. 

“Dude, you gotta hold it more steady.”

Edit: Apparently this meme goes much deeper than I ever expected. 

Monday
July 19
Wouldn’t mind pulling this off someday (via xkcd)

Wouldn’t mind pulling this off someday

(via xkcd)