2008

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Deildartunguhver, Iceland

Justin took this while we were dancing.

Alex Prager Photography

Forget the Films, Watch the Titles

“You’ve exceeded the maximum number of logon attempts...”
—  Chase Online Banking. Did you...

Blissfield, Michigan

Parking garage directional system in Melbourne.

Microsoft LiveMaps “Bird’s Eye”...

Moloko+

Icelandic Doritos. Nice to be back in the good ol’ U....

Hello Darkness My Old Friend

Back from Iceland and still not used to the sky actually getting black. The trip was amazing, a...

(For Justin) Leaving tomorrow. Kind of sad to be done, but...

Honeymoon in Iceland. Day 4 of 12.

Best Wedding Ever

I’m still a little overwhelmed by the whole weekend. Everything was completely absolutely...

Photo by Justin

Photo by Justin

The Wedding Muxtape

Hiatus, Redux

It’s funny how most of my “blogging” comes from the relatively boring times in my...

“weirdest thing I have ever seen in chicago” -...

Sweet Saul Bass Inspired Tumblr Theme

Eddie Murphy’s Giant Head Traveling City to City....

Saginaw, Michigan 2008 (© peterbaker)

As much as I hate Hummers, I did enjoy Halo.

Giuliani Spotted Sleeping On New York City Subway “He...

Edith Macefield, 1921-2008: Seattle woman held her ground as...

Summer Time

“Solstices occur twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is most oriented toward...

“The salmonella was in the marijuana. When a marijuana smoker...”
— New Yorker article about a...

merlin: Feed The Animals This new Girl Talk record is a...

Scurvy

I’m sick of pirates. There, I said it. Thanks world, for ruining pirates for me.

I like Danny Blackman’s site.

In my transition from not-my-problem apartment dweller to...

My best friends. (© peterbaker)

Camera TattoosI’ve got a dark slide on my ass.

Somebody really doesn’t like Iowa this week.

Bad name.

Toledo, Ohio 2008 (© peterbaker)

Eat a dick Mr Radio DJ.Playing Cat’s in the Cradle on Father’s Day is just a big funny...

Holy Fucking America

Ohio, 2008 (© peterbaker)

Fucked up sheet of 8x10, Brian Ulrich.

Capital One lets you put your Flickr photos on your credit...

3:30am, Detroit

“An upcoming wave of new workers in our society will never...”
— TaxingTennessee: Did we miss...

Nothing makes my day these days like finding a proper camera...

I should’ve stayed in California.

It really is a beautiful day in the neighborhood today.

Digital Forensics: 5 Ways to Spot a Fake Photo - Scientific...

But there already is a safety net: Life in America. -...

“Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for...”
— The last words of James...

Malibu, California 2008 (© peterbaker)

The Good News. If only.

Who says the faces in the dirt and rust are Jesus? I’m gonna be pissed when I come back as an...

“As committed as we are to reporting on American foreign...”
— USA Today publisher Ken...

“On June 17th, every year, the family goes through a...

“Last year, by one estimate, the video site YouTube, owned by...”
—  New York Times

Los Angeles, California 2008 (© peterbaker)

Alex Prager Photography

Chicago, Illinois 2008 (© peterbaker)

Coming soon: Elevated Press

Chicago, Illinois 2008 (© peterbaker)

Article in the New York Times about Sony’s new side...

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Serkan Emiroglu - via noahkalina

Thomas Humery Photography

Los Angeles, California (© peterbaker)

Ouch.

Less than 10%, that should fix everything right?

The Quest for Every Beard Type

Venice Beach, California 2008 (© peterbaker)

Long Beach, California 2008 (© peterbaker)

How the stringent demands of a...

“Alfred Palmer’s photos taken in 1941 and 1942...

Berkeley, California 2007 (© peterbaker)

James Cameron on 3D

Monocle: Design Notes

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but he exceeds in...”
—  Best fortune cookie ever.

Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 (© peterbaker)

- Apartment Therapy

Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008 (© peterbaker)

Cubescape

Photoshelter’s Blog is going to number one with a...

Ann Arbor, Michigan 2008 (© peterbaker)

“A newly published patent application from Nikon has...

As Mother's Day nears, Arkansas mom of 17 is...

In the bell tower at noon. (© peterbaker)

“Such a complex world needs a good...

I ate wild boar for dinner tonight. It was delicious.

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Processing.js

Ugh, you’re killing me here Godaddy. This looks like...

Burlington, Vermont 2008 (© peterbaker)

Franck Juery Photography

Employee Meeting - West Parking Lot, Last Day of...

Rosarito, Mexico 2008 (© peterbaker)

The printing continues…

“I’ll bet Hillary is secretly relieved that it’s...”
— Merlin Mann

Stocking Up

Blissfield, Michigan 2007 (© peterbaker)

Abscessed

I’ve never been more routinely inconvenienced by an Apple product than I have been by the...

Warcoffee

I’ll take one.

“The story Vanity Fair and Annie won [the The National...

Went went, back back, to Cali Cali.

Just back from a weekend in Los Angeles. Covered a ton of ground; stayed in Long Beach, a wedding in...

Goodyear, Long Beach, CA

Justin Ouellette: i got warm coffee
Peter Baker: we're going to have to figure out a way to tell whether we're talking about grand theft auto or real life
Justin Ouellette: what if i were using a gta metaphor to describe a real life thing
Peter Baker: shit
Peter Baker: let's only ever talk about gta then
Justin Ouellette: ok
Justin Ouellette: i got warm coffee

Pretty neat experimental packaging for Beck’s...

“Riley’s poll shows that significant percentages of...”
— Oregon Live

Twistori

Modular Robot Reassembles When Kicked Apart

Done for.

Santa Cruz, California 2007 (© peterbaker)

“Many of Mr. Lois’s covers were controversial, not so...

“Handmade in Adelaide Australia, from discarded camera...

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How does anybody sleep in the “Log”? I am 100%...

Hoover Dam, Nevada 2007 (© peterbaker)

“I also think that my party can be smug, detached, and...”
— Barack Obama

I had a dream last night that I was hanging out at Gruber’s house in Philadelphia the day...

*cough* Barack Obama *cough* Give him money *cough*

Blissfield, Michigan 2007 (© peterbaker)

Designers Toolbox: OS Form Elements

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Richard Avedon’s darkroom printing instructions. And...

All sorts of goodness over here at AceJet170

Bruges, Belgium 2008 (© peterbaker)

Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008 (© peterbaker)

lonelysandwich: Square root by magnetbox

New FontShop font Katarine feels like a nicely softened DIN....

Muxtape+Fluid+Coverflow = Awesome.

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Rosarito, Mexico 2008 (© peterbaker)

Los Angeles, California 2008  (© peterbaker)