I wonder if S’MAC would be interested in franchising and opening a restaurant in Oregon — and letting me run it. Now that’s something I could get on board with.

Oh, a new artist to love: The Autumn Film. Looks like they’re coming to Portland in the spring.

Animator vs. Animation. Very clever.

They really aren’t exaggerating with that whole “Oregon is the least religious state in the US” thing.

Several things I observed but didn’t blog from a couple weeks ago: higher IQ in firstborns (NYT), reflections on change and sameness (Rebecca Sower), the most beautiful, relevant admissions website I’ve ever seen (and I hate that it belongs to my alma mater’s rival) and Type Camp.

“Like Flickr, but without the photos.” What?

The best thing I have watched this summer: Baby Got Book. “When a girl walks in with a KJV with a bookmark in Proverbs, you get stoked. … I’m not talking about a paraphrase, because Paul wouldn’t have used those anyway.”

I really, really, really need to do this to someone. I’ve seen this done with newsprint and foil before (to cubicles, not entire apartments), but the knock-you-over pink just adds a little something.

“Did You Know 2.0”, an eight-minute video on… well… various historical and cultural statistics about computing, internet use and web 2.0 application adoption. Well done, though I’d like it better if it was done in five minutes.

If Oregon was a country, it would be Israel. Or at least its economy would be.

Ah, how I would have loved to be a part of this Absolut commercial.

Perfect for a Friday afternoon… 100 movie clips, one for each number from 1-100.

Miranda July takes a crash course in DIY web-based book promotion with a dry erase marker, a camera and some kitchen appliances. The color coordination series is priceless.

Budget meetings would actually be enjoyable if every graph was presented this way: home market values, 1890–present, as a rollercoaster.

One man visits 50 states in one week. He also visited all of California’s counties in 58 hours and the eastern states in one day. I would do it in two weeks with a bit more sleep and a few more photos.