Notes | Michael Bester

The new SFW site I built for Playboy with HyperHyper launched this week! Check it out → http://playmates.com

This dissection of military infographics by @ftrain is nothing short of amazing. https://medium.com/p/1ba60bdc32e7

I can’t believe there’s no Spliff Sommelier on this list. 13 Spliffy Jobs in the Marijuana Industry

Serious question: is the “Police take notice” bit on No Loitering signs a notice to the loiterer or a directive for the cop?

So my brother, @besterchristian, landed the lead role in an indie feature film, and it’s looking great! Check out the trailer.

Listening to Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories again. It feels like a guilty pleasure.

Awesome, fantastic day today. I’d like more like it, please.

Does anyone know when designers will give up their propensity for 10pt type in this age of 2560 pixel wide displays?

If you’re looking for a gently used iMac, I’ve got one I’m selling. Here’s some details.

I wrote a few thoughts about the situation that @meyerweb is facing, and how it reminds us about what’s important.

OH: “I did pizza for lunch yesterday.”

Curious expression—to do one’s meal. Like doing a city for vacation. Ah, the mental imagery…

Oh my, there goes the day. http://doge2048.com

Anyone interested in a mid-2010 iMac, @-reply me. I’d prefer to sell locally before Ebay-ing it. It’s got a 21.5” screen, 500GB HD, 12GB RAM, and it’s in great shape.

I’m loving Composers Doing Normal Shit. Look, there’s Igor Stravinsky with a koala bear!

I just discovered the Github Octodex. That’s a lot of good, nerdy fun over there.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy directly affects some dear friends of mine—please consider signing this petition: http://wh.gov/lEfaZ

Did you know that “Goodbye” is a contraction of “God be with ye”?

Before today, neither did I. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/goodbye

Frank Zappa—one of my early musical heroes—has been “honored” by having an acne causing bacteria named after him. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/mbae-shf021314.php

I just pushed a new version of my No Database URL Shortener that provides the option to define a default redirect URL. Thanks to @nikkhilnani for the contribution!