A word on the new design this blog is sporting.

Ten car companies (and one hotel chain) whose logos were ripped off by other car companies, mostly Chinese.

The Magazine Publishers of America named the finalists for this year’s magazine cover of the year. The bulk of the entries seem to skew heavily to New York City-based publications. The winners will be announced October 6.

My favorite cover of those nominated is pictured in the thumbnail at right. (via Towleroad)

Search for just about any LGBT-related term in Google, and you’ll see a set of rainbow stripes (link via gooster) dividing the regular search results from the paid ones. Note that your browser window has to be wide enough for them to show up; in this case, the window pictured above is 935 pixels wide when viewed at full resolution.

And if you think the image above is doctored, why don’t you go see for yourself?

I’m not much of a fan of Beck’s music, but I gotta give him props for the packing of 8-Bit.

For those who aren’t in love with the redesigned $5 USD note (or the $10, $20 or $50 [where it's less obnoxious], for that matter): Get Helvetica Off Our Money. (link via Daring Fireball)

The new coin designs from the Royal Mint are pretty sweet. Why can’t American coins look that badass?

And now for something not Single’s Awareness Day related: 10 Mistakes in Icon Design.

Here are two from the “Oh no they di’n't” files.

First up: Google.

Now, I love the fact that they recognize days of note, from mainstream holidays to more obscure events, via their homepage Doodles. The overly pinkified Google Docs homepage is a bit much, though. To quote a particular movie, it “looks like it’s been hosed down with Pepto-Bismol.”

There’s way too much attention to detail there. Unstarred documents have little broken hearts next to them. It’s an eye roll inducing spectacle of a page.

After the jump: a facebook ad that made me do a Danny Thomas spit take.

This is part 1 of a series of posts outlining my goals for the year. These are posted in no particular order.

People make resolutions every year, and many are doomed to fail. Last year I wound up not making any concrete resolutions, mostly out of laziness; the previous year, I wrote an überlist.

In lieu of making resolutions or a 108-item list, I decided to set a few goals for myself in 2008. Yes, there is a difference between resolutions and goals. Resolutions are promises you intend to keep; you’ll feel guilty for breaking them. Goals are more flexible; they’re marks to aim for, but not necessarily reach.

One of my goals is to give this site the attention it deserves. I don’t mean by posting more frequently, as I’ve been sustaining that for the last several months. Rather, performing some maintenance I’ve neglected to do in the last couple of years.

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