NeoGuides / Idle Archive: Autumn '08
More of the most refreshing wastes of time on the web. This edition: comic despair; record sleeve art; designer's designs; office battles; and pavement magic.
Despair, Inc.
For a wonderfully gloomy, cynical refresher, you can't go past a few minutes spent browsing Despair, Inc. A commercial site that sells t-shirts and "Demotivator" posters – witty, dead-on spoofs ... more
Sleevage
If you enjoyed Nick Hornby's High Fidelity but felt it could have done with more music trivia, Sleevage is a blog for you. It's all about music cover art, ranging from LP originals to new rele ... more
Deskstop Tower Defense
Desktop Tower Defense is simple: a Flash-based screen game where you try to stop the enemies ("creeps") from taking over the office desk-top on which the game is set. You do this by creating towers. You ... more
Pavement Chalk Artist
Julian Beever is a magician who creates elaborate, impressive illusions using chalk on public pavements. It's all but impossible to do justice to his work in words - it really has to be seen. There a ... more
This Ain't No Disco
"This Ain't No Disco … it's where we work". "We" in this case being staffers at design agencies, ad agencies, marketing agencies and related enterprises. In other words, people you would expect ... more