Posted on 8 June 2010

So last week I wrote a review of Tumblr in which I lauded Tumblr as a blogging platform but lambasted it as a social networking site. I ended by saying I was essentially going to stop using a Tumblr account since I had no need for one when I already had a Twitter and a Google Reader. I lied.

Turns out as soon as I stopped trying to use it as a social network and started JUST using it as a micro-blog, I started enjoying it a lot more again. As a place to share links, videos, photos, and music it’s a great tool, sort of like a visual Twitter. Here’s the best things I found and shared from the past week:

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Moose Hall, imported from my Flickr photostream

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Carleton College students transform observatory into a giant R2-D2. (via Distracted by Star Wars)

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Song: Uffie – NeuNeuNeu (via the HypeMachine)

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Andre 3000 covers a Beatles song, making it sound like an Outkast song (via Stereogum)

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There are two squares you can’t talk about today – 1. Tiananmen Square, 2. foursquare.

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LOL: The Reoccurring Prop Newspaper | /Film

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Song: Weezer – (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To

Say what you will, Rivers can still write one hell of a pop song.

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Super Mario Room

This room doesn’t just have Mario decorations and accessories, no, this room puts you inside Super Mario World! It’s a creation by artist Antoinette J. Citizen,…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Is Sonic’s Last Chance | GameLife | Wired.com

Shared by Andrew
I don’t play many video games anymore, but I’m a big Sonic fan and a new game is the most likely to get me to sit down for an hour. This is a good overview of what’s gone wrong…
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Song:

Nas & Damian Marley – Tribes At War (featuring K’Naan)

I’ve yet to hear a bad song off of this one.
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I’m a big fan of Hootsuite, and a big fan of the owls.

“This social media client’s owl is clearly a play on the Twitter bird, but with some light-hearted twists they’ve made it their own. Hootsuite dresses up their owls for different occasions (like the ever-changing Google logo). Look for all sorts of new versions in their email updates, for example, a happy, anime-inspired bird buried in their news on Japan.”

– Top 10 Online Mascots
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Redesigning the Boarding Pass

Tyler Thompson and a few of his readers propose a series of boarding pass redesigns. Some are pretty, others are obvious, and a handful (like the one above) are truly inspired.
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Visualizing the Stanley Cup

pretty cool visualization of the playoff history of every NHL team – for hockey and HTML5 fans alike
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From the Recession With Love
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In Soviet Russia, Tetris blocks build you
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Introducing: The Dreamcast Boombox!
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Frog Illustration

Shared by Andrew
everyone should read the Canadian Design Resource (the title abvoe will take you to the homepage)

Design: Robert Davidson
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Date: 1989

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