Quick and mostly irrelevant thoughts from a brand consultant, author, magazine publisher, typeface designer and Wellington mayoral candidate. Authorized by C. Johnston, 35–8 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington.Tumblr (3.0; @jackyan)http://jackyan.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b457a126d5584a11dc03983ef37eff8/tumblr_mmfce6MZMn1qb815co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://carpr0n.tumblr.com/post/49993686253/the-longest-run-starring-ferrari-250-gto-by">carpr0n</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The longest run</strong></p> <p>Starring: Ferrari 250 GTO</p> <p>(by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raphaeldauvergne/7581584778">Raph/D</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>GTO</strong> Reblogged for one of the greatest Ferraris ever made.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50811638894http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50811638894Sun, 19 May 2013 12:01:52 +0100Ferrariretrocarcollectors’ item1960s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6765146bfc7af6cdaa1663b92b1eda29/tumblr_mi7uq5dTBy1s2dhndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://my-ear-trumpet.tumblr.com/post/50709465779/f-kyeahcarryon-dariuswhiteplume">my-ear-trumpet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahcarryon.tumblr.com/post/50608008845/dariuswhiteplume-thehillshavesheep-this">f**kyeahcarryon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dariuswhiteplume.tumblr.com/post/50142482610/thehillshavesheep-this-would-have-been-amazing">dariuswhiteplume</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thehillshavesheep.tumblr.com/post/43078961121">thehillshavesheep</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This would have been AMAZING if it were to really happen.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is beautiful.</p> </blockquote> <p>This may be the best thing I have seen on the Internet in years. Whomever did this deserves a medal. Bresslaw as Colossus and Williams as Magneto is a stroke of genius.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><em><strong>Carry on X-Men</strong></em> The typography isn’t perfect but top marks for everything else. This is brilliant on so many levels.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50729142597http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50729142597Sat, 18 May 2013 15:18:59 +0100parodyfilmretroUKUSAhumour<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbded53da65d207ac97d84a7b52ff193/tumblr_mmyenwAxxi1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/50662896327/life-1969-milton-glaser">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Life</em> 1969, <a href="http://containerlist.glaserarchives.org/index.php?id=274">Milton Glaser</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Milton Glaser</strong> Reblogged for who the artist is.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50704582792http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50704582792Sat, 18 May 2013 05:10:36 +0100USAillustration19691960sNew YorkNYMilton Glaserlegendartretropublishingmagazine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fab57561d60c8830548e111176884d35/tumblr_mmynnb9Pkz1qzut9po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chromjuwelen.tumblr.com/post/50674839574/1971-chrysler-plymouth-road-runner-advertising-hot">chromjuwelen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91591049@N00/8743418563/" title="1971 Chrysler Plymouth Road Runner Advertising Hot Rod Magazine April 1971">1971 Chrysler Plymouth Road Runner Advertising Hot Rod Magazine April 1971</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91591049@N00/">SenseiAlan</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Plymouth Road Runner 383</strong> They might not have been the most reliable cars, but in the early 1970s, the B-body Chryslers looked great.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50704315478http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50704315478Sat, 18 May 2013 05:06:31 +01001970s1971retrocarChryslerPlymouthadvertisingadvertisementUSA<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ab11f19fa2aeaeee1d1428545c99e38f/tumblr_mmy51ctzDS1qz7fwgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>You can’t bank on the Wales </strong>Wow, incredibly dumb move, Westpac. I never opted in to your spam lists, and now I find you have done so for me, in <em>every</em> category. What the heck? I know I never opted in, because I usually ask for this stuff in plain text. Considering your first-ever spam arrived today, and one of my companies became your customer in 2006, I’m sure that this decision to spam people was a recent move on your part.<br/>   Why would I ask for information on products I don’t have with you, or, for that matter, rewards?<br/>   I’ve deleted my email address from your system as well, and, yes, I do feel strongly enough about this that I’ll consider closing my accounts.<br/>   I can’t believe I wasted my 5,000th Tumblr post on you, but, there you have it.<br/>   Clearly, computers and banks do not mix—remember, cheques took a day to clear in the mid- to late-1970s, and they take five to seven days now. Now I find a foreign bank unable to grasp some basic netiquette.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50652554217http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50652554217Fri, 17 May 2013 15:17:00 +0100bankingspamAustraliaNew ZealandAotearoalaw<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/66b34fb3c06557b4506cc5d461dc6f1c/tumblr_mmpiqa23ZI1qag2pzo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://langleav.com/post/50357197350/helovesyou">langleav</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>He Loves You</strong> by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mslangleav">Lang Leav</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Not forgotten</strong> Reblogged for the lowercase <em>f</em> in the second stanza. Darn, that looks good. The small caps are nice, too.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50644088039http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50644088039Fri, 17 May 2013 11:22:55 +0100typographytypesettingcomposition<p><a href="http://gasptambourines.tumblr.com/post/9421649827">gasptambourines</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://gay.org.uk/post/9419655387/no-labels">gay-men</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://gay.org.uk" title="gay"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqjpx0NH411qibum2.png"/></a></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqjpx8I2a21qibum2.jpg"/></p> <p>Absolut Vodka release a limited edition label free bottle to celebrate diversity and challenge Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender prejudice.</p> </blockquote> <p>socially conscious vodka? SIGN. ME. THE FUCK. UP.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Plain packs</strong> Very clever. ‘In an Absolut world[,] there are no labels.’</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50644002403http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50644002403Fri, 17 May 2013 11:19:44 +0100packagingSwedenSverigeFrancehuman rights<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/527f1cde1b3030bfb052497ed4862e52/tumblr_mm6pkaZs7E1qm81zso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fornoesis.tumblr.com/post/50167521260/amprog-fyi-the-president-has-proposed-75b-to">fornoesis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://amprog.tumblr.com/post/50046809268/fyi-the-president-has-proposed-75b-to-fund-high">amprog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>FYI: The President has proposed $75B to fund high quality early education.</p> </blockquote> <p>It’s weird to feel important sometimes</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Kindergarten</strong> I’ve always been surprised how late Americans start school. They call the five-year-old class <em>kindergarten</em>. I started at 2½ and had to sit a bloody exam before then to get in—and <em>that</em> was kindergarten. From that point, I had homework every night.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50561584086http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50561584086Thu, 16 May 2013 07:17:25 +0100USAHong Kongeducation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0bd67f21e06f3939707036f3c816dd1d/tumblr_mmvnokUPkU1qz7fwgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Instaspammers are back</strong> Of the last six likers, five were Instaspammers, who now have less strange names.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50561189958http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50561189958Thu, 16 May 2013 07:07:32 +0100Instagramspamsocial networking<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/60321a58b17756f530756bae237ccdf4/tumblr_mmu4mr6Bkn1qz4vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.oliyoung.com/post/50488049383/at-no-point-in-the-history-of-the-united-kingdom">oliyoung</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>“At no point in the history of the United Kingdom has it looked like this. Yet this is exactly what it looks like.”</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/design/2013/05/a-cloudless-atlas/">A Cloudless Atlas: How MapBox Aims to Make the World’s ‘Most Beautiful Map’</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>England’s mountains green (and nearby places)</strong> How do you make an accurate rendering of islands always covered in clouds? Pixel by pixel.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50492675809http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50492675809Wed, 15 May 2013 13:39:11 +0100technologycartography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6af75402def4cc2f1dc011dc3bfcb5a4/tumblr_mmrjkjcdA21qz7fwgo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc4f6aabc915c81a5ec814006cd2e4c0/tumblr_mmrjkjcdA21qz7fwgo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>Breakout</strong></em> Via Tanya Sooksombatisatian: if you type <em>atari breakout</em> into Google Image Search, you get this Easter egg. Pro tip: keep your mouse within the browser—I had it go outside and a lost a couple of balls. Or use your cursor. Now, back to my real job.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50383091674http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50383091674Tue, 14 May 2013 01:48:19 +0100retrotechnologyGooglesoftware1980s2013<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O6T2nRAazrY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Hee Haw: the Next Generation</strong></em> I love <em>The Critic</em>.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50294917833http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50294917833Sun, 12 May 2013 23:39:32 +0100TV1990shumourUSAparodyStar Trekretrocartoon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/adc4ce248792c5c3b9b73a50ce987fd7/tumblr_mmokgegErQ1qz7fwgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Doctor Hoo</strong> <a href="http://www.geeknative.com/8861/doctor-hoo-who-is-cute-as-an-owl-doctorwho/#lightbox/0/">Doctor Hoo, the time-travelling owl!</a> By Pu Sama on Deviant Art.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50244407791http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50244407791Sun, 12 May 2013 11:14:37 +0100humourparodyillustrationartDoctor Who<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c666eda6c79527b286b8ac354b72683d/tumblr_mml0u4GlZS1qznrh7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mnky.tumblr.com/post/50084736067">mnky</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blog.livedoor.jp/christmas1224/archives/7864278.html">あごひげ海賊団 : お菓子の袋を器具なしで簡単に密閉する方法</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Hello, Mr Chips</strong> Looks good to me.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50232592557http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50232592557Sun, 12 May 2013 07:32:50 +0100origami<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7bbb07bf88982c0bb16c5d4aaf8a855b/tumblr_mmmr7255tp1qz7fwgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Farewell to a favourite</strong> <a href="http://lucire.com/insider/20130510/wellington-label-starfish-appoints-liquidators/">This was sad news that we broke yesterday.</a> Isn’t it strange that the headline gets more and more extreme the later it’s reported?</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50157088364http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50157088364Sat, 11 May 2013 11:45:00 +0100mediaNew ZealandAotearoaStarfishfashionLucirenewsWellingtonWhanganui-a-Tara<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/489ecad66dca0e009bacc6f5ef70ef49/tumblr_mml0jxvvjF1qj5rqko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://breakingnews.tumblr.com/post/50084519013/cheers-erupt-as-spire-tops-one-world-trade-center">breakingnews</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Cheers erupt as spire tops One World Trade Center</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.today.com/news/cheers-erupt-spire-tops-one-world-trade-center-1C9870947">TODAY.com</a>: A crane lifted the last of a 408-foot tall spire on top of One World Trade Center on Friday, a capstone to an emotional 12-year effort to replace the towers destroyed by terrorists.</p> <p><em>Photo: Skyline of lower Manhattan seen from Jersey City, New Jersey (Anne Thompson / NBC News)</em></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>1,776 ft up</strong> Americans are waking up to this news today. Politics aside, I have to say that when travelling in from Staten Island, I used to love seeing the old Trade Center towers. Topping at 1,776 ft, this makes One World Trade Center the fourth tallest building in the world.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50086181385http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50086181385Fri, 10 May 2013 13:57:06 +0100New YorkNYUSAarchitecturemedianews2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/883addff229e6628a6f2a775cf6efd87/tumblr_mmkrupMouC1qz7fwgo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fde59d0139c6e4ee52f654f270ca66b0/tumblr_mmkrupMouC1qz7fwgo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>How to piss off people with law degrees</strong> I did sign up for Law.com while I was at university, but it’s a total surprise to start getting spammed by them as of May 6, 2013. I know I had signed up a long time ago because the postcode is 6041 (this was changed in the 2000s), even if Law.com reckons I last updated my account in 2010 (highly unlikely). And if <em>The Asian Lawyer</em> is something I signed up to all that time ago (despite my never having heard of it—and many of you know how I feel about the word <em>Asian</em>), how come they only began coming on May 6? <br/>   A more likely explanation: it’s a new publication and we were all opted in without our permission.<br/>   Bad move, law.com.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50078800672http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50078800672Fri, 10 May 2013 10:04:01 +0100lawspamUSA<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b262776fcea7eacbc1711588caef5cdc/tumblr_mmkh4yMEwx1qz7fwgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Chris and Maddie</strong> Anyone know if SVT will do a big live <em>kungliga bröllopet</em> telecast on June 8?</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50071239039http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50071239039Fri, 10 May 2013 06:12:34 +0100royaltyPrinsessan MadeleineSverigeSwedenweddingRoyal Wedding2013Stockholm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/18eae0fcf2b200ce499032e2b2b46a6a/tumblr_mmj1pfs3aO1qz7fwgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>One month on</strong> Dear Google: <a href="http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=http://bjskosherbaskets.com/">since you say this site has been clean since April 7</a>, don’t you think it’s about time you lifted your block and stopped banning it? I thought we had it bad with Google’s boycott, but imagine being the owner of this website.</p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50004701037http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/50004701037Thu, 09 May 2013 11:41:39 +0100GooglelibellawUSAethicsbugs<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W_uqyU0KNmA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Fox news</strong> Who knew? </p>http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/49913725545http://jackyan.tumblr.com/post/49913725545Wed, 08 May 2013 05:40:20 +0100humourUK200220082000sretroTV