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You can find me sitting around in Victoria, BC and repeatedly checking outrageouslynice at gmail dot com.  

Blogs I dig:

Andrew WilkinsonWilliam WilkinsonSabrina MalteseVanessa MalteseMaria KonstantinovThe Saddest Cat in the WorldLuke SeeleyYannic WalterSzymonImplodrBunker ComplexPeter AtencioFFFFOUND::TumblrBait and SwitchKevin BurgPterodactylsMolly LambertMolly Young


Also, me:Last.fmFacebookTwitter</description><title>Mrk Nchls.</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @markn)</generator><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>(via willw)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjpxz5K8f1qz5d8go1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://blog.williamwilkinson.com/"&gt;willw&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/253982928</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/253982928</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:27:51 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>(via hunterstephenson)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjob1AhVY1qzpa3fo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://hunterstephenson.tumblr.com/"&gt;hunterstephenson&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/253941270</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/253941270</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:49:16 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"You’re gonna charge $400 for that? Aren’t you from India? What’re you going to do with $400?!"</title><description>“You’re gonna charge $400 for that? Aren’t you from India? What’re you going to do with $400?!”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/"&gt;clientsfromhell&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/253890973</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/253890973</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:05:17 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>willw:

Bluetooth Pranks
</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="224" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6715423&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6715423&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6715423&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="224"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.williamwilkinson.com/post/252488881/bluetooth-pranks"&gt;willw&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bluetooth Pranks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/252554169</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/252554169</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:11:56 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>timwilkinson:

willw:

cuanimation:

Ed O’Neill kills me


Why...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e4aOTSUY5do&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e4aOTSUY5do&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://timwilkinson.tumblr.com/post/252511650"&gt;timwilkinson&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.williamwilkinson.com/post/252459180/cuanimation-ed-oneil-kills-me"&gt;willw&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://cuanimation.tumblr.com/post/251992164/ed-oneil-kills-me"&gt;cuanimation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ed O’Neill kills me&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why do they come to me to die, why do they come to me to die?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let’s not forget about Mike Hagerty.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/252549304</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/252549304</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:06:58 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Radiohead - A Wolf at the Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.)</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://markn.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/251049291/tumblr_kten0lb9Di1qz5wbs&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Radiohead - A Wolf at the Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/251049291</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/251049291</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The 80’s Guy</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l5WT3U0T_BQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l5WT3U0T_BQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 80’s Guy&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/251029422</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/251029422</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Children's Book</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/post/250568362/childrens-book"&gt;clientsfromhell&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was meeting with a prospective client to work on a children’s picture book about a wounded cat who finds a happy home. The author asked me to produce a sample drawing, which she described as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;“There must be maggots in the cat’s cut. I want them to be detailed and life like. The maggots should be the focal point of the drawing”.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/250569250</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/250569250</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:10:04 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>MetaLab is looking for a full-time designer</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/4304"&gt;MetaLab is looking for a full-time designer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://tmblg.com/"&gt;tmblg&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/250257292</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/250257292</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:43:52 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Lorem ipsum</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/post/249958619/lorem-ipsum"&gt;clientsfromhell&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After I sent a client a mockup with lorem ipsum as filler text:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s good but there is a weird language on the page. It will either need to be translated or removed.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/250006180</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/250006180</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:38:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>kaytee:

seagull:(via ianbroyles)
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktby59VPY41qz500ho1_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kayteesays.com/post/248973650/seagull-via-ianbroyles"&gt;kaytee&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://seagull.tumblr.com/post/248964977/via-ianbroyles"&gt;seagull&lt;/a&gt;:(via &lt;a href="http://ianbroyles.tumblr.com/"&gt;ianbroyles&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/248974848</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/248974848</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:39 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>ewilcox:

sometimesagreatnotion:

totallymorgan:

The Lost...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://markn.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/248862338/tumblr_ktaivdB84w1qzsio6&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ewilcox.tumblr.com/post/248859570/sometimesagreatnotion-totallymorgan-the-lost"&gt;ewilcox&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://sometimesagreatnotion.tumblr.com/post/248662633/totallymorgan-the-lost-generation-woody"&gt;sometimesagreatnotion&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://totallymorgan.tumblr.com/post/248140662/the-lost-generation-woody-allen-i-think-this-is"&gt;totallymorgan&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Lost Generation - Woody Allen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think this is probably one of the best jokes of all time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Awesome.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/248862338</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/248862338</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:53 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>clientsfromhell:

Got a funny one from a Client a while back in...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktaryjQfH41qzwya5o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/post/248282500/got-a-funny-one-from-a-client-a-while-back-in"&gt;clientsfromhell&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Got a funny one from a Client a while back in reference to artwork that contained the picture above (a key element of the concept):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;“The artwork is approved, but we need to replace the skeleton, we think it might be homosexual, and that could ostracise the audience, it’s a very masculine industry.”&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/248283691</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/248283691</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:08:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Incredible fan video for “Fat Boys Are Back” by Fat...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O4omxgeiwMw&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O4omxgeiwMw&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Incredible fan video for “Fat Boys Are Back” by Fat Boys&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/248094436</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/248094436</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>kevin:

Marco was right, Orbital is a really fun game. My high...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt9z0zOZBh1qz7b4yo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wtfispantone.com/post/247656839/marco-was-right-orbital-is-a-really-fun-game-my"&gt;kevin&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marco.org/245462087"&gt;Marco was right&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/orbital/id324012853?mt=8"&gt;Orbital&lt;/a&gt; is a really fun game. My high score in gravity is 30 — I was hoping to top Marco’s score of 38 before I posted this, but no such luck (yet).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m at 29. Watch out, Burg.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/247711163</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/247711163</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:35:35 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Apology Template</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UnIZfn6XKF4&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UnIZfn6XKF4&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apology Template&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/247034299</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/247034299</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:08:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>atencio:

The 100 Greatest Lines from The Wire (via Pat Healy)
</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Sgj78QG9Bg&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Sgj78QG9Bg&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://atencio.tumblr.com/post/246622706/the-100-greatest-lines-from-the-wire-i-mean-i"&gt;atencio&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The 100 Greatest Lines from &lt;i&gt;The Wire (via &lt;a target="_self" href="http://twitter.com/Pat_Healy/status/5782515467"&gt;Pat Healy&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/246627646</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/246627646</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:34:49 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"No one is going to steal your idea. In fact, if your company is eventually successful, your original..."</title><description>“No one is going to steal your idea. In fact, if your company is eventually successful, your original idea will only be one tiny contributing factor. And the guy you’re talking to can’t steal the 99,999 other reasons that will make your company a success (persistence, luck, people you hire, etc, etc, etc).”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webx0.com/2006/08/frienda.html"&gt;The FrieNDA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/246528004</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/246528004</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:07:58 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>willw:

skeetonmischa:
“Danny Duperstein is good at two things....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7uhurOom1qz6hjyo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.williamwilkinson.com/post/246504026/skeetonmischa-danny-duperstein-is-good-at-two"&gt;willw&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://skeetonmischa.tumblr.com/post/246247100/danny-duperstein-is-good-at-two-things-thats"&gt;skeetonmischa&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;“Danny Duperstein is good at two things. That’s math and fucking.”&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m thinking last night may have been Curb’s finest half-hour.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/246505981</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/246505981</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:47:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Clients From Hell</title><description>&lt;a href="http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/"&gt;Clients From Hell&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tmblg.com/post/246478412/clients-from-hell"&gt;tmblg&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/246501109</link><guid>http://markn.tumblr.com/post/246501109</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:43:25 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
