Jarvis sighting

I have spotted another instance of Jarvis! Jarvis is the name of a fictional charcter and proclaimed mascot of American Science and Surplus. I have reason to believe he actually comes from clipart that is in the public domain. He is the image of a flying man with a rotor strapped to his back. AS&S was the first place I saw him. I have also seen him on a Trader Joe's shopping bag. Ever since I discovered that he was probably clipart, I have been searching for the image and its origins. Not much has turned up. I saw him today when someone (The Make blog I believe) posted a link to the Handcar Regatta, wherein the image of whom I call Jarvis appears in some flyers/posters and also next to their RSS feed icon (which is also really cool):



Here he is a bit larger:



If anyone can tell me the origin of this image or where else it might be found, they (perhaps you) would have my enduring gratitude!

NYIT's Awful Holiday Card

My alma mater sent me a holiday card (supposedly from our president). Its truly a triumph of awful design. They should not really show this to anyone they hope to impress. [link]

This is the graphic climax, if you can call it that:



You or I could sneeze on the side of a dumpster and come out with something better designed than this. This is not communication, this is someone throwing time and or money away.

Holy BoxOver!

This thing is awesome! Javascript tooltips, here I come!

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Cool photoshop tutorials

I found some cool (and some not as cool) photoshop tutorials on this site

Modern Postcard is the bee's knees!

I recently used Modern Postcard for a freelance job, and I must say that if you are considering printing anything remotely postcard-like, I highly recommend them, highly. They have templates and instructions for every computer graphics program known to man (and if you can't design it, they can do it (but I can do it for less)). Anyway, they think of everything. If you or your designer follow their instructions, you will have high quality postcards in no time. They even provide postal guidelines to ensure you don't put anything where the post office wouldn't want you to. Even if you don't need the minimum quantity of 250, you will be so impressed by the quality that you will want to wallpaper your house with them. They do postcards in several sizes and styles. They do business cards too!

Some cool typography links

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