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OK, so why the zen bones thing?

About 20 years ago I stumbled upon a book called "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones". Being vegetarian - the "flesh" bit didn't grab me, but the short pithy Zen stories inside it, did.

Ever since then my web nick has been zenbones, my Hotmail, my Gmail address, you name it. It's kinda stuck.

Is the blog about Zen? Nope.

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March 5

The art & science of client cost-estimates

Airline Client: “You quoted us for 8 days of 2D graphics. I think that’s way too much.”

Me: “It includes revisions.”

Airline Client: “Well, if you do everything perfectly and we don’t want to change anything, can you charge us less?”

Colleague: “If your airline flew us to London and got us there 10 minutes ahead of schedule, would everyone on the plane get a refund?”

via “clientsfromhell”

Tags: clients fun design web design

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March 3

Meaning of life…

Somewhat simplistic, but, you do a lot worse!

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February 28

Spotted this outside Mellisa’s today.

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February 27

These photorealistic 3D characters are incredible

via the whole series » 30 Amazing Semi-Photorealistic 3D Cartoon Characters - Noupe

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February 26

Become a Fan

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February 24

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February 23

Place your bladders in the locked and upright position

via Rob Cottingham

Tags: fun flying airlines tea coffee

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February 22

Most important chart ever.

Tags: charts fun

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February 21

Virgin Radio Quiz

Announcer: “In which country would you spend shekels?
Contestant: “Holland?”
Announcer: “Try the next letter of the alphabet.”
Contestant: “Iceland? Ireland?”
Announcer: “It’s a bad line. Did you say Israel?”
Contestant: “No.”

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Stop Motion of a Dice Mosaic being created

Tags: design YouTube Stop Motion fun

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February 20

Life-Altering Toothpaste Tube of the Day:
“Two Way Toothpaste” by Dominic Wilcox.

[I]deal for those who get angry with their partner for squeezing the toothpaste from the front.

Up Next: Toilet paper that is dispensed both over the top and from the bottom simultaneously.
via thedailywhat:

Can’t wait for the Toilet Paper dispenser to solve this dispute once and for all!

Life-Altering Toothpaste Tube of the Day:

“Two Way Toothpaste” by Dominic Wilcox.

[I]deal for those who get angry with their partner for squeezing the toothpaste from the front.

Up Next: Toilet paper that is dispensed both over the top and from the bottom simultaneously.

via thedailywhat:

Can’t wait for the Toilet Paper dispenser to solve this dispute once and for all!

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Stop-Motion Short of the Day:

via thedailywhat via [hyst.]

Tags: fun Photoshop design tech food stop motion

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February 19

Didn’t know you buy Möbius furniture

via Photoshop Disasters

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February 18

BBC2 Quiz

Announcer: “Where do you think Cambridge University is?”
Contestant: “Geography isn’t my strong point.”
Announcer: “There’s a clue in the title.”
Contestant: “Leicester.”

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