Link roundup

1. Julie Taymor blaming others for the failure of the Spider-Man musical:

“It’s very scary if people are going more towards that, to have audiences tell you how to make a show,” said Ms. Taymor, a Tony Award-winning director of “The Lion King” and other stage works and films. “Shakespeare would have been appalled. Forget about it. It would be impossible to have these works come out because there’s always something that people don’t like.”

Because everyone knows of how respectful audiences were in Shakespeare's time.

2. Idoru used to promote a Japanese ice cream. Here's the commercial itself. Via.

3. Transformers: Turn Off the Moon kid's meal toys at Burger King.

4. I like the muted colors on this blog layout. Even the icons look like they were doodled in ink.

5. For Californians, one pundit's analysis of the current budget battle.

*Buy Happy Meal toys at eBay.

DIY Paper Roses

I made these paper roses for a web banner for the infamous Pioneer Woman. I create her banners every month and this month I wanted to do something a little more up my paper craft alley :) They are really easy and fun to make and look so sweet on branches! Get step-by-step instructions over at my other site, Modern Handmades.

The Pioneer Woman is a blogger, author, photographer, chef, homeschooler and much more. She's awesome, check her out!

Lovely roses!

The original set

funny trees

So cute on branches!

Link roundup

1. Long article summarizing Randy Savage's career with a truly disturbing claim about his treatment of Miss Elizabeth.

2. Really interesting Tumblr page interface.

3. Floating lanterns. Via.

Sweet Gallery Showcase

siteInspire is a showcase and CSS gallery that allows you to submit and browse your favorite sites by style, type and theme. It's s pretty cool and I've already found some great sites to explore. Share the love.

Seth Godin on bad website design

Choose one:



Seth Godin tears apart the order forms at Jet Blue' website.

Ben the Bodyguard

I'm not clear on what the iPod app Ben the Bodyguard does, but the website is very clever. Just scroll down. Via.

*Buy iPods at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Mojo supposedly lets websites easily create achievement type badges for their visitors to earn. Via these sites.

2. Cute photos of koalas.

3. Sexy talk.

*Buy koalas at Amazon.