The great designers at Vassar are having some fun with the homepage. I also dig Chris’s simple and elegant design for the office of the Dean of Planning and Academic Affairs.

Putting together a template to display high quality video. Check out GWSB 10th Maxon Lecture by Mustafa V. Koç.

I just put together quickly a clean, extremely simple email template for colleagues to send out press releases.

Miles Davis ranked 24th on GQ‘s “The 50 Most Stylish Men“:

For decades, trumpet player Miles Davis was the living definition of cool… Davis’s music and sartorial choices were outward expressions of the inner man. He believed that the notes you don’t play are as important as the ones you do. It was an ethos that carried over to the clothes he wore… Davis best described his style in his autobiography, Miles, when he said, “I was clean as a motherfucker.”

The fun, attractive portfolio of Joe Lifrieri. I would love to use his “Overly Judgemental IE6 Splash Pages” for some internal folks at GWSB. Yes, please upgrade and kill IE6.

Boxes from Wal-Mart have been arriving on our doorsteps. I checked the baby registry the other day and we have quite a bit of gifts. I love Baby Trend’s jogger travel system. I can’t wait to jog with the boy around the block and on the beach this summer. Thanks to everyone who has purchased the gifts. We will find out who you are on April 4.

First, Thuy Nga rips off Apple’s web site. Now iPho also rips off Apple’s brand. Vietnamese sure loves Apple.

Wait a second, the restaurant might be owned by Chinese.

New Orleans pianist and singer Eddie Bo passed away last Wednesday from a heart attack. He was 79. RIP

If you haven’t heard of Mr. Bo’s one-man orchestra (bass from the left hand, chords from the right hand and rhythm from the feet), check out New Orleans Solo Piano.

Thuong Vuong-Riddick’s The Evergreen Country came in the mail yesterday. The author sent me the book in a return favor of using “Bonjour Viet Nam” slideshow for a presentation. I am reading it and here is the translation of the proverb we all know by heart:

Father’s work is like the mountain Tai Son
Mother’s dedication is like a spring running water
With the same heart we must worship Mother and respect Father
To accomplish this is a son or a daughter’s religion.

“Pretty girls can do anything, but ugly girls have to do everything.” -Jack Sheldon from Benny Goodman’s Live at Carnegie Hall: 40th Anniversary Concert.