Hustle and breathe

Bush: “I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.”

Linzie Hunter’s “experiments with hand lettering.” Check out Your Small Breasts Spam.

Serif Publishing has become my “daily dose of design inspiration.”

Trent Hamm’s “Dealing With Professional Burnout Without Quitting Your Job“

One of the good things about Vassar is that you could walk around the beautiful campus or visit the Art Center to recharge yourself.

Duc Tri demonstrates his scoring skills in the original soundtrack of Ao Lua Ha Dong (The White Silk Dress) directed by Luu Huynh. By the way, check out the list of universities where the film will be shown.

The new design for Vassar College Department of Music has rolled out earlier than intended schedule due to the first live webcast of Vassar College Choir on Friday. In addition to designing the look and feel, I had a chance to work on a real project with Cascade Server (Vassar’s newly implemented CMS). My colleague Megg Brown has been a tremendous help with the CMS as well as in making the site possible to go live.

NPR profiles jazz pianist Sun Ra:

Sun Ra sometimes took jazz in controversial directions — some even accused him of running a cult. However, band members like saxophonist Danny Thompson said, “We’re here to enlighten people’s minds about outer space, and try and better this planet.” Ra also influenced such musicians as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor and Jackie McLean, and inspired the creation of the Chicago-based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians — an organization known for its relentless avant-garde aesthetic.

As always, check out the entire broadcast.

The professional retoucher with such an amazing Photoshop skills. Make sure to check out the “making of” pieces to see how they were created.

Chris has done it again on the Vassar homepage. (MIT has a theme for Halloween too.)