scottboms

scottboms, 4 days ago to random

https://youtu.be/f5aToiQ3co4?si=1lXokANOCmIzBt0F

Another brilliant track from Nada Surf. This bit from the album bio by Maggie Smith is gold:

Four years ago, during lockdown, I was listening to Nada Surf one morning. My son, then seven years old, was quiet, and then he said, “They sing a lot about love.”

What he said next has stuck with me: “It protects you.”

scottboms, 10 days ago to random

So far this flight has everything: random security screening, call to maintenance, and the chef’s kiss — “loose panel.”

Wish me luck I guess.

scottboms, 12 days ago to random

Space Trash Signs might be the best thing I've seen on the internet in a long time. https://spacetrashsigns.org

scottboms, 19 days ago to random

Printing “A Map of the New World" by Stanley Donwood at Idem Press in Paris on the massive press known as Moby Dick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Ktqor91ks

scottboms, 25 days ago to random

Went out to the studio to tidy up a bit and apparently I’m printing a new edition now.

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

I definitely have too many slides to get through in this lecture this morning despite serious culling.

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

Next stop 🛫 Chicago. Bring me all the Cheezborgers! No Pepsi — Coke!

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

Dropping off orders at the mailbox. Walking back as new ones hit my inbox. A good problem but also 🤦‍♂️

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

It’s a bicycle repair and gardening kind of day.

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

Somehow missed that Jackson @Okay released a new type family at the end of February and it’s a beaut. Do yourself a favor and check out Euchre. ✨✨

https://okaytype.com/euchre

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

Let me tell you it’s pretty fun to try operating with one eye nearly swollen shut. Looks like an allergic reaction to something biting my eyelid.

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

Learned something totally new about a piece of software I’ve used for multiple decades last night and now wondering if that “feature” was always there and I just somehow never knew.

Fonts in packaged InDesign files override system ones in how they’re loaded as long as they’re in a “Document fonts” folder alongside the InDesign file itself. Huh. 🤔

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

It’s been a little while since I properly screenprinted and boy, I forgot how satisfying it is to make a little print edition.

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

One small piece from some productive time in the studio today. Also printed the first color of an edition of 3-color screen prints and another set of Riso prints.

#risograph #riso #printmaking

scottboms, 1 month ago to random

“I have a theory that chasing things that scale makes you need therapy, and the therapy is pursuing things that can’t scale.“ Yup. And I feel this so deep in my bones.

https://www.workingtheorys.com/p/pursuits-that-cant-scale

scottboms, 2 months ago to random

Trimmed one new print by hand and now waiting for everything to set before I fire up the guillotine to do the rest.

scottboms, 3 months ago to random

It's a very freeing to be able to tinker with ideas when your site is built on @getkirby because it means you can whip up weird functionality like the plugin I made today to output the current Japanese micro season on my site.

And it's so easy to even override the code that it outputs if you’d prefer different markup without touching the plugin code directly.

scottboms, 3 months ago to random

DAILY SPECIAL, this month’s font-of-the-month from @djrrb is a real banger. Best subscription out there by a long mile. Get it: https://djr.com/font-of-the-month-club

scottboms, 4 months ago to random

How Blade Runner's Badge Was Made at The Earl Hays Press. This is the internet content I'm here for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_6DH9Tgids

scottboms, 4 months ago to random

What the hell happened in 2023… in numbers. https://scottboms.com/documenting/2023-by-the-numbers

scottboms, 4 months ago to random

Dialing in settings on the xTool for burning screens. Assuming you’ve got the screen stretched correctly, the registration system alone feels like a game changer.

An xTool laser cutter etching test patterns on a photo emulsion coated screen.

scottboms, 4 months ago to random

Dropping everything because my xTool Screen Printer just arrived :) Build quality is really solid. But first, I’m gonna read the manual.

scottboms, 4 months ago to random

Discovered a tiny feature I needed in @getkirby that wasn’t in the core or available as a plugin, so I made one. https://getkirby.com/plugins/scottboms/kirbytag-svg

scottboms, 5 months ago to random

To whomever decided that it would be a good idea to plant three oak trees in our front yard, I would like to slap them upside the noggin’.

scottboms, 5 months ago to random

I really don't need anything, but still, this just jumped to the top of my Christmas list. https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/polaroid-onestep-sx-70-camera-21345