The Breakroom

“The Night of Meat”

December 11, 2006

WARNING: if you are a vegetarian then we advise you to skip this post. Nothing to see here, move along. But if you enjoy a good hearty steak, or just about any other mouth watering cut of meat you can think of, then this one is for you! Each year around this time, the workers […]

Microsoft, Apple, and an Icon

December 11, 2006

As we were skimming through the servers stats this morning we noticed an unusual spike and started investigating. You may have read an entry at Daring Fireball yesterday pointing out the apparent misappropriation of an Apple icon on Microsoft’s ordering page for Windows Vista Business. We scoured our referral logs and discovered that a post […]

Bits and Bobs of 2006

December 7, 2006

We’re pleased to announce the QuickPix 2006 Icon Collection consisting of all the individual QuickPix released this past year. If you missed any particular QuickPix icon in the past 365 days, now you can grab this handy set and complete your collection. QuickPix in 2006 ranged from hardware icons like Apple’s MacBook laptops and Nintendo’s […]

If you have not read or seen the recent hilarious posting by Kotaku about Nintendo’s Safety Manual from Japan, go take a look. Once you do, this entire post will make much more sense. Thanks to one of our clients in Japan, who just happens to work for one of the printing companies Nintendo regularly […]

With December 25th fast approaching, we know you’ve been looking high and low for some festive holiday icons to help put you and your desktop in the mood. Perhaps you long for that one, perfect Christmas desktop picture that will finally get those sugar plums dancing at night. You are in luck because we’ve been […]

Open the Window

November 28, 2006

Our freeware icon set release this week is a simple set of all-purpose icons that will come in handy for Mac and Windows users alike. This set of Every Day icons covers typical desktop categories like music, pictures, travel and more and has been rendered in the popular and energetic style of our Xpressionism stock […]

All That and a Bag of Chips

November 21, 2006

You may remember back in October when David and Ged risked frostbite and frozen fannies to pre-order their Nintendo Wiis from our local GameStop. Some may have called us crazy back then, but now that we have our consoles, we can tell you first hand that it was well worth it! Much has been written […]

PDF and Resolution Addiction

November 17, 2006

My previous post on Resolution Independence for Developers has received some criticism. To begin with, I’d suggest that people read our initial post after WWDC—we do all our design work with vectors and recommend that method to others. We’re not trying to hold onto established bitmap formats; our workflow would be much simpler if we […]

Just because the days are growing short and the temperature is starting to drop, it doesn’t mean you can’t bring a bit of warmth and sunshine into your world. Mindy is pleased to announce the release of her latest freeware desktop picture – Happy Squirrel. This fun, bright desktop picture will put a smile on […]

“You are talking about the non-sensical ravings of a lunatic mind!” So begins one of our favorite films of all time, Young Frankenstein. If you’re unfamilar with it, this Mel Brooks yarn spoofs the horror movies of the 30’s like Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. With classic scenes like young Victor being trapped in a […]