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rebel iphone

think you're a tech badass? oh yeah? come on then, jailbreak that iphone of yours. ooooh, it's so precious, i'm scared, i'm scared. yeah, i thought so. (full-disclosure-illustration note: the creator of this illustration's iphone does not have spiky hair, ride a motorcycle or smoke.)

pcworld: jailbreaking your iphone: the pros and cons, by mike keller

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Labels: editorial, illustration, iphone, pcworld, tech

alex eben meyer | 9:30 AM | 0 comments

nytimes: letting your grad student go

a spot last week for the new york time's education life section about parents letting their grad student child go. seems obvious enough, but these are parents who are still helping their kids get into grad school, going on interviews, etc. uh...

nytimes: letting your grad student go, by amanda m. fairbanks

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Labels: editorial, education life, illustration, new york times, parenting

alex eben meyer | 2:30 PM | 0 comments

slate: why won't anyone give me a credit card?

trying to get a credit card with good credit, but no credit history. maybe i've seen too many of those stupid and predatory (yeah, i went there!) capital one commercials with the vikings (or i just wanted to draw 2x4s).

slate: why won't anyone give me a credit card?, by kevin o'donnell.

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Labels: credit card, editorial, illustration, slate.com, stockades, wood

alex eben meyer | 9:00 AM | 0 comments

tree and squirrel

i couldn't leave well enough alone, messing with the outdoor theater illustration. now with more trees!

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Labels: editorial, illustration, sketchbook, slate.com, squirrels, trees

alex eben meyer | 12:11 PM | 0 comments

slate: the summer movie special

illustrations for the slate summer movie special issue. go read about the indignities of outdoor movies, stunt men's favorite flicks (personal illustration goal of drawing a big ol 'splosion...achieved. kablooey!), and more.

slate: summer movies issue III

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slate: that was awesome, by kevin conley.

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slate: let's go see a movie in the park!, by juliet lapidos.

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Labels: editorial, explosions, illustration, slate.com, summer movies, surfing, trees

alex eben meyer | 12:29 PM | 0 comments

slate: periodic discussions

a big eben welcome to element 112, ununbium!
slate: periodic discussions, by sam kean.

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Labels: editorial, illustration, periodic table, science, slate.com, ununbium

alex eben meyer | 2:56 PM | 2 comments

slate: friends without money

slate: friends without money, by emily bazelon.
special thanks to gulshan for allowing me to reference the photo of that woman he was stalking at the track.

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Labels: brownbagging, editorial, illustration, slate.com

alex eben meyer | 2:15 PM | 2 comments

slate: the food issue

slate is running a special series this week examining food and food culture, for which i got to prepare some tasty illustrations. i am a little sad that they didn't use an illustration for the article about lard, but really, it's probably for the best.
eat up, people.

- the way we eat: slate celebrates food.
- one part creativity: zero parts recipe: can just using ratios really teach me to be a better cook?, by jennifer reese.

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Labels: editorial, food issue, illustration, ratio, slate.com, sleuth

alex eben meyer | 2:56 PM | 0 comments

texas observer: rick perry's texas tea

cover illustration for the texas observer. upset with the state of the union and the recession, "governor good hair" (texas governor rick perry), tea-partied and threatened secession. in an attempt to explain the situation, my personal texas advisor scoured the intertubes for some commentary to sum up texas politics:

Texas never wanted any government to begin with, so we've just consistently sent our least able, totally wacked-out people to do the job. As our beloved Molly Ivins once wrote, "In Texas, it's actually better if a candidate for office has a criminal record." (via huffington post)

yeah, that sounds about right.

texas observer: rick perry's texas tea

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Labels: editorial, illustration, marquee, perry, secession, texas, texas observer, typography

alex eben meyer | 11:24 AM | 3 comments