Rob’s Brain is a tumblelog about nothing in particular. It’s maintained by Rob, a designer of user interaction, typefaces and speed boats. Mail me through my website.Tumblr (3.0; @rbmntjs)http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m-8OOvf1NPY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Bill Murray Hosted Tour of Moonrise Kingdom</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/23628961869http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/23628961869Wed, 23 May 2012 23:36:28 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m467c5T5b71qz5iaao1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Reminded of the fun I had running a blog with comments, back in the distant half of the aughts.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/23228565504http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/23228565504Thu, 17 May 2012 16:09:41 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2s0imNwFv1qz5iaao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><em>Kikujirô no natsu</em> (1999), Takeshi Kitano.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/21431576010http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/21431576010Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:42:22 +0200“If you carve a statue out of wood, there is a good chance that the material and the tool will be obvious and visible. You can hide the effects of the tool by refining and refining, but you can’t make the wood not like wood. All you can do is make the statue more like a statue. You do that by refining. That it is made of wood is simply the restricting factor. Your tool is not meant to be the point.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>In my latest blog post, ‘<a href="http://robmientjes.nl/item/minimalism-with-passion">Character and emotion: minimalism with passion</a>’, I discuss minimalism and the prevailing wisdoms regarding minimal things. I mostly focus on process and product, and hardly mention anything about style. That is, if you’re at home wondering, a kind of concept I like to make clear.</p> <p>I’d love to have a discussion about this.</p></em>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/20793593700http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/20793593700Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:48:22 +0200designessay<p>I don’t often talk about my tweeting habits, but here is a list of ones that make me laugh, smile or just kinda glare when I read them again.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m26722VKww1qz5iaa.png"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2672bN2Zv1qz5iaa.png"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2672qvxu71qz5iaa.png"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2672y6u2s1qz5iaa.png"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2673749Ry1qz5iaa.png"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2673i2JOq1qz5iaa.png"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2673q4qKq1qz5iaa.png"/></p> <p>I guess my dog is by far the funnier one of us.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/20720600827http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/20720600827Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:58:55 +0200twitterbad jokes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzn3lj32BT1qg2i9do1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Hot rods. Pretty amazing work by my friend <a href="http://robinvanwijk.com/">Robin</a>.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17879878176http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17879878176Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:57:48 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze2lrKidP1qa9bd6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://typetypetypetype.tumblr.com/post/17608299600/just-some-example-set-in-the-ubiquitous-helvetica">typetypetypetype</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Just some example set in the ubiquitous Helvetica font.</p> </blockquote>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17608316820http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17608316820Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:20:52 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdowxQlpf1qa9bd6o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://typetypetypetype.tumblr.com/post/17602319623/ampersand-alternate">typetypetypetype</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ampersand alternate.</p> </blockquote>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17602336722http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17602336722Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:25:40 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NUVrvOSDQ-s?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>An English sport.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17485568845http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17485568845Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:44:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz8bilYGJj1qz5iaao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is what it’s like to have a friend like <a href="http://gwil.co/">Sam</a>. It’s good.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17421971055http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17421971055Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:47:09 +0100<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s69r_neXtNo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Crosseyed and Painless, live, fantastic.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17263402400http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/17263402400Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:02:00 +0100<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BdUy70dh8LY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Circus Galop” is a song written to test mechanical pianos. It is unplayable by humans, especially when it plays all the keys. At once.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16978518955http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16978518955Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:00 +0100<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes">H. H. Holmes</a>: <p>That’s enough Wikipedia for me today.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16970550060http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16970550060Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:09:38 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypy6o5SJq1qz5iaao1_500.jpg"/><br/> What’s that?<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypy6o5SJq1qz5iaao2_500.jpg"/><br/> Close-up<br/><br/> <p>Look what I found! A genuine Yves Cinq Laurent shirt!</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16864249078http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16864249078Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:42:23 +0100<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/16691895552/tumblr_lyk6n6wtuP1qz5iaa&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Sunset Rubdown – Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings</p> <p>I love this song so much. Their other albums might be better, but this song has it all. The repetition, the sweet guitar, the abstract lyrics and the dreamy title.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16691895552http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16691895552Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:59:30 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd430TemR1qz5iaao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Just noodlin’ on some type.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16467712874http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16467712874Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2q1snrIN1qz4axuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I used to think that the name for the Dakar rally was short for ‘get in da kar’.</p> <p>Not really.</p> <p>Or maybe!</p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://soxiam.com/post/16146920166/dakar-rally-logo">soxiam</a>)</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16166799871http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16166799871Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:24:29 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0jsp5OCL1qz5iaao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Pretty proud of my recent redesign. Check it out and let me know what you think. I’m very serious about making this the base design for years to come.</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16077136751http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/16077136751Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:31:37 +0100<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pBcNpXmr-Ps?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’ll just check with the boys down at the crime lab</p>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/15561891477http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/15561891477Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:33:07 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/icgOSGyx3nM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lonelysandwich.com/post/14909350033/bird-cracks-up">lonelysandwich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Charlie Parker laughing at Coleman Hawkins’s attempt to do playback on his own recorded improvisation</strong></p> <p>This is the coolest thing ever. In one of two known pieces of footage of Bird performing, the music is pre-recorded and the band is supposed to be pantomiming along. But he clearly thinks it’s stupid and starts to laugh until someone off-camera tells him to stop and then just look at his face. Bird was too cool for this world.</p> </blockquote>http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/14971218753http://rbmntjs.tumblr.com/post/14971218753Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:26:36 +0100