Smoke Break #762: Making Pizza Every Day For Half A Century…

Via Laughing Squid:

Hailed as the “godfather of Brooklyn pizza,” for forty five years Domenico DeMarco, Italian émigré and father of seven, has been slinging pizzas in his legendary corner shop, Di Fara. Employing five of his children, Dom works tirelessly from morning until night hand crafting each and every pizza himself while his kids take orders and manage the mob of devoted pizza aficionados. The Best This I Ever Done is a portrait of DeMarco and his beloved pizzeria, an exploration of his rise to fame and an ode to pizzaioli who take their time to ‘make it right.’

How To Make A Sweet Magazine From Scratch In Just 48 Hours

(via Laughing Squid) An inspiring micro-doc detailing the recent production of 48Hr Magazine.

48 Hour Magazine – a raucous experiment in using new tools to erase media’s old limits. Can you write, photograph, illustrate, design, edit, and ship a magazine in two days?

OK, but can you sell enough advertising in 48hrs to pay for it? Er…

Taking 21st Century Web Services Back To The Late 1960′s

(via Laughing Squid) I get a kick out of these. The book covers by artist Stéphane Massa-Bidal are based on a popular 1960′s technical instruction textbook series, only they’ve morphed into manuals for 21st century web services like Wikipedia, Twitter, and Facebook. See a few up close after the leap… Read more