Archive for May, 2007

The Uncanny Valley

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

“The fact that you can create web applications that resemble desktop applications does not imply that you should”

Stick is my friend

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Gots to love the viral marketing. Stick is simple. Stick is wooden. Stick has a theme song and 11,000 friends. Check out this joint Nestle/Billabong marketing effort and add it to your Top Friends before you find yourself lonely and stickless.

Screaming beans

Friday, May 25th, 2007

I haven’t laughed this hard at beans since the 5th grade.

Spot the Bull

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

The Glastonbury music fest in the UK is a long weekend of music, fun and mud (it’s held in a field). The telco company Orange sponsors this contest to win 20 pairs of tickets for the festival, and all you have to do is guess where in his field Derek the bull will be at […]

Bible Fight!

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Bible Fight! (from Brian)

Sudoku is hot

Monday, May 21st, 2007

“What the deal with Sudoku, man? If it weren’t enough that everybody on the train in the morning is playing it, a few college buddies have expressed an interest in learning the game to earn some social clout. That’s like playing Tetris to get laid. What’s the correlation?”

Easy-to-update image frames

Friday, May 18th, 2007

In a recent article on Turtorial Blog regarding handy code snippets for web designers, this trick caught my eye. As designers, we all want to style our clients provided (and sometimes hideous) photography to fit in with a site’s overall design - shadows, highlights, rounded corners, etc.. But when it comes time to […]

Breakdancer and Young Child with Afro

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Only 17 seconds long….
Ouch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceNf-11-ddI

Doll Face

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

“Doll Face” defies categorization. Within the confines of pop culture, its Chris Cunningham meets Tool meets “Ghost in the Machine”. Nuff said.

Double Branding

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Keep your extra names to yourself.