Archive for the 'Mixed Nuts' Category

Down for the Count

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Not writing right now. Stay tuned for new stuffs soon(ish).

They’re so lifelike

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

When your photographer is this good, make sure you send a muffin basket at Christmas this year. This Animal Planet billboard is apparently lifelike enough to attract it’s own live component - you’d almost think they rubbed the top of it with an antelope or something by the way its attracting the attention of [...]

Google Chart API in action

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

What do I do when I find a nifty new bit of code like Google’s Chart API? I use it to make dumb, dumb things.

What to do in case of fire

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Breathe through your toilet, of course

Bi-curious? Bi-surface.

Friday, November 16th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOP37A1EhEs

Now, you can watch your video tube-ish entertainment movies and get learning also!

Terminus

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmzcFqXSbrQ

A short, strange film by Trevor Cawood (of the Citroen Transformer ad fame), “Terminus” is the story of a man tormented by his own boring existence, made physical as an 8′ tall grouping of articulated concrete posts.
Yup, its as cool as it sounds. Get the full-size QuickTime at the official site.

Do they have to leave the light on during the day?

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Still tight, despite it’s nocturnal bias. From adfreak.

Love will tear us apart again

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

“You know, the place looks great. I love the brick walls, indigenous tribal drums and over-sized antique metal sign from Atlantic City. But you know, there’s something missing. What is it…
“Oh, I KNOW! A well designed data-visualization of every version of Joy Division’s seminal ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart Again’!
“Or maybe some [...]

So that’s why the spoon was invented

Monday, November 5th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCKxWQCs3f0

This clip of a Jell-o ad from back in the day (which was a Wednesday, if you follow Dane Cook’s logic) teaches us that a) Jell-o comes in 10 flavors, b) in the 50s, it was OK to make jokes about other ethnicities inability to pronounce English words and c) chopsticks don’t handle jiggly deserts [...]

get out your pots and pans and your camcorder

Monday, November 5th, 2007

http://www.walkmanproject.com/
The spot is the first ever ‘monophonic’ advert – in which 128 musicians play only note at a time to reconstruct an original music piece created by Hollywood music director Peter Raeburn…