January 2008
80 posts
“Happy New Year!!!!”
Twins reunited, after 35 years apart →
“I really was hoping that he would take responsibility for what he had done so many years ago,” says Elyse.”He refuses to be open to the possibility that they were wrong.” This just seems crazy. Although they both seem to be well-rounded and successful individuals, there is no doubt that seperating them at birth (and not even telling their adoptive parents that they had...
December 2007
51 posts
'Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike' - New York... →
“I HAVE a DVD remote control with 52 buttons on it, and every one of them is there because some engineer along the line knew how to use that button and believed I would want to use it too.”
“Once you’ve established the principle that something works, you can be...”
– Aldous Huxley
2007 Logo Trends →
Has commentary, too (hat tip). — dailymeh Fascinating stuff, with excellent commentary and great examples.
“If you think the rest of the Internet needs net neutrality laws, that’s nothing...”
– DeWitt Clinton » T-Mobile and Twitter via ideas Alex Adds: Goddamn these people. I’m so sick to the back teeth of the phone carriers in this country. Their outrageous prices and crazy restrictions are like something from the 1980’s, and I will laugh long and hard when their...
Challenging The Apple Archetype →
Cameron Moll has an interesting view on the Apple approach, using Lego as an example of an alternative. I love the idea of being able to, as a user (perhaps without specific arcane knowledge/skills) I could simply build the functionality I need (and only what I need) using simple blocks and my own imagination. This would be the perfect answer to my ongoing cellphone woes… “Your app,...
“Bears are weird. They are like a cross between a dog and a monkey. I think...”
– Me, in conversation with my wife today.
The Morgue →
Just keep refreshing the page for endless tiled image goodness.
“One of the girls showed luminous spots on her legs and thighs. The back of...”
– Damn Interesting » Undark and the Radium Girls
50 Years Braun Design Innovation - Braun →
Following on from my last post, here’s Braun’s own design site.
Identity
Me: So, I'll pick you up at LAX at 5.30. Just look for me when you come through from the terminal.
My brother: Will you have a sign with our names on, so we can spot you?
Me: No, but I will have my face. On the front of my head.
My brother: Haha!
Timeline of British History →
Sometimes, in conversation with my American friends, I would love to be able to refer them to this. I know it’s my country’s history, not yours, but come on, you must know something…
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Video: New Frontier Implosion →
Awesome little movie showing the end of Las Vegas landmark casino the New Frontier, by Zach Wise. (His embed code is non-functional right now, and I couldn’t get the download to work either, so it’s a link to his site. Which you should check out anyways, as he has a ton of good stuff on there).
eBay: Drive Someone Insane with Postcards →
My favourite part of the listing: “I will be spending the Christmas holiday in Poland in a tiny village that has one church with no bell because angry Germans stole it.”
WatchVideo: Pause, by Aaron Sjogren
“The next thing, he came staggering out of the vestibule covered in blood having...”
– My Mum, recounting my Dad’s head-meets-door-handle encounter yesterday.
It's me! Every girl ever. →
Being single has its advantages. — ghostvirus — bnelson
“Nothing extraordinary is ever achieved through ordinary means.”
– Behance
Game Feel: The Secret Ingredient →
Interesting Gamasutra feature on one of my biggest personal crusades here at work - game feel.
What if Gmail had been designed by Microsoft? →
— mareen
“I’m not sure how I feel about hot sausage”
– My wife, earlier.