Entries from December 2006

December 29, 2006

Child Artwork Pins

It might be a little late to think about gifts now (my bank account is still in shell-shock) but I couldn’t help but think what an amazing idea this is.
Lee Skalkos is a self taught silversmith, who majored in Illustration in college. Send in your children’s artwork to her and she’ll personally capture its [...]

December 28, 2006

30 Predictions for Tech in 2007

Here’s a hilarious list of things to look out for in 2007, the funny thing about it is that you can actually imagine them happening sooner or later…
My favourite?
“3) Apple. Apple buys Last.FM. Finally. And iTV is a hit. Finally. And the iPhone? Nope, never. Why? Cuz the iPhone is like God — if it [...]

December 28, 2006

Holiday Cheer from Cloudred

Ecards can be a hit or miss… usually they’re just kinda cheesy ( like those animated puppydogs that say ‘I ruff you”). I just got this really cool ecard from the guys at Cloudred- an interactive design firm, that’s definitely one of the coolest ecards that I’m going to pass around!

December 27, 2006

(Never) Lost in Translation

 
You would think that with all the travel guides out there and sites like SuperFuture, getting around foreign cosmopolitans would be a breeze, even if you haven’t set foot in that city before. To really make things interesting and encourage visitors to  Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district,  10,000 RFID tags along with other “beacons” are going [...]

December 26, 2006

Animator vs Animation II

For those who’d caught the first episode of Animator vs Animation, the flash video of the stick figure who escapes from Flash, episode 2 is now out featuring the same stick figure as the Chosen One. See him destroy the desktop as he battles the Mozilla Firefox, the AIM icon and even that Adobe Photoshop [...]

December 26, 2006

Bubble wrap

Feliz navidad to all… here’s a funny way of reliving unwrapping the presents under the tree!

December 21, 2006

Talent Speaks

One of the great things about Web 2.0 is the amazing potential there is out there for anyone and everyone to get their voice heard, their work shown, their views expressed, their talent exposed and the list goes on and on…However, just because the tools are there to get you started on your quest on [...]

December 21, 2006

Bennie & Olive Ipod Case

5 more days till Christmas… and I still haven’t found the perfect gift for those on my “notoriously-into-anything-cool-and-quirky” list because, well let’s face it, I haven’t found anything “oh-so-cool-and hip” yet.
Until I stumbled upon these cute Bennie & Olive Ipod Case fashioned after old paperback novels, giving it a twist on the retro-nostalgia meets [...]

December 14, 2006

Tic Tac Textiles

Do you ever get bored at meetings and start engaging your fellow neighbor in a battle of tic-tac-toe beneath the table? Here’s a sophisticated take that literally transforms your environment into your playing field:

‘Tic’ and ‘tac’ are two pieces of furniture, ideal for tea [...]

December 11, 2006

Big Tantrum

I have this irrational fear of babies and small kids. Its not like I’m some bitter mean old hag who detests children, I’m just afraid by how loud some of them are despite their tiny bodies. Taking a cue from “tots with ‘tudes”, design duo Maria Jaramillo and Felix Sheng created the line Big Tantrum [...]