Archive: December 8, 2008
debeers-gallery-of-moments

Last week, De Beers set up a Matrix-style 360-degree photographic system in New York City’s Madison Square Park and invited people to come and capture their moments of love in the park. The 360-degree images are now available for viewing in the gallery of momentsĀ and they’re pretty neat. Head on over there to see the [...]

task-list-gmail

The new task list in Gmail is a godsend to all Gmail users. No more sending stupid emails to myself to remind me to do something (you know you’ve done it too). Activate your task list by going to the Gmail Labs page and clicking enable under “Tasks”. Whoo hoo!

hello-kitty-hospital

At the Hau Sheng Hospital in Yuanlin in central Taiwan, Sanrio Co Ltd. (the parent company of Hello Kitty) has authorized the use of the Hello Kitty image to be plastered all over the hospital in order to help ease stress during pregnancy and delivery. The rooms and 30 beds at the hospital are all [...]

qpc-closeup

Advertising Age is reporting that McDonald’s saw a 4.5% increase in store sales in November. McDonald’s attributes this rise partly to its Dollar Menu, but I can’t help but think it’s also because people are trying to save money this time of year, especially with all of the layoffs. Plus, the US is officially in [...]

iwork-install-screen

I just want to say how wonderful it is to use Keynote after so many years of Powerpoint torture. Apple’s Keynote almost makes me want to make a slide presentation. Almost. Anyway, I have absolutely no use for the other two applications in the iWorks Suite, so I uninstalled them right away. Oh, and also, [...]

obama-times-sq

When I told some of you that I saw Obama in Times Square, I forgot to say that it was a guy in an Obama mask. Same thing, right? By the way, it was great to be in Times Square during the first snowfall in the city this winter.