Archive: January 11, 2009
an-awesome-book

Dallas Clayton is the author of this wonderfully inspiring children’s book that definitely has a message for adults too! The book talks about the dreams that people have and why it is important to dream big. Dallas has graciously allowed for the entire book to be read and viewed online and I highly recommend that [...]

djbenzi-mixtape

Back in November, the Kanye West Sky High mixtape was available for streaming on imeem for free. There was no official release out at the time, but because the whole album was essentially there in decent quality, somebody decided to rip the music straight from the imeem music player. Within hours, the album was posted [...]

Gizmodo posted a video from FanDome last week about the incredibly complicated process of placing the yellow “first down” line on a football field during live coverage of a football game. I never gave the yellow line much thought since it never seemed like it could be much more than just alignment, but as it [...]

I really had no idea that Coldplay released a music video for “Lovers In Japan”. It’s not a particularly great video (I think it’s quite terrible actually), but it’s for one of the better songs on the Viva La Vida album, so I’ll give it a pass.

saks-bags

If you haven’t seen them already, The New York Times has two images (posted here) of the new Spring 2009 campaign for Saks Fifth Avenue designed by Shepard Fairey. The designs are very much reminiscent of the work of Rodchenko, an artist often associated with Constructivist culture and design. The bags may not jump out [...]

bold-extended-battery

I need to get myself one of these BlackBerry Bold extended batteries that provide up to 15% more battery life than the standard OEM battery. But is $50 worth it? I haven’t decided yet.