Archive: November 26, 2009

WikiLeaks has gotten their hands on some intercepted transcripts from pagers on 9/11. The transcripts are leaked by the group in an attempt to objectively view the events of that day as they happened. The transcript — which is available as a downloaded zip file or as an online index — is very interesting to [...]

A-ha’s “Take On Me” is given the literal translation treatment in this music video. If you missed the “Total Eclipse of the Heart” literal translation, you should watch that too.

This made me laugh. Clearly Japan’s got the superior national animal, you know, it being Godzilla and all… If you’re curious, this graphic comes from Flying Mouse’s FM365 Project where Flying Mouse creates several new graphics every day for one whole year.

Amazon.com currently has the Complete National Geographic for $40 with FREE shipping!! The National Geographic Collection DVD set includes 6 discs which contain every National Geographic issue ever published between 1888 and 2008. And considering that the normal price for this collection is about $60, this Amazon.com deal cannot be beat! So consider this an [...]

In one of the most brilliant uses of social media I’ve seen, IKEA has hitched itself on the back of Facebook’s photo tagging feature to promote the opening of one of their stores. In the promotion, IKEA set up a Facebook account and uploaded 12 showroom images to the account. Then they let anybody tag [...]

Photo by Deidre Schoo My friend Andrew Chen (of 3sixteen and Self Edge) was recently photographed and profiled in The New York Times in an article about stores in NYC that have defied the recent recession by opening up shop where most others have closed their doors. If you don’t know Self Edge, you should [...]