I love this. And not just because I love Ice Cube (see below, where my cousin painted ‘Cube on my aunt & uncle’s living room wall) but also for the production quality, the ease-of-use and general look of the site, and their plainly awesome embeddable player. I am a big ‘ol sucker for little details.
EDIT: Just […]
Stay in School from Clay Parker Jones on Vimeo.
Because I’ve never shared this video on this blog (you’ve maybe seen it on my Tumblr, Vimeo or even on the video cassette that I still own), I’d like to take a few moments to embarrass myself. In 2002—my sophomore year of college—I was on an MTV program […]
Thank you, Telebrands, for bringing us two amazing things: a great new product (the Comfort Wipe) and this most excellent infomercial. Let it be known that I’m a sucker for DRTV.
A few highlights:
Microsoft Impact: an underrated font choice.
The release button on the end of the wand: definitely looks durable. That should last
The lack of discussion of […]
Posted in Advertising, Nice Products, Product of the Week | Also tagged brow beat, charmin, comfort wipe, cottonelle, direct response TV, drtv, infomercial, moistened flushable wipes, slate, toilet paper, toilet paper innovations, toilet paper wand |
I downloaded the “Ego” iPhone Application yesterday. It’s quite nice. A single interface for all your social things. It works quickly, even grabs your daily visits/pageviews from Google (before they’re reported in the Analytics interface) and…get this: it can pull your Mint “Net Worth” into the dashboard. Which I’ve not done, as I don’t want […]
You might already know that I like to make ping pong paddles. When I was home in Arcata over the winter, I made some more.
This is how I do it.
First I cut some blanks out of 1/8th-inch, three-ply Baltic Birch plywood. These form the core of the blade. Really flat, really clean plywood works best.
Then I set a […]
Posted in Crafty, Ping Pong Stuff, Wood and Rubber | Also tagged canary wood, custom ping pong paddles, fiberglass, fiberglass ping pong paddle, how to make ping-pong paddles, monterillo, polyester resin, table tennis, veneer, Wood and Rubber |
I’ve just downloaded Skype’s Brand Book, which they’ve recently made public on their site. It’s a nice piece of work, and offers a rich, flexible and humorous set of guidelines for the use of Skype’s brand elements. They allow for unique cloud designs (see above) and generally shy away from the typical rigidity you typically […]
Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Mardi Gras from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
So f’n cool. The above videos are by an Australian named Keith Loutit, and they’re some of the most visually compelling short films that I’ve ever seen.
Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Each of the videos in his Vimeo stream utilize a photographic technique known as “Tilt-Shift”. […]
Strolling through NOTCOT today, I found a ping-pong dining table.
That’s just perfect. It looks like the centerpiece swivels to become the net. I hope it’s on some sort of pivot. Dad, are you seeing this? Please make me one as soon as you can.
“Good match. Your turn to do the dishes.”
Hunn Wai for Mein Gallery, via NOTCOT and Yatzer.
Dial Hard, featuring Jacques MeQlain.
Vingt-Quatre Heurs, featuring Jacques Baudeur.
And 8 Kilomètres, featuring Lapin. Where “Monte Carlo…et dans la place! Allez lapin!”
Nicely done, Stella. Remaking popular movies into 1960s-style French short films? C’est Brilliant.
Lesson: make cool stuff for the internet, and people will thank you for it.
And the site: Smooth Originals.
I like the internet. You could say we’re friends. Best buds, really. And good friends do nice things for each other. That’s why I like making cool things for the internet.
Here’s the process I follow:
1. Design the framework for an idea
2. Hand that framework to smart creative and development people, watch them make the idea better
3. Work […]
