Category Archives: Web

Dinomixer

By tone | Published: June 17, 2009
If you were holding back on buying either an iPhone/iPod Touch, here is a good reason to buy one. There are so many kinds of apps out there. Into the fold many artists are finding new ways to generate income with this new milieu. Dinomixer is truly a cool App with artwork by Charley Parker, [...]
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“Weird Al” Yankovic – Craigslist

By tone | Published: June 16, 2009
Did “Weird Al” Yankovic put an ad on Craigslist for a keyboardist? Wanted Ray Manzarek from the Doors to play on my latest album.(link)
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Wedding Invites

By tone | Published: June 15, 2009
When it comes to wedding invites, couples would like to think that their invite is so unique that it stands above all. Well folks nobody has one on this beauty. It’s a story within a story of bliss and miss. With wedding season already full force, Jill and Matt really thought out their wedding. I [...]
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Faith No More Reunited

By tone | Published: June 15, 2009
From out of nowhere, Faith No More is more again. The band reunited and are looking rather rejuvenated as a whole. Live from the Download Festival in Donington Park in the UK, the group took to stage again in which appears to be an only European tour for right now. North America is on hold [...]
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Pizza Scissors

By tone | Published: June 14, 2009
Pizza Scissors. Shear brilliance? Why didn’t somebody think of this before? Nothing like slicing through poorly cut take-out pizza. Clean and perfect wedges for all. Pizza lovers rejoice: serving slices is easier than ever! Slice and serve pizza easily with this new invention. It combines kitchen shears with a wedge-shaped spatula so you can slice and [...]
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Simon Oxley Twitter Illustrator

By tone | Published: June 13, 2009
You’ve seen the logo as have millions of other Twitters. Simon Oxley, the Japan-based Brit licensed the bird graphic through iStockphoto to Twitter for the price of a MacDonald’s trio. Twitter paid a mere six dollars for the logo. You could say the rest is history. Anybody can buy the iStockphoto picture at their [...]
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Top Selling Car of the Year

By tone | Published: June 11, 2009
What is the biggest selling car of the year? The Little Tikes car of course. They sell annually 450 000 units a year. They have no fuel emissions and the best they consume no fossil fuels, are powered by your trusty Fred Flintstone feet. The Little Tikes factory in Hudson, Ohio, runs 24 hours a day, [...]
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Pearls Sells Out, a Pearls Before Swine film by Stephan Pastis

By tone | Published: June 10, 2009
Stephan Pastis is a walking billboard for his own work and put up a gut-buster to exploit himself and his newest book, Pearls Sells Out, a Pearls Before Swine. Stephan Pastis visits his rival newspaper syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate, and tries to get an endorsement for his book. This is the way of the future, [...]
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The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9

By tone | Published: June 10, 2009
The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9 is actually a terrific animated little short by film student Jake Armstrong.
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Crayola Through the Years

By tone | Published: June 10, 2009
Crayola is the building block to creativity. For many years these childlike rainbow wax pencils of magic have graced many homes and perhaps is responsible for creating amazing contraptions we use in our daily routines when toddlers experimented with ideas. My daughter experimented with “Flowersaurus” a dinosaur like flower. These are memories you cherish. Thank [...]
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