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Sticky Moments Doodling on Paper

By tone | Published: February 4, 2010
I am a constant doodler by profession. I doodle everywhere. Sticky Moments is a site that collects doodles on sticky notes papers. Artistically speaking Post-it notes are quite expensive as a choice of medium to draw on. Sticky moments captures the instant flash inspiration. Doodles are the genesis of greater ideas at the time. See [...]
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Touch Screen is the Future

By tone | Published: February 2, 2010
Is the mouse on the way out? One would think with the advent of the iPhone, iTouch and now the iPad. The touch screen technology is slowly seeping into our homes. Is this truly the future of computers? Touch screen poses a few problems with the human anatomy, desktop touch screens don’t really work well [...]
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Philip K. Dick Book Covers

By tone | Published: January 30, 2010
Philip K. Dick is celebrated for “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” the Hollywood version better known as Blade Runner. His books are now the latest in film interpretation with recent classics such as Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, Paycheck, and A Scanner Darkly. The Philip K. Dick franchise is not letting down with still [...]
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World’s Tallest Skyscrapers on Hold

By tone | Published: January 22, 2010
The tallest buildings of the future are mostly either delayed or canceled due to lack of money. Nimrod will have to wait before he can bend his bow and challenge the creator at 3,000 feet plus. Kuwait is now “can you wait” till we get more money to complete our skyscraper. Are these buildings [...]
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Crayon Industry Chart

By tone | Published: January 19, 2010
I am amazed at the color names introduced each school year. Crayola began with eight colors in 1903 and is up to 120 as of 2010 and growing annually with new colors at a rate of 2.56. I think they will have to create bigger boxes down the line. Could somebody please tell me why [...]
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Guitar: No Strings Attached

By tone | Published: January 18, 2010
Look ma! No strings attached. The Misa Digital Guitar is perhaps the future of the guitar. The Sydney based guitar is truly a thing of minimalistic interface to explore new sounds through digital manipulation. Guitars by their very nature have limitations. To create sound you need to hit a string, so that the sound at its [...]
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Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America’s Leading Comic Artists

By tone | Published: January 18, 2010
This little gem got under the radar. Andre Schiffrin collects the pre-Seuss classic editorial cartoons. True Seuss collectors will enjoy this book precursor to the children’s line of books that Theodore Seuss Geisel would revolutionize learning in the 50’s. Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America’s Leading [...]
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Have the Cake and Eat it Too

By tone | Published: January 17, 2010
Well here is proof that you can have the cake and eat it too. Lukka Sigurdardottir the genius behind the cake is perhaps the sweetest girl in the world in so many ways. Take a slice from life from Lukka and regenerate your sweet tooth. This is a cake that any dentist would fall in [...]
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Patti Smith in Dream of Life

By tone | Published: January 15, 2010
Patti Smith is not a household name as is French poet Arthur Rimbaud, her idol. Considered a rock icon, she beats to her own drum without any Billboard attainment in the top 10. The closest she got was with “Because the Night”, which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13. You might not [...]
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New Lego App

By tone | Published: January 13, 2010
Lego always finds cool ways to promote and re-invent the wheel when it comes to their brand. It’s seems Lego has a stranglehold on our youth. Those little interlocked blocks that fuel our imagination is a thing that passes from one generation to the next. Lego has jumped into the app business too with their [...]
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