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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Robert E. Lee Day is a state holiday in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Mississippi celebrated along Martin Luther King Day. Go figure. Time has a way of sanitizing history. Ask the Duke boys. Anyhoo, happy Robert E. Lee Day! Sounds awkward. Orwellian purists would be proud in the irony. Tony M.If this article […]
In the later part of the 19th century till the advent of the automobile there were close to 200 000 horses working in New York city. We complain about global warming today, imagine the build up of manure that 200 000 horses can produce in that amount of time. Where do you store all that […]
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 […]
It’s hard to keep a good secret. What weighs 1300 pounds and could be easily shipped by Amazon? You guessed it, a JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser. This baby clocks at 40 miles per hour, equipped with a public announcement system, and to boot a 400 watt sound system. The JL421 Badonkadonk is a completely unique, […]
It’s amazing what you can build with a few logs. This log cabin house was constructed by Piet Hein Eek, the house is nestled in the woods. Fully ventilated with the sliding windows, the abode is a reclusive hideaway from modern distractions. I don’t know about insurance, this is one place that will go up […]
Amid today’s whirlwind of celebrity scandals and viral fame, Paul Reubens and his iconic man-child persona, Pee-wee Herman, feel refreshingly timeless — a nostalgic relic immune to modern-day drama. What made Pee-Wee Herman’s Playhouse so endlessly fascinating (and worthy of its 22 Emmy wins during its five-year run) was its strange, subversive magic — a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Some countries celebrate the coming of snow and build around the frigid conditions to amuse themselves. Take Harbin in north-east China as an example, they turn ice into a thing of beauty. They are hosting, The International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. This is one place where there is no shortage of ice. The celebration […]