The youthful voice of the 50’s brought the Beat Generation. Howl is the latest movie on the generation of rebellious prose. Allen Ginsberg misunderstood for many generations is explored in the epicenter of his creativity. James Franco portrayal of Allen Ginsberg is rather a surprising one. The movie is loaded with an excellent cast that […]
People are becoming more aware of typography around them. Here is a suggestive top ten list of the most popular typefaces in the past decade. From print to multimedia there is a good chance you ran into some of these typefaces.
Don Kenn can bring out a whole new world out of a post-it note with his elaborate monsters. The eerie yellow background serves his purpose for his monster drawings in black. Don is a modern day Edward Gorey. See more>>
When you return to school, book publishers are happy you will learn the golden rule. You should cause it’s a heavy price to learn. The bulk of your expenses in University is the textbook and the once 22 publishers in the US has dwindled to 5 publishers. Most were swallowed by bigger publishers. The main […]
13 screws later and Swedish music software company Propellerhead have built the world’s biggest drum machine. Like something out of Tom Hank’s Big, this DDR-like dance pad is a hit.
It’s not too sunny in Philadelphia as city hall plans to grab money from bloggers. The city believes that if you blog then you need a business license for $50 a year or $300 for a lifetime. They assume that you make money with your blog and therefore you should pay your fair share. Not […]
In the information highway anybody with an opinion can traverse the conduit of human experience, even dictators. They have a knack for finding forums where there are people who will listen to their rants protected either by UN sanctioned buildings or perhaps behind a keyboard. Fidel Castro is no stranger to the medium of manipulation […]
Once again I had to haul myself to Ikea and buy more shelves. I have so many books that I am running out of room. I can honestly say I could give out library cards to my collection for people in my city. I think I am going to abandon buying books in paper form. […]
Food needs a modern cookbook for the 21st century. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking is leading the way in a new approach of fine cuisine with the science and art behind the making of food. In Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young, and Maxime Bilet–scientists, inventors, […]
Designer Yeongwoo Kim has created the simplest eco urinal that incorporates a radical hand washing concept. Stripped down to the bare, this idea has merit except it is not female friendly. I don’t know but when guys have to take out their boy out to town they feel a bit claustrophobic with urinals so close […]
Voodoo is taken very seriously by Haitians and I found this odd considering that these little dolls were sold in a highly populated Haitian neighborhood. Pagan believes to many but embedded in New Orleans and Haitian culture, the voodoo dolls are an oddity or perhaps an insult to the sensitive group deeply rooted in superstitious […]
It’s like we don’t have enough distractions on the road. Here come carlashes. Giant eye lashes for headlights. Do we need this? Well some people think so. Like something out of Roger Rabbit auto animation, carlashes is the new thing for cosmetic refurbishment. Not to be outdone you can get a mustache also with a […]