December 2010
The Pixel Sleeping Eye Mask By Studiobo →
Sleep in retro 8-bit style with the Pixel Sleeping Eye Mask created by studiobo. You can wear your sunglasses at night and dream geeky dreams while doing so.
Available for purchase…
Photos From a Day at Bell Labs in the 1960′s →
Lawrence Harley “Larry” Luckham shot some wonderful photos of his co-workers one day at Bell Labs in the 1960′s.
In the late ’60′s I worked for Bell Labs for a few years managing a data…
Huis ter Dijk, A LEGO Modernist House →
Niek Geurts created “Huis ter Dijk” a fantastic LEGO Modernist House inspired by Dutch architect Willem Dudok.
via The Brothers Brick
photos by Niek Geurts
Why the Fashion Industry Is Betting Big on Branded... →
Macala Wright Lee is the publisher of FashionablyMarketing.Me. Wright Lee is a retail consultant who’s firm, Fashionably Digital, specializes…
Tours of London, led by the city's homeless →
It’s a well-known fact that tourists typically get a very different view of a city than locals do, but it’s a pretty safe bet that participants in Sock Mob Events tours get an even more…
How a Colorblind Kid Became a Great Graphic... →
How a Colorblind Kid Became a Great Graphic Designer. Yoav Brill creates a wonderful video narrating how he chose such an unlikely path — and which also shows what colorblindness is like.
I’m also a color-blind designer and this is one of the most well made and touching videos I’ve seen in a while. Also if you want to know how we do it, this quote sums it up; “My color blindness was not a big...
YouTube Asks Users to Flag Videos that Promote... →
Over 35 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, so it’s just not feasible that YouTube review each video before it’s posted online. Instead, YouTube points to its community…
This is the Google Chrome OS netbook keyboard →
It’s just a Chrome OS sorta day, isn’t it? To catch you up here, we told you earlier that Google is planning to announce its own Chrome OS netbook this coming Tuesday, and well, now…
Chromaroma and the onward march of gameification →
Mudlark’s London transport-based game – launched this week – aims to make commuting fun
December’s arctic welcome has caused chaos across the UK’s transport system – motorways littered with…
Groupon Turns Down Google’s $6 Billion Offer →
Groupon has reportedly rejected Google’s massive $6 billion acquisition offer and intends to stay independent. The group-buying giant has been the center of the…
Personality Analytics - The Next Must-Have Feature... →
Here’s a method that could have a profound impact on social CRM strategies: using personality types to match customers up with representatives. Fast Company reports on how eLoyalty is using…
Image of the Day: a house made of stairs →
y+M Design Office completed this family home in Japan with a bit of a twist. The facade is made of stairs leading from the ground level to the roof. The owners wanted a welcoming house that…
Flipboard's Big Update: This is an iPad Mag Done... →
Flipboard, the iPad “social” magazine which launched to a barrage of press back in July, has just announced the addition of several more publishing partners, the first to test Flipboard’s new…
Gowalla Introduces Unified Check-In →
Very interesting article on TechCrunch regarding Gowalla’s decision to allow you to “check in” on Foursquare and Facebook.
The location-based service has decided to fundamentally altered their…
Susan Anderson →
More Photography by Susan Anderson
Spacelog provides fascinating searchable text... →
What you’re looking at above is a scan of the physical NASA transcript of a famous moment of the Apollo 13 space mission. These transcripts make extremely fascinating reading,…
Burn, Little Men!: Melted Army Men Bowls →
I can’t count how may hours of my youth were spent having checker wars with plastic army men. And not just because I’m a bad counter, but I did give the bartender $17 for a $62 tab last…