I came across this nifty old site that gives photos an older sheen. Wanokoto is a great Japanese (but with an english version)that adds a couple hundred years to your photo.
What started off like this:
I can't seem, for the life of me, to find a place to download Google Chrome. After much hoopla in their promotional strategy (read here). It was supposed to launch today and I can't seem to find it. WTF?
Was this on purpose? or servers overloaded? or just bad project management?
Update: Yeah, yeah, yeah....So google launched this afternoon. I didn't get a chance to look it up again until after I got home from work.
As I was walking home today, I happened to glance into the window of an open retail space and saw floor plans for a dunkin donuts. What else could someone ask for than a dunkin' donuts across the street from the office.
Beantown-style coffee with double sugar and double cream galore!
With the olympics behind us, I'm not sure what to do with myself. What is there to do between the hours of midnight and 2am?
The Hong Kong Lego User Group built structures to help us remember the amazing structures built for the lego. Check it out here.
A lot of fashion retailers are partnering with designers and artists to promote their brand. Nike has partnered with experimental theater director, Robert Wilson (whose art has appeared in the Guggenheim, Metropolitan Opera of New York, and the Centre Pompidou) to create video portraits for Nike store retail displays.
While not for all companies, I feel that this is a refreshing injection of perspective into a brand. While in Japan, K learned that Chanel's mobile art container. Chanel partnered with famed architect Zaha Hadid to create and curate an multi-media experience. The traveling exhibit launched in HK, made a pit stop in Harajuku, and will end in Paris. Luckily for us, the rush line was pretty short and we were able to get into the exhibit.
Upon entering the container, you're directed to sit down and wait while the all-black-outfitted workers set you up with a personalized mp3 audio guide. A melange of music, voice-overs, and sound effects direct you through the container, telling you to stand-up, look-up, and walk to the next exhibit. Controlling your movements allowed each of us to experience a personal connection with the narrator and art. The 20 different pieces reflected their impressions of chanel, handbags, and leather. I was surprised how edgy some of the content was.
The container lands in New York between October 20 and Nov 9. To read more about visiting it while in NY, check out the NY Times article here.
Swedish ad agency, Scholz & Friends Sweden launches a soy sauce ad that sources traditional Japanese art.
Copy: "Culinary Art from Japan"
I went to check out the 50th Annual Chicago's Air & Water show on the lakefront yesterday. A friend of mine lives across the street from lakeshore. Let me tell you, watching it from the 22nd floor is a lot better than having to deal with the insane crowd.
There were some amazing acrobatics:
There's an old chinese nursery rhyme that I learned when I was a kid. It's about having a big head:
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Big head, big headBeyond serving as an umbrella, researchers have found that smarter brains tend to be larger. With only 2% of the population scoring above a 130 on their IQ tests, this is not making it a happy Friday for me.
When it rains, I'm not worried
While other people have umbrellas
I have my big head
