cubemate | Dan Ng

links for 2008-02-29

• YouTube - Sand Show-Kum Şovu
  Finger painting as performance.
  (tags: sand performingart)
• Desiree Palmer's photos of camouflaged people - Boing Boing
  (tags: officeculture camouflage)
• Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his eye - Yahoo! News
  Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis
  (tags: surgery)
• blueshirt nation | garykoelling
  (tags: intranets BestBuy bestpractice)
• YouTube - Richard & Linda Thompson - Man in Need
  "Their kind of style it just offends me / I want to take 'em, I want to shake 'em / 'Til they pay me some heed"
  (tags: RichardandLindaThompson YouTube)
• NPR: The Del McCoury Band performs 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
  A bluegrass cover of Richard Thompson's song.
  (tags: bluegrass RichardThompson DelMcCouryBand)

links for 2008-02-28

• IFA2007: Up Close and Personal Video of Philips Aurea
  (tags: design Philips aurea)
• Why DVR Viewers Recall Some TV Spots - WSJ.com
  (tags: dvr advertising technology)

links for 2008-02-26

• The Problem With The Trends (Business) on PSFK
  (tags: advertising agencies Trends psfk criticism)
• YouTube - George Dyson: Let's take a nuclear-powered rocket to Saturn
  Engineers are always the ones who will get you into trouble. Via Slavin_FPO.
  (tags: exploration nuclear space)
• YouTube - Robot High School
  Wicked. Like when music videos mattered.
  (tags: youtube video music robots)

links for 2008-02-24

• Pirates of the SeaBus
  SeaBus Pirates?
  (tags: flashmob improveverywhere)
• View Overstream: 'Hambrient@?'
  A great generator of subtitles. (The video is appalling of course.)
  (tags: overstream subtitles)
• Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality
  (tags: fastfood Advertising food)
• YouTube - Carlsberg Wives
  via Nick Emmel.
  (tags: viral sponsorship)

links for 2008-02-22

• Helping China learn to read
  A lovely interview of the architect of pinyin, now aged 102. The Guardian is more interesting every day.
  (tags: pinyin biography guardian)
• YouTube - Ultimate Break (KitKat)
• In the Fatosphere, Big Is In, or at Least Accepted - New York Times
  Via Reveries.com
  (tags: blog culture fatacceptance health)

links for 2008-02-21

• FT.com - America's economy risks the mother of all meltdowns
  As if I needed more reason to lie awake.
  (tags: FT recession meltdown)

links for 2008-02-18

• Red In Tooth And Claw - Forbes.com
  "Barlow's writing really pops and fantastically extols life's pleasures from a simple full stomach to blinding power. Sharp Teeth comes together well, as a surprisingly dynamic premise and bold form choice prove intensely fascinating."
  (tags: TobyBarlow books)
• Zurfer, the location-based photo browser from Yahoo! Research Berkeley
  (tags: cellphone handheld mobile phone social mososo geotagging)
• Who we are - Yahoo! Research Berkeley
  Where it's going to come from.
  (tags: mobile contextawarecomputing socialsoftware mososo)
• Interview: Danah Boyd | DISCOVER Magazine
  She's now heavily influenced two people I've worked with, but I've never met her. Here's her take on the past few years in social software.
  (tags: danahboyd facebook socialnetworking history interview network culture social research)
• FT.com / Arts & weekend / Magazine - Developing tastes
  Via Lee McEwan.
  (tags: business culture economics globalisation food)
• RichCommerce.fr » Archive du blog » VW continue d’innover avec son site UK
  "Ne trouvez-vous pas que l’on retrouve dans les traitements graphiques et éditoriaux une volonté d’être le Apple de l’automobile, non ?"
  (tags: Volkswagen.co.uk reviews)

links for 2008-02-17

• LA Weekly - Art+Books - Toby Barlow's Sharp Teeth - Holly Myers - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles
  "Barlow, however, happily manages to avoid them all. This is a swift, exuberant, at times funny, and ultimately touching book, written with a sensitivity that belies its bloody subject matter."
  (tags: tobybarlow books)
• Philips: Turning on the Lights - Barron's Online
  "Yes, there's still work to be done, especially in consumer electronics. The operation, which makes TVs and audio gear, generates only 3% operating margins on sales of €10.362 billion."
  (tags: Philips)

links for 2008-02-16

• Gestalten mit digitalen Medien
  burka projector
  (tags: clothing culture Bluetooth identity)

links for 2008-02-15

• Burger King Whopper Freakout
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• YouTube - Wake Up With The King
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• YouTube - Sneak King for Xbox 360 Trailer
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• YouTube - Burger King Eat Like Snake Triple Whopper Commercial
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• YouTube - How to: Eat an Octawhopper (12 Minute edit)
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• Build a GTI Mk V
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• YouTube - VW GTI Mk V - Joyride with Helga
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• YouTube - VW GTI Mk V - Joyride with Helga Pt. 2
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• YouTube - Volkswagen First Act Slash ad
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)
• YouTube - John Mayer Volkswagen Commercial
  (tags: creativebreakfast 2008.02.14)