cubemate | Dan Ng

links for 2008-08-27

• Wallace And Grommit: Wallace & Gromit Go High Fashion
  (tags: aardman harveynichols)
• He's in the right trousers now
  (tags: aardman harveynichols)
• Wallace & Gromit Say Cheese!
  (tags: aardman harveynichols)
• The Scrabulous Deal Snag: Money
  Scrabulous was not worth $20-50 million USD, especially if it were built on stolen IP. The brothers made $300,000 USD a year on the game, and we all had a good time playing.
  (tags: scrabulous hasbro IP)
• Hasbro Vs Scrabulous
  Court documents from the lawsuit.
  (tags: hasbro scrabulous IP)

links for 2008-08-21

• Dunbar's number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  147 is the organisational limit, via Nylonmeals
  (tags: dunbarsnumber organisations creative cultures)

links for 2008-08-19

• Viral Video Film School // Current
  I chortled but was also mesmerised by the animal fights.
  (tags: viral comedy)

links for 2008-08-17

• Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands - NYTimes.com
  What makes someone a good citizen?
  (tags: immigration USA)
• Mr. Ng’s Death - Editorial - NYTimes.com
  In an alternate universe, this was me.
  (tags: immigration USA injustice)

links for 2008-08-16

• Harold Ickes Lists the Campaign's "Key Assumptions," March 29, 2007
  He was Cassandra for the Clinton campaign.
  (tags: clinton presidentialcampaign)

links for 2008-08-11 [delicious.com]

• Olympic Number Symbolism: Eights Across the Board | Britannica Blog
  A steaming pile of ignorance - 8/8/8 is lucky because the number 'eight' rhymes with 'fortune' in Chinese - so much so that numbers like 1/6/8 can replace phrases like 'always prosperous'. The mathematical roots of lucky '8' are a bit dubious.
  (tags: numbers etymology china)
• Why Westernized Chinese Dislike the West | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com
  Not terribly well researched, but some evidence that Chinese still feel bullied by the West and see force as justified when protecting collective harmony.
  (tags: China politics migration identity culture)

links for 2008-08-10 [delicious.com]

• Op-Ed Columnist - Flush With Energy - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
  Proof that clean energy innovation can be achieved, just probably not in the US
  (tags: oil environment energy conservation)

links for 2008-08-09 [delicious.com]

• Slate Magazine - Who Says You Need Eight Glasses a Day?
  Via Matt Law
  (tags: research badscience science food health water)

links for 2008-08-06 [delicious.com]

• US hospital using Wii as training tool for its surgeons | Technology | The Guardian
  It's a Wii world
  (tags: nintendo wii interaction design mimetic)
• TV Ads - AdWords - Google
  A product demo for television ad buying. Creepy. Watch your back, media guys. Obviously ones with ideas and planning smarts will be ok. Otherwise... Via leorayman
  (tags: media planning buying demo google advertising)

links for 2008-08-04 [delicious.com]

• An Internal Wiki That’s Not Classified - NYTimes.com
  The decision to embrace wikis is part of a changing ethic at the department, from a “need to know culture” to a “need to share culture”
  (tags: wiki share culturaldiplomacy diplomacy)
• US Border Agency Says It Can Seize Laptops - Yahoo! News
  Now entering an airport means you might lose your laptop for good, and without any need for probably clause.
  (tags: freedom property rights seizure usa)
• Darth Vader head hot air balloon
  More surreal than it should be
  (tags: StarWars DarthVader balloon)