cubemate | Dan Ng

links for 2008-04-14

• YouTube - Seesmic du Jour 123: Nike + with Michael Tchao
  (tags: nike utility)
• Many cities struggling to fill potholes
  (tags: americaisathirdworldcountry)
• Study: Flowers Losing Smell | LiveScience
  (tags: bees pollution)

links for 2008-04-13

• Richer, healthier but not happier
  (tags: economics happiness uk statistics bbc)
• Legal Immigrants, Until They Applied for Citizenship - New York Times

links for 2008-04-12

• Winners : Jerwood Moving Image Award
  Johnny Kelly - Procrastination
  (tags: animation procrastination)

links for 2008-04-11

• People: Sebastian Coe hits out at ‘thuggish’ boys in blue | News | The First Post
  Chinese diplomacy has to be sorted out before something very wrong happens
  (tags: china diplomacy public)
• Clare Longrigg reports on the letters of jailed Cosa Nostra boss Bernardo Provenzano
  Tips for managing out of a crisis from a mob boss
  (tags: business crime ideas leadership organisations crisis pr)
• Poll: Scientists Use Brain-Boosting Drugs
  One of five scientists responding to a poll from Nature said they used one of three drugs to improve their cognitive performance: provigil (alertness), ritalin (concentration) and beta-blockers (calm)
  (tags: drugs performance)
• Cho Dang Gol (NYC Restaurant) Review - New York City Restaurant Reviews - The New York Times
  A restaurant review so old that its footer reads: "Hundreds of Times restaurant reviews are available on line from @times, an arts and entertainment guide on America Online. Software and information: 1-800-548-5201. "
  (tags: restaurants dining reviews NewYorkTimes)
• French Agency Drops Bid for Boase - New York Times
  A little bit of history before BDDP was eventually bought by Omnicom anyway and folded into TBWA.
  (tags: BMP DDB BDDP Omnicom)
• YCP
  Where Simon and Virginia of Davidson Pearce, BMP, BMP DDB, and BMP 4 went
  (tags: BMP DDB DavidsonPearce)
• Bubblewrap Keychain
  Bubblewrap simulator - Puchi Puchi. Predictably, out of stock.
  (tags: buy toy)

links for 2008-04-10

• Op-Chart: Making Money Hand Over Fist - The New York Times
  Via Kottke.org
  (tags: sign trading finance Business visualization NewYorkTimes)
• Indian Sign Language - p22
  Compare to commodities trading signs
  (tags: language visualisation signs signlanguage)
• BBC extends iPlayer reach to Wii - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic
  This is bigger than this news article might suggest. BBC on Wii. Whoa.
  (tags: convergence wii bbc)

links for 2008-04-09

• Free teleprompter/autocue service. Cueprompter - The online prompter.
  (tags: presentation tools video free teleprompter)

links for 2008-04-08

• Yahoo! JAPAN - ＜4/1はエイプリルフールです＞ VOL.1 -襲来編-
  Yahoo! Japan gets taken over by Space Invaders (the arcade game in its 30th year anniversary. The intro is big - the game runs a little slow on my Mac
  (tags: spaceinvaders arcade videogames)
• BBC NEWS | Health | Nobel for stomach ulcer discovery
  Overturning conventional wisdom
  (tags: medicine nobel)
• TheStar.com | GTA | Artist beats ticket for 'driving' pedal car
  Boing Boing has called it the 'Flinstone' car
  (tags: art bicycle Canada car Toronto pedal legal)

links for 2008-04-07

• Irma Boom on 'The Most Beautiful Book in the World'
  [An entrancing lecture on a book's design told with wit, texture, and most importantly, the designer's hands.] Book designer Irma Boom talks about the creation of Sheila Hicks' 'Weaving as a Metaphor', judged to be 'The Most Beautiful Book in the World' b
  (tags: book design sheilahicks irmaboom)

links for 2008-04-06

• Movie City Indie: Throwing bones in the air as 2001 turns 40
  Includes the reflected helmet pictures
  (tags: cinema criticism film history movies kubrick)
• :: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies :: 2001: A Space Odyssey (xhtml)
  (tags: ebert kubrick film cinema criticism)
• Teens flock to web for instant messaging - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic
  Old news, skewed sample
  (tags: youth internet habbo)
• Fame-O-Meter : Radar's Real-Time Buzz Index : Radar Online
  (tags: influence)

links for 2008-04-04

• British High Commission, United Kingdom Trade & Investment Division: Sperm | Ads of the World: Creative Advertising Archive & Community
  Why on Earth would an ad for investment in UK industry and jobs BE OUTSOURCED? Morons. Client: British High Commission, UK Trade & Investment Division. Agency: Contract Advertising, New Delhi, India
  (tags: hypocrisy UK government)