A Year Older...

It's my birthday today. And turning 27... means:

1. You find yourself running 30 miles a week just to keep your waistline from expanding anymore than it already has..
2. You start to realize how little of your 20's you have left, but it's not really that bad..
3. Your hair starts to thin out a little more, but it's still not that bad :) phew...
   
4. You stop getting called "young man" by your clients/customers....
5. It somehow seems easier to deal with life's challenges when you're 27
6. Your friends start to leave single-hood and get married... (fuck, this one was a little hard to deal with, but it's cool!)
   
7. Your 32" pants has moved from loose to fitted/skinny cuts (HAHHAHA! where's the pork?)
8. You can finally afford to take your parents out for dinner without asking them to grab the cheque!
9. If you turn 27 this year, it would mean you would've been through at least 2 1/3 economic cycles - i.e. downtime!
10. Number 10 - you get to turn 28 next year! WOO HOO!!!! :D
    

Sigh... I love 27 :)

COOL!

Crazy looking bike from Europe

SE Service Harrier, Powered by BMW.

Found at: Bike EXIF

Nike by James Jarvis

Myk Dawg

Found at: Myk Dawg!

Holograms...

This is awesome, and may put actual movie sales ahead of DVD's by about 100 to 1...

"In G.E.’s approach, the holograms are scattered across a disc in a way that is similar to the formats used in today’s CDs, conventional DVDs and Blu-ray discs. So a player that could read microholographic storage discs could also read CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs. But holographic discs, with the technology G.E. has attained, could hold 500 gigabytes of data. Blu-ray is available in 25-gigabyte and 50-gigabyte discs, and a standard DVD holds 5 gigabytes."

Read at: NyTimes

Ji Lee

nice button from: Ji Lee of South Korea

Apple's literally...

Apple's earnings announcement is amazing! When the market is down to its lowest since the Great Depression, they post earnings greater than analyst predictions:

"Expectations about new products have pushed up Apple’s shares more than 40 percent in the last month. Apple watchers expect the company to introduce new iPhones at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June andperhaps a tablet device later in the year."

- Nytimes

Bullet-proof that the innovation business model is alive and well.

Alvin Chan

Malaysian designer succeeding abroad Alvin Chan, Creative director for Nike Netherlands






We often hear of famous designers, writers, restaurateurs, entrepreneurs... often from abroad.

Fake Plastic People

Slightly eerie looking things, do you remember that movie Mannequin?

"Lifestyle Forms and Display designs and produces mannequins and clothing forms at a plant at Cozine and Alabama Avenues near Starrett City in Brooklyn."

Found on: Made in NYC Mannequins, Nytimes

Habbekrats

Advertising firm based in Amsterdam: Habbekrats

Run!

I think this is of interest.

Mortensen

Wasting Time

I spent all morning adjusting my blog layout, and ended up with the same old one.

I hate this automation. Back in 2005, it used to be customizable. Web 2.0, hurrahhh... -__-'

Check out: streetsy

Napkins for the Science & Math addict

I love these napkins, now you can draw statistical regressions even after your double probability-burger!

Found at: Design Milk /Monoscope

Skulls Galore

Clark Goolsby

Clark Goolsby

Found at: unurth

Alex Pardee Suits

Found at: Upper Playground

I have a dream, and that dream is to be free from thought.

Like all stories of inequality, prejudices, and bigotry:

Yet, of thousands who pursued a hopeful regimen of piano lessons and vocal coaching, Anderson was one of very few who graduated into a real classical career. A core of self-confidence, rarely visible behind her reserved façade, allowed her to endure a series of potentially crushing disappointments. The sharpest setback is described in her autobiography, “My Lord, What a Morning”: when she applied to a Philadelphia music school, in 1914, a young woman at the reception desk made her wait while everyone behind her in line was served. Finally, the woman said, “We don’t take colored.”

In Malaysia, colored is a way of life. We live and interpret everything with color tainted lenses. It's sick. Our government is sick. Our way of life is sick.

Found at: New Yorker

1969!?

Gnarly!!!! Found on: Way Out

Stew

French artist Stew's cool japanese art

Saw at: unurth

How are the Chinese planning on going green?

By making it hard to sue car companies that's how. lol.

Electric car makers may find it easier to gain a following in the Chinese market than in other countries. First-time buyers in China are less accustomed to the power of gasoline-powered cars; most commutes are short and slow because of traffic jams; and Chinese law makes it hard for consumers to sue automakers for safety problems.

Let's hope its true what they're doing, because the last time I was in Beijing airport, the air quality there was quite bad.

Heard at: Nytimes