Author Archives: paul

Giant Wood Xylophone in the Forest

By | April 10, 2011

This is absolutely amazing! YouTube Link | via zefrank

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F*ck You. Pay Me. By Mike Monteiro

By | April 9, 2011

Mike-Monteiro-Mule-Design

If you’re a freelancer or small business owner you should check this out. It’s a great talk by Mike Monteiro, Design Director and co-founder of Mule Design Studio, on the benefits of having a contract. It was filmed on March 25th, 2011, as part of the Creative Mornings (San Francisco) sessions. There’s a followup blog [...]

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The legend of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

By | April 8, 2011

In the previous post I mentioned, Elvira. If you’re unfamiliar with who she is, this video will help a little. As a teenage boy in the early 80′s, I watched Elvira’s Movie Macabre on late-night TV with just one hope… that she would spontaneously fall out of her dress and somehow it would make it on the [...]

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Wondercon 2011 Costumes

By | April 8, 2011

Wondercon 2011 took place this past weekend in San Francisco, just 1 block from my house. Now I’m wishing I had gone. :( If you watch closely at about 4:09 in this video you’ll catch a glimpse of Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark). I swear that woman doesn’t age. She looks exactly [...]

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Hot Wheels Billboard

By | April 7, 2011

Hot Wheels billboard

This “billboard” for Hot Wheels is simply brilliant! Unlike most advertising which tends to concentrate on a specific product, this iconic loop is simply designed to evoke a pleasant childhood memory. It’s brand-building at it’s best. via YNot

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Trexels: Pixelated Star Trek Characters

By | April 7, 2011

Trexels by John Martz

Trexels, is an awesome limited edition print by John Martz and Koyama Press, featuring 235 pixelated Star Trek characters. I want this! The print measures 8.5 x 11 and is printed using an 8-colour archival printing process on 100% cotton rag museum-quality paper. The print will go on sale here on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011. There’s [...]

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OK, they totally got me. The Invisible Camera is a fake!

By | April 7, 2011

A couple weeks ago I posted a video about an amazing new project called, The Invisible Camera. As it turns out, the thing was a little too amazing. It’s a fake, and they totally got me. I went as far as signing up to be a field tester. I was pretty disappointed, and felt a little [...]

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PressPausePlay: A Film About Hope, Fear and Digital Culture

By | April 7, 2011

About PressPausePlay: The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy [...]

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