It was almost a year ago when I posted this cool video from Japan, but it was brought to my attention just yesterday that there is a slightly better rendition of Tetris that also uses people as pixels. I do believe that this series of video [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
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Modern Toilet Diner, a Taipei-based, washroom-themed restaurant—that has been open since 2004—lets you realize the secret dream of eating fecal-like ice cream out of a toilet bowl. Adding on top of the cleverly posed dish ware, the deco [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, November 16th, 2007
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While I know a few people that have been know to say, “My name is blah, blah, Google me.” This new product may be just a little excessive. It’s called the Vanity Ring, a ring with a small display that—when plugged in to [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, October 14th, 2007
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While it’s easy to love the “cuteness” factor of many new foods that come out of Japan, this is certainly not one of those instances. Canned Bread comes in a vending machine and is, well, bread in a can. There are many dif [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
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When I touch down in Tokyo in a few weeks, the first thing I’m looking for is Human Tetris. Enough said.
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
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All the credit goes to kk on this one, the man is stealth. Unfortunately, in this instance Mark was not.
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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The struggle to find a balance between work and life is hard for anyone in creative industry, but even more so for creatives who freelance; for these unlucky individuals, work life and home life often fall into a single space. I’ve st [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
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It almost seems wrong to slot these words next to each other, but the reality is that we now live in an age where devices such as laptops, iPods, PDA’s and headphones can be charged wirelessly (and thoughtlessly). Wildcharge (Est. 200 [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, December 8th, 2006
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A couple of years back there was a mass reclamation of perfectly preserved lumber that had been submerged up to 50 years ago in transport through rivers; useful, but modern design now has a way to get a little more profit from that which li [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Learning, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
And he called VFS out. Let me start by saying that the youtube generation is for the most part lazy and uneducated, but here comes a young man with a little more thought than the average internet troll. Charlie Winter, when finding a VFS fi [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
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Astronauts, geographers, and typographers alike can all find joy in the impressive world of Geogreetings. Geogreetings are in my definition, “The combining of a sattellite’s view of landmarks, algorithmic(seemingly, but not real [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, November 17th, 2006
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Walking to work this morning around 4:00am, I saw a lineup of eager, hopeful, geeked-out soon-to-be Playstation 3 owners. Although very cold and windy, they were huddled together camping in front of Futureshop with lawn chairs, flannel jack [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Thursday, November 16th, 2006
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All I can say is wow, check out what Jacob and Manto have to say.
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
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A lack of.. uh, hmm… courage, has for many years been keeping men from showcasing their toolbags, it is no secret. Now, the pros at AussieBum have begun using “Wondercup” technology to create “appearance flattering u [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Monday, November 6th, 2006
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In a recent visit to the massive archive known as CSS Remix, I found a great site called “Invisible Man“; soon thereafter my eyes were lit up by some amazing illustrations. This community of artists has pieces that will expand t [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Thursday, October 19th, 2006
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I don’t know what it is these days, but I can’t pick a good movie for the life of me. Enter “The Last Kiss” the latest offering from Canadian director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby(screenplay writer)), let [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Monday, October 16th, 2006
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I see no other end for this invention but bruises, blood, and misery, but since no-one really bought into moonshoes way back when, it was neccesary to revisit the notion of defying gravity while enhancing your cardio. Now, the only effort r [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Thursday, September 28th, 2006
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Do you consider yourself a film buff? Do you know the works of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, or Terry Gilliam? If you answered yes to either of these questions, grab a bag of m&m’s and have a good ol time all afternoon.
Posted by: todd smith on Monday, September 25th, 2006
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The problem with having the ability to recognize great artwork, is also having the ability to label something a steaming pile. Usually the notion can be combated or questioned, as art is and always will be subjective; the exception to this [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, September 24th, 2006
Categories: Art, Learning, Marketing, Pop Culture | 8 Comments »
Ever felt the need to take self help classes from Mr. T? Well, wait no longer, because apparently he’s using tough love as he “Teaches fools some basic rules,” since “there’s no shortage of fools that needs his [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, September 22nd, 2006
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Photoshop and photo manipulation at this point have very few limits; luckily, many people know this and continually produce amazing work. One of such organizations doing so is Brazil’s Platinum, FMD, who not only pushes composite phot [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Thursday, September 21st, 2006
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Every once in a while a special piece of cinema comes along that can sum up a certain point in your life; in this instance it is the BBC series titled “The Catherine Tate Show” and it has hit in a series of three. These small sk [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
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Get some scented massage oil, light a few candles, sit back, and check out this link; in a strange yet fascinating way, you will see what can only be described as alluring. In only four minutes you too can discover how sensual and massively [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
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Remember the infamous 1984 Mac commercial that started it all? I don’t because sadly, I wasn’t born yet, but I do love Lego. Today PodBrix releases their 1984 Playset at 9:00pm eastern time, a current day mock up of that very co [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
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Do you ever wish that you could walk to work every morning through lush green grass with bare feet? A group of students from the Dalhousie School of Architecture in Halifax pondered that very question as they created a grass lined wheel to [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
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The next step in typography has officially been taken, well.. not so much, but it is interesting technology nonetheless. Akishima laboratories has teamed up with Osaka University to create a device that generates text on water using waves i [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
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Without offending too many people, I’d like to introduce Buildering as a current day rendition of breakdancing; Buildering is an energetic mix of bouldering, gymnastics, stage fighting, and the style of BMX riding/skateboarding. To th [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
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Anyone who has watched television in the last four months has no doubt seen the commecials for Coca Cola’s icoke.ca promotion, they are of the lowest quality ever put forth by Coke and really seem to miss the mark of the more well-ima [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
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Answering an email has become much like taking a breath for many people, in the process of firing them off, they end up losing a lot of coherency in spelling/punctuation/grammar regardless of spell check (especially if you’re Mark). S [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, July 7th, 2006
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Ever wonder what it would feel like to go 180 km/h on a bicycle? I do all the time, but this falls way short of the way I picture it ending.
Posted by: todd smith on Thursday, July 6th, 2006
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Sure, the heat was out of control this weekend, but on Saturday it had nothing as the world’s greatest BMX riders took to Whistler for the second annual Red Bull Elevation dirt competition. When the dust settled, Corey Bohan, Luke Par [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
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It seems that modern technology has taken a few pages from poorly written cinema in making a new breed of bioelectric prosthetics. They are grafted directly to a patients bones and controlled with “bionic neurons” or BION’ [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
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