The ligature: music to your eyes or an outdated typographic nuisance?
Posted by: Dana Deschene on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Categories: Design, Fun, Industrial Brand, Learning, Pop Culture, Technology, Typography, Uncategorized, We love | 2 Comments »
if (team == tired) { get_drinks($many, $often); } if (team != tired { work($often, $late); } if(team == drunk) { sleep(); } if(team == notyetdrunk) { drink_more($scotch); }
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, October 2nd, 2009
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Likemind is gaining momentum in Vancouver, with over 200 members on its Facebook Group. Events the each 3rd Friday of each month, with the next gathering on June 19th at Elysian Coffee‘s new location at 590 West Broadway, between Camb [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Categories: Associations, Events, Fun, Vancouver | No Comments »
Though a relatively famous short film, I saw C’était un rendez-vous by french director Claude LeLouch for the first time this morning. In short, it’s an 8 minute tour through Paris by way of a camera strapped onto the front of [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
If you’re familiar with ‘Inbox Zero‘ from 43 Folders you’re already aware of how problematic emails can be. How many emails do you have in your inbox? How many have you been putting off because the response is too lo [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Categories: Fun, Inspiration | No Comments »
Those who know me know I’m a real sucker for live music. I play it, listen to it, live it…hell, I’d eat it is it were possible. The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is just around the corner this summer featuring some [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Categories: Events, Fun, Inspiration, Music | No Comments »
There’s an old saying about 15 minutes of fame—that “all publicity is good publicity, as long as they spell your name right.” Well maybe my appearance this week on ESPN’s Jim Rome is Burning was the closest thing t [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Categories: Fun, News, Pop Culture, Vancouver, Video | 1 Comment »
It’s time again for Likemind Vancouver, this time on Friday, April 17th at the Starbucks at Nelson and Mainland. Come join this growing group of very cool people for a cup of coffee and some terrific conversation. Here are photos from [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Categories: Events, Fun, Inspiration, Vancouver, We love | No Comments »
Fun, playful and creative. Love the Sumo, I’m off to buy one for my wee girl. Check out the site (LINK)
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, April 6th, 2009
Categories: Fun, Inspiration | No Comments »
Who needs a screen, ports or even input devices? The new Apple iMac Shuffle ultimate in minimalism.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, March 30th, 2009
Categories: Fun, Technology | No Comments »
What do you get when you cross LED technology, sheep and guys with a lot of time on their hands? How about one of the coolest campaigns by Samsung. Check it out here. Thanks to my buddy Steve for the link.
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Categories: Advertising, Art, Fun, Technology | No Comments »
Ever used the WhatTheFont website to determine what a font is? You see a picture and just NEED to know what that obscure font is. Well what happens if you’re out and about and see one on a restaurant menu, or an ad on the bus? Well gr [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Categories: Design, Fun, Interactive | 2 Comments »
Did you know there is a formula to writing a hit pop song – yes, all you need is 4 chords. I heard this whilst listening to my usual English Radio 1 Scott Mills podcast, it is by an Australian band called The Axis of Awesome, they rem [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Friday, January 30th, 2009
Categories: Fun, Music, Uncategorized | No Comments »
That’s right, someone has gone there. Star Wars Yoga. Rad!
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Categories: Design, Fun, Pop Culture, We love | 1 Comment »
Have you ever wanted to eat at a fancy restaurant but afraid to spend a huge chunk of your paycheck? Well, stop spending money on strippers! Just kidding… Dine Out Vancouver is back again. With over 180 restaurants, starting on Januar [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Categories: Events, Food, Fun, Vancouver | 3 Comments »
Not that I feel guilty when I eat rabbit anyway, but clearly bunnies are suicidal and should be put out of their misery, as is evidenced in these funny cartoons from Andy Riley’s Book of Bunny Suicides.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, December 29th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Reading | 2 Comments »
During my daily Google search for “Phone Sex” I stumbled upon something slightly unusual given my expectations. Photographer Phillip Toledano, documented a photo essay of phone sex operators in their work environments along with [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, December 19th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Photography, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Almost a month ago, we launched our new identity: new logo, new website and blog, door sign, nice t-shirts and jackets, a big paaarty….and when you think it’s all over, here it comes: an amazingly long list of financial document [...]
Posted by: Mathilde Salvert on Friday, December 12th, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, Interactive, Music, Pop Culture | No Comments »
I hope that most readers of this blog are familiar with our Stefan G. Bucher and his daily monster drawings. His book—a signed copy with intro by Ze Frank is sitting on my bookshelf right now—contains 100 drawings done over 100 days, ma [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Categories: Art, Fun, Industrial Brand, Inspiration, Pop Culture, We love | 1 Comment »
Readers who watch Friends, you might know what my title means. For the past few weeks Todd and I have been working on furnishing his new place. Not only has this move given me an opportunity to fuel my interest in interior design, but also [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Tips | No Comments »
I don’t usually re-post from Gizmodo since so many of you are already following that blog, but since today is Halloween and this kid’s mech costume is so freakin’ cool, I couldn’t resist. This costume would probably [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, October 31st, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
The Rubitone, by Ignacio Pilotto: A Rubik’s Cube with Pantone colour chips—now why didn’t I think of that? [props to my man Cory for the heads up]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Categories: Art, Fun, Inspiration | No Comments »
Remember those crazy t-shirts from the 80′s that changed colours when your body temperature changed – well they are back. And as the clothing company American Apparel seems determined to bring back all the god awful clothing fro [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, October 20th, 2008
Categories: Fun | 3 Comments »
With the recent fad of celebrities using their status to get the American people to vote, here’s one PSA directed towards the Jews of America. Side note: Jimmy Kimmel’s an idiot for letting this funny lady go.
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, Video | No Comments »
Here’s nothing more than geeky fun to inspire you today: singing Tesla coils!
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Categories: Fun, Inspiration | No Comments »
Managing your identity, on and off line, is a tough task and one that everyone needs to be responsible for. With work days being busy, it can be tough to manage ones identity so designer Christopher Doyle made a Brand Standards guide to hel [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Categories: Branding, Fun | No Comments »
Nearly everyone knows we’re partial to small furry critters (which reminds me, we need to have another Hamster Party soon) as well as passionate foodies. But we seldom get to combine our love of food and rodents, though we’ve be [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 26th, 2008
Categories: Food, Fun, Video, We love | 4 Comments »
Fame and fortune oftentimes brings trouble for those not grounded enough to handle it. Hell, even then the most innocent and well-intentioned have fallen into the dark side. Probably tough enough for a human to stay on the straight and narr [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, September 15th, 2008
Categories: Food, Fun, Photography, We love | No Comments »
Fill in the blank has never really been that fun for me until I stumbled on “Blank is like Blank” a blog by copywriter Justin Feinstein. You might remember him from his “If Taglines were Honest” post a few years back [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, August 1st, 2008
Categories: Advertising, Fun | No Comments »
Why would ANYONE throw away a perfectly good The Bionic Woman boardgame from the 1970′s? Signed by Jamie Sommers even! Wait, is it just me, or does Jamie Sommers look exactly like Brittney Spears?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 28th, 2008
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I hope one day I am invited back to my high school or university to give a commencement speech like Patton Oswalt. Simply put, he rules.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Font humour in all it’s cheesy glory. (Via Gizmodo)
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Categories: Fun, Video | No Comments »
This is NSFW (unless you have headphones). Anyway, thanks to Nathan for the heads up on this. Bo Selecta screwing with Jamie Oliver. I mean, what could be better than a foul-mouthed bear beating up Jamie Oliver for letting his sidekick Stev [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, July 11th, 2008
Categories: Food, Fun | 1 Comment »
Sharing a common washroom with a male dominated office has its challenges. Solution: Shit Box. This neat invention made by The Brown Corporation is great for people who are in a similar position as myself, or those who are into camping, or [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Packaging | No Comments »
I’d totally wear this t-shirt, if only to dare strangers to start a dialogue and perhaps debate whether design really any more honest than advertising. Would you? Is design really honest?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 16th, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun | No Comments »
So, just how do you get a really great creative idea for that next DM piece? Juice it. But is it organic? (via Liquid Treat)
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 6th, 2008
Categories: Advertising, Design, Fun | No Comments »
Does everyone remember Paul Wallace? He’s still around here somewhere… Anyway, these days he spends a lot of times in dank, windowless, rented rooms asking people what they feel about or how much they like or dislike coffee and [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Categories: Branding, Fun, Marketing | 3 Comments »
After reading this article from Times, I went straight to my pantry, opened up a new can of Pringles and saluted Mr. Baur for his accomplishments. Thanks for thinking of others who prefer to have their chips uniformed.
Posted by: Steph Co on Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, News | 2 Comments »
When you participate in a communication mechanism, do you hold responsibility to check it? For example, I am frequently frustrated by people who have cell phones, give out their number, but never have their cell phone on, leave it at home, [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, May 16th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Interactive, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Finally! Someone who illustrates and writes bedtime stories for adults. Check out – The Museum of Modern Fiction, a blog site created by Josef Lee. It’s dark humour for others, but just right for IBC. Sweet dreams! Thanks JK Cha [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Illustration | No Comments »
Did you hear about the corduroy pillows?
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, May 5th, 2008
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
How could anyone pass this up? Do some design work and in turn, learn how to heat things up on the dance floor.
Posted by: Steph Co on Monday, April 28th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Around the office this week we’ve been feeling more then a little sick. The flu seems to have hit is full time on all fronts and have been popping pills and corking runny noses. So from the vaults of Ze Frank, I offer you one of his e [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
I own one, you probably own one… Here’s a site that makes me want to seriously doodle in my moleskine. Thanks JK Chan for forwarding this along.
Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Categories: Art, Fun, Illustration, Inspiration | No Comments »
Stuffed animals. Explosives. Need I say more?
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Categories: Art, Fun, Inspiration | 1 Comment »
I have a confession…I just used drop shadow on a project. AND I made the logo bigger. And to make it worse… last week the studio used Comic Sans. And the worst part of all this, there are good solid design rational behind all th [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun | 3 Comments »
If you’re into pigeon racing, here’s a site where you can pick up some Pigeon Ring Necklaces. This otherwise unpopular product is now a fashion accessory thanks to the folks at Chinny Chin Chin. Each product now comes with the i [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Categories: Fun, Packaging | No Comments »
Ever close a tab in firefox too quickly and you wanna get it back? Just use “Apple + Shift + T” and your recently closed tab will reopen! This keyboard shortcut brought to you by “apple + option + control 8″ – [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Categories: Education, Fun | 2 Comments »
For years I’ve been using the div id=”wrapper” function under the impression that wrapper just stood for the wrapping containing element. But ohhhh how wrong I was. Turns out there’s a rapping SEO expert preaching th [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
I don’t know if this would qualify as a mature or informative post but hopefully will provide you with a quick distraction and laugh. It’s a Star Wars Rap. (NSFW) Enough said. (via Geekologie)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 7th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Do you have some vinyl records lying around collecting dust? Well, it’s time to bring them out and join Sleeveface. This widely popular online phenomenon is where people post creative images of themselves with their vinyl sleeves. To [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, April 4th, 2008
Categories: Art, Fun, Photography, Pop Culture | No Comments »
You’ve seen all of these photos before, but have you seen them rendered in Lego? Have you? (via Geekology)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Categories: Art, Design, Fun | No Comments »
Arcade Fire is fairly awesome. We play them often at the studio. And their videos are often pretty darned cool, like this version of “Neon Bible” recorded live in an elevator. But nothing tops this interactive video for “N [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Interactive, Pop Culture, We love, Websites | No Comments »
As a visual person I loved the game Connect 4 (also known as Plot Four, Four in a Row, and Four in a Line) growing up. Recently I was given the Connect 4 Stackers which takes the game to a whole new level. Enjoy this classic vertical checke [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Uncategorized | No Comments »
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
Categories: Film, Fun, We love | No Comments »
If you haven’t visited TAXI Design Network lately, I suggest you to check their designtaxi.com commemorative 100th issue. It’s pretty good fun actually. You could spend hours clicking away, reading about their history, having a gi [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, March 21st, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, Websites | No Comments »
It’s absolutely terrible (and hilarious) how accurate this website is about the stuff white people like. It appears to be only a couple months old with its oldest post from January, 2008, but its already had over 15 million hits. Whit [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Websites | 1 Comment »
Maybe it’s all the issues of design mags in there, or maybe it’s a new twist on the creative process but early this morning Mark took his laptop and locked himself in our one and only washroom and he’s STILL there! I wonde [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Categories: Fun, News, Tips | 1 Comment »
It is so seldom I see a corporate or retailer website that makes me laugh anymore. Everyone seems to take themselves so seriously these days. Not HEMA apparently. HEMA is a Dutch department store first opened in 1926 in Amsterdam (maybe tha [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Categories: Advertising, Fun, Interactive, Marketing, Websites | No Comments »
Ever have one of these days when you get off the rails and things keep on spiraling downhill? Well what happens if it happens on air, and gets passed around the internet and is with a celebrity? Check this interview with Super Dave Osborne [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Learning | 1 Comment »
This is creepy, even for a Friday afternoon. Slick, but creepy.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 7th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Websites | 1 Comment »
Looking back to my childhood memories, playing dodgeball was on of my favorite forgotten activities. Even the very first time I was asked out on a date at the tender age of 12 was during a dodgeball game. Oh Jordan… wonder where he is [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, We love | 2 Comments »
Have you seen these Garfield comics with Garfield removed, rendering them insane nonesense? I can’t explain why I think this is so funny, but I almost peed when I saw them. [kudos to Kevin for the heads up]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 29th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
Much has been made of Facebook Privacy lately. Basically Facebook owns has access to all your personal information and rights to use, sell or otherwise make profit from worldwide, for ever. Is this a problem? Do you care? There are plenty o [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Categories: Advertising, Fun, Learning, Websites | No Comments »
Some lovely Flash work, great infographics and an interesting idea, all mashed up.
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Pop Culture | 2 Comments »
People using desktops (complete with CRT’s) in Starbucks and zillions of people freezing in Grand Central. Urban Art by Improve Everywhere. Short and sweet this morning! (via Geekologie)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
With some time to spare and a little bit of curiosity I found “New Vintage Type” a book that I am now in need of getting my paws on. So how did I find this gem of a book?
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Categories: Branding, Design, Fun, Inspiration, Typography, Uncategorized | No Comments »
As a in-the-closet geek I love discovering fun and practical apps that make my everyday surfing more interesting. PicLens is a must have, FREE plugin for any user who enjoys viewing images in facebook, flickr, etc. and don’t have the [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Interactive, Technology, We love | 3 Comments »
Okay so I might not be the first to tell you that Indiana is back and so what if you already knew this last year – it’s new to me! So let me revel for a moment in the glory of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Monday, February 25th, 2008
Categories: Film, Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
…while doing spring cleaning at the studio you find a box full of floppy disks from the 90s labeled with familiar old names like Aldus, Aladdin Systems and ClarisWorks. I don’t even think we’ve had a computer with a floppy [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Categories: Fun, Industrial Brand | No Comments »
My friend Colin sent me a link to this website with a post title “Mark Busse is a slacker”. My first thought was, “Busted — someone’s on to me.” until I realized it was a clever online viral campaign to promo [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Categories: Advertising, Fun, Interactive, Marketing, Websites | 2 Comments »
Here is something that’ll throw you back a few years and remind you of what it is that people do all day. Hope you enjoy the journey back to early childhood fantasmill-ville!! Don’t forget to send love out to Mr. Scarry while yo [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, We love | No Comments »
This blog has sure gone stale, hasn’t it? I wonder if we have any readers left? We sort of suck, you’re right. Anyway, I’m still blogging, which is ironic as I used to be the lame infrequent blogger at IBC. Here’s a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Categories: Design, Film, Fun, Pop Culture, Typography | 1 Comment »
Here’s a funny little promo for a print shop in Montreal that is using YouTube as a marketing channel. A little angry perhaps, but so are most printers. I know, I used to be one.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Printing | 1 Comment »
Here’s this week’s episode of You Suck At Photoshop on Paths and Masks, in which Donny works on an image for an eBay auction. As he says, you need to watch this “because you’ve only been using about $75.00 worth of [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Categories: Education, Fun, Uncategorized, We love | No Comments »
“My name is Donny and you suck at Photoshop…” So begins episode 3 of the tragic and funny tutorial series, You Suck At Photoshop, in which Donny teaches you how to use Photoshop, while focusing on the breakdown of his ma [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Friday, January 18th, 2008
Categories: Education, Fun, We love | No Comments »
Our recent designer Leigh Peterson (who we miss dearly) and her partner, software developer Jeremy Karlson, recently launched a free Mahjongg Solitaire game called Ivory Mahjongg for Mac and Windows. After hunting for a decent free version [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Technology, We love | No Comments »
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 7th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Everybody seems to post “Best of” lists of all sorts, but fimoculous.com has published is a terrific aggregate selection of the Best of lists for 2007 with something for everyone. Happy New Year from Industrial Brand.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, Websites | No Comments »
Amazing the things you see on the side of the road at night. I grabbed this footage using my Nokia phone of a beautiful Porsche 928 being engulfed by flames in under two minutes. The owner just stood there helpless watching his car (which h [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Vancouver | No Comments »
I’ve always wanted to make a roast turkey costume for my cat. A combination of my own laziness and the cat’s reluctance to wear costumes (go figure) has sidelined those plans. Yet, today I was confronted by a project we can both [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
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Every once in a while something crosses my path that defies any kind of definition or categorization. Moo is certainly in that vein. The randomness, meaty and twisted nature of this animation slots right into our collective adoration of wei [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, November 30th, 2007
Categories: Fun, We love | No Comments »
You wouldn’t believe the things Cam says that we don’t post, but the gem of today was: “I didn’t mean to sneeze-rain on your parade.” As he sneezed all over Leigh’s desk.
Posted by: Amanda Fetterly on Friday, November 16th, 2007
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
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
Categories: Food, Fun | No Comments »
Here he goes again. Today’s word: gonorrasyphiherpilaids. A disease you do NOT want to catch.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, November 5th, 2007
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
Cameron has done it again. Today’s word: shiznittlebam
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Categories: Fun | 2 Comments »
Happy Halloween. Scaaaaaary. While we eat way to much chocolate that’s really supposed to go to children, you can enjoy McSweeney’s Halloween Tales. An excerpt: I gave Ethan a long, why-didn’t-you-tell-me stare. WHY DIDN&# [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Categories: Fun, We love | No Comments »
Here’s an interesting fucking article. Turns out swearing at work isn’t a bad thing! Phew.
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Wednesday, October 17th, 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
Categories: Food, Fun | No Comments »
Uh-oh, seems I’m a foodie AND a fontie. The Globe & Mail’s Ivor Tossell says that’s an annoying combo in his recent Globe & Mail rant For The Love of Typography. And yes Ivor, it’s true, Comic Sans sucks like [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Typography | No Comments »
I don’t want to harp on my pathetic luck, but last week I rebroke my foot doing too much too soon. It’s highly disappointing discovering that you are not, in fact, invincible, and that stubbornness is your own worst enemy. IR [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Friday, September 14th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Industrial Brand, Tips | No Comments »
Check out this Gangsta rap-style video about graphic design by Kyle T. Webster. (
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, August 13th, 2007
Categories: Design, Fun | No Comments »
As a twist on the normal, instead of the presenter imagining the audience in the buff to relieve their nerves, they show you their bottom instead. Believe it or not, those crazy Japanese toilets that you hear talk of and see on strange Yout [...]
Posted by: Matthew Shettler on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
We’ve had quite a spat of designers falling down and breaking bones lately, but don’t get the wrong idea. Just because Kevin broke his elbow, or Leigh crushed her foot, we’re not going to let them off easy. On the contrary [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Categories: Fun, Industrial Brand | No Comments »
Delectable mochi and ice cream for bringing joy and with happiness. Its taste soft like winter. We can watch snow together. Let’s enjoy! This summertime treat has been brought to you by Lotte of Japan. These melt-in-your mouth chewy m [...]
Posted by: Matthew Shettler on Friday, July 27th, 2007
Categories: Food, Fun, We love | No Comments »
I’m generally disgusted by the way people conduct themselves in cars, so this concept seems right up my alley: “Sick of a car taking up two spaces on the street? How about a car too close to yours? What about the car at the mall [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Tips | No Comments »
Our team is currently hard at work designing and producing an awards show website, so when I came across this link for the 1 Click Awards, I had to post it. I love Japanese men in their tightie-whities.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 13th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Websites | No Comments »
Turn left at the Leopleurodon.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, July 13th, 2007
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
We have a pretty cool studio space. It’s perhaps a bit crowded and hot these days, but our team thrives in it and our clients love it, often telling us they like coming here for meetings because they dig the creative energy in our lof [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 13th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Websites | 1 Comment »
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
Categories: Fun, Travel | No Comments »
An oldie but a goodie we used to tell potential clients about the difference between marketing, PR, advertising, and branding. The only thing I might add to this joke is a line about design, something like: “You look like you’re [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Categories: Advertising, Branding, Fun, Marketing | No Comments »
For those of you who know us you know we don’t need to say one thing about this hamster powered paper shredder. Okay, one word…sah-weeet! (via Core77)
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 1st, 2007
Categories: Art, Fun, We love | No Comments »
This skit cleverly makes fun of both Apple’s Steve Jobs and GW.Bush. Is MadTV now part of the Axis of Evil?
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, May 28th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Quote of the day from our new design intern Matthew Shettler. He thinks he’s all that, but we can see right through him.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 24th, 2007
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
Man, I remember when I used to sit around listening to the Beatles, thinking “this is really cool and all, but I’d like to hear some of these songs as James Hetfield would sing them.” Thanks to Beatallica, I no longer have [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
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It seems that Mark has sent us some advance video footage from the after party at the GDC AGM in Montreal last week. Those designers sure know how to bust a move.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
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Today I stumbled upon this map of online community dominance represented in a geographical format. An interesting way to look at the prevalence of some of these communities and their relationships to one another. Also, if you read some of t [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
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I don’t want to meet the person that would want to use this real mouse.
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Friday, April 27th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Technology | 2 Comments »
This video has been getting a ton of press already, but it’s too great to ignore. I think Leslie Feist is destined for big things… Oh. great song too.
Posted by: Mike Withers on Monday, April 16th, 2007
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There’s something so creepy, yet so perfect about Kermit the Frog singing the NIN song “Hurt” in a music video with all the stereotypical drug addict scenarios being played out by Kermit himself. It doesn’t end there [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Friday, April 6th, 2007
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Stickers! Invoices! Leaflets! T-shirts! They have it all! I’m not sure these people are clear on our whole “beyond graphic” argument. Neat that they have little kids for designers and let them do their work at the beach th [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, March 30th, 2007
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Blu Dot, US-based maker of decent designer furniture has some cool content on their site. Specifically, they are collaborating with independent filmmakers to create weird short little films. It’s an interesting brand extension for sur [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
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Here’s some Friday fun courtesy of Drivl: The Worst NCAA D-I College Mascots. My personal favourite is number 21, Sammy the Owl. Any mascot that resembles a cross between the Predator and one of the bums from Bumfight, (and is suppose [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Friday, March 16th, 2007
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Clement over at Crit has an interesting post about the graphic designer stereotype along with this rather humourous cartoon. If all we’re doing is copying from the Germans while sucking back caramel latt és perhaps the debate on rena [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
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I’ve discovered a quirky voyeuristic website aptly titled Found Magazine. Its a playground for the curious. Users simply upload their original finds. The beauty is, with little context, you are left to wonder why someone took the pict [...]
Posted by: Amanda Fetterly on Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
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A friend is conducting an anonymous survey for his dissertation on sexual arousal regulation and sexuality, which includes a brain imaging study of pedophiles and men seeking treatment for sexual compulsivity.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, March 8th, 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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If you like breakbeats and getting creative in the kitchen then this video is for you.
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, February 19th, 2007
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In the spririt of clearing our minds and bodies daily in anticipation of creative greatness, we at Industrial Brand follow a strict morning exercise regime. Now you can follow along too.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, February 9th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Industrial Brand, Tips | 1 Comment »
It’s been one of those kinds of weeks, a mad and chaotic whirlwind of pressing projects, left-field client revisions, last minute tweaks and skin-of-our-teeth deadlines. But we seem to have made it out onto the other side without any [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, January 19th, 2007
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Here’s a amazing yet unnerving video from Germany about 3D Facial synthesis.
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, January 18th, 2007
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This morning I Rasterbated. Try it, you’ll like it.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
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Steve Jobs like to say “boom” during keynote speeches more times than he slags Windows Vista.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 11th, 2007
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Just to continue on the Comic tip, i’d like to share a link to the Project Cartoon. Not only is it funny cuz it’s true as Homer would say but its also open source as in, interactive. It’s so Web2.0!
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
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“Well, we have real beards, of course. We belong to an organization called the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas. It’s an international organization.” Now that the last shopping day of Christmas is almost over, let [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Sunday, December 24th, 2006
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Looking for the perfect way to spend (waste) your last two days at the office? Line Rider is deceptively simple: Draw a course, click play, and watch your little man sled down it. It’s also deceptively addictive, especially once you s [...]
Posted by: Mike Withers on Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Categories: Fun | 1 Comment »
If you find yourself with some extra time over the holidays, and a hangover, you might grab a couple champagne corks, wire and foil out of the blue bin and maybe win yourself $1,500 from Design Within Reach. That’s right, all you budd [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Marketing | 1 Comment »
The folks over at fecalface always have some cool stuff going down: Andreas Trolf explains the delicate art of pinhole photography – from construction to display. I haven’t made one myself yet, but I’m working on it…
Posted by: Mike Withers on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
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If you know at all, or have ever experienced our corporate fascination with victimizing hamsters, you’ll realize just how perfect this completely useless novelty USB gadget is for us.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, December 4th, 2006
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At last. This year Schwinn is bringing back it’s classic stingray. According to Schwinn’s website, in 1968 70% of all bikes sold in America were either Sting-Rays or Sting-Ray knock-offs. The frame design was influenced by muscl [...]
Posted by: Colin Kohler on Thursday, November 30th, 2006
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Adobe has released a new website dedicated to exploring colour called Kuler. (get it…. colour…. kuler… colour…. kuler…) You can use it to explore colour combinations online and of course download an app to use [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
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Stumbled upon a South Park character generator and took a few minutes out of my day to make one of the guys in our office. (There are only 5.) Take a guess at who this is and visit the Generator Page to make your own. When you’re done [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
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Frank Wess is a jazz saxophone legend (Basie et al) and once answering machines rolled around he layed this heavy message down on his machine. It’s classic!
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Sunday, November 19th, 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
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Pop Culture, Typography | No Comments »
This can just be filed under really freakkin cool! Take one old Russian tank, replace some parts with turbines from a MIG and you have a new fire extinguisher. The one in my kitchen now feels so inadequate.
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, November 17th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, News | No Comments »
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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We used to have quite a fixation with hamsters in the old days. Some people tell us they miss our crazy antics like our hamster party, to which over 500 people attended. Now THAT was a party! [note: while the phone call was real, our claims [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
Categories: Fun | 1 Comment »
I’m sure this is popping up on every other website but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that there is a Simpsons Trailer out. After what was, in my opinion, a pretty weak teaser trailer I wasn’t sure what to expect an [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
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The latest rage for iPod gadgets is the vibrator attachment (or so I’ve heard.) the OhMiBod, the iBuzz and the Audi-Oh iPod Vibrator have all come out with iPod attachments that vibrate in synch with the music you’re listening t [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, November 10th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Music, Technology | 1 Comment »
Art in nature, urban art, but art at 30,000 feet? This video tracks flight patterns over North America and displays them in a quicktime vid. Pretty cool and completely unexpected results.
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, November 9th, 2006
Categories: Art, Fun, Inspiration, Travel | 1 Comment »
I admit it, I check the CSS on about 60% of the websites I visit. (huge props to the Developer Toolbar for Firefox on this one!) And while looking through piles of XHTML, CSS, Javascript and whatever else you encounter is education and usef [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Technology, Websites | 3 Comments »
After a few days of reacquainting myself with flash (aka banging my head against a timeline 8 hours a day) I stumbled upon this great animation. It’s been around for a while but well worth another visit. I would love to know if any mo [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, November 6th, 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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What to do with your left over pumpkin? Make a computer of course. Time to go home and steal candy…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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I’ve been checking out a lot of advertising pages lately and despite what you see on a day to day basis on TV, there is some wicked stuff out there. This is one of the ones I found today (via I believe in adv).
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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It’s Halloween tomorrow. I don’t like halloween and this time of the year makes me feel ostracized from society simply because I don’t like to dress up. (although a bar in town is having a Dirty Pirate Hooker HalloweenR [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, October 30th, 2006
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Here’s a new fun game to take on the bus. Someone always gets on or off at your stop. (…… almost always) Therefore Steve’s First Law of Transit says that you never need to pull the stop signal and you’ll always [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, October 23rd, 2006
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It’s Monday morning and I had a bunch of cool blog postings I thought of over the weekend (stay tuned for a good game of bus chicken) and some cool ones I found this morning, but this one is HELLA-cool! (and I don’t use that wor [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Film, Fun, Inspiration, Learning, Photography, Technology | No Comments »
The term “getting hit in the face with a water balloon” has never played out more beautifully.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, October 20th, 2006
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Forget drop shadows, neon and the jitterbug, Web 2.0 is the new craze. If your website isn’t 2.0 then you’re behind the times. Wanna see if you’re up to speed? Use the Web 2.0 Validator to see if you’re the hippest c [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, October 12th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
With increased CCT coverage and greenspace disappearing all over the world, teenage pyros have no place to practice their craft. In addition “grown up” pyros (note the large quotation marks and lack of use of the word reformed) [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
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Having a creative block? Being bugged by that pesky client? Art Director riding your back? Things could be worse, you could have driven a double decker bus into a London building! During a recent trip, I came out of a tube station and saw t [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, October 5th, 2006
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I love happy accidents. Who knows what this incoming fax was really about, but this is what I found on the fax machine. I *wish* women are our most important customers. That’d be great!
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, September 30th, 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
Categories: Design, Fun | 1 Comment »
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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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
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, Tips | 1 Comment »
It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Here be a link to get ye inspirrrred.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, September 19th, 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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The inimitable McSweeneys pitches a few Mac Ad Ideas of their own. (via Coudal)
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, September 8th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Fun, Pop Culture, Reading | No Comments »
Are you kidding me? A breakdancing baby? Amazing. [kudos to Howie for the heads up]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, August 24th, 2006
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There is a great thread going on right now over at Yay Hooray: Redesign famous logos in web 2.0 format. UPDATE: Create your own 2.0 logo here.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
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Yeah, yeah…ethos, zeitgeist and all that rot, but imagine being the graphic designer on some of these hilarious, shocking and creepy vintage ads from the past century?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
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Imagine if Lord Vader was a guy named Chad who worked as the Dayshift Manager at the Food Mart.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, August 4th, 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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John Stossell gives you 43 seconds on graphic design.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
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He is incredible.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Categories: Fun | 1 Comment »
Who knew there was a Best of Craigslist? You could spend hours reading this stuff. One of the best lines so far: New haircut? Nope, shaved my balls! Did you get that promotion? Nope, silky sack! Who writes this stuff?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 6th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Websites | 1 Comment »
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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This is Ron Patrick’s street legal jet powered beetle on full afterburner. The car has two engines: the production gasoline engine in the front driving the front wheels and the jet engine in the back. Can you imagine giving some goof [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
Categories: Fun | 1 Comment »
I love travelling. And I love dancing. But this Matt character has danced in Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, It [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 26th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Travel | 2 Comments »
This is Yamroll. He is the Happy Kingdom’s most excellent cab driver and is friends with just about everyone due to his good nature and sweet, root-vegetable flavour. Series in prodution by Jon Izen.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, June 23rd, 2006
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Here’s a good one for Friday afternoon surfing: A site featuring 30 second versions of classic movies re-enacted by cartoon bunnies. It’s surprisngly hip. Thanks to our friend Ryan for this one.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Categories: Film, Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Evidently Alan Becker has suffered at the hands of Adobe’s Flash (it still feels strange to say that) interface for long enough and decided to do something about it… or is it the other way around? This animation, Animation vs. A [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Friday, June 16th, 2006
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Summer’s finally here and we’ve been discussing maybe getting a scooter to share at the office, but this is way cooler! Literally.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, June 15th, 2006
Categories: Fun | 1 Comment »
Steph has the first nasty cold of the summer season, her desk covered with tissue paper and an overflowing garbage can snuggled up close like an oversized teddy bear. No doubt we’ll all have our heads wrapped in tissue ourselves soon [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
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Now you too can admire the image of Christ while you eat your pancakes or grilled cheese sandwich. Maybe you can sell yours on eBay too!
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 12th, 2006
Categories: Food, Fun | No Comments »
9 days left to apply for 55DSL’s Junior Lucky Bastard position. My vote is for Lain.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
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We’re all addicted to cupcakes now. Steph has been on a major cupcake bender for months and we’re considering getting her some professional help before she turns into someone like this. If you know have any suggestions how to sa [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
Categories: Food, Fun, Websites | No Comments »
Recently launched by Michael Erdmann and Todd Falkowsky of the Toronto-based design collective Motherbrand, Canadian Design Resource is a growing online treasure trove of Canadian design products and solutions from old logos to plastic cont [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, May 6th, 2006
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Super cool software company Panic, of Transmit fame, has both great software and a wicked sense of humor. My close personal friend over at Daring Fireball (I don’t know him) pointed me towards Panic Software’s gallery of poached [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Technology, Websites | No Comments »
Oldie but goodie. I dare you not to smile.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, April 16th, 2006
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Are you kidding me? Jet boots and skydiving? Could this finally mark the beginning of uninhibited human flying? Now THIS looks like huge fun! Check out the video.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Technology, We love | 1 Comment »
We get unsolicited job applicants daily, but not often as interesting as the recent email that read: My name is Billy Vajono and I am looking for work as a designer at your firm. I have no education and no experience. I’ve attached an [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, April 6th, 2006
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I’ve recently stumbled across a television series which originated out of Vancouver and has made it’s way to broadcasting in 44 countries. Oasis International (televsion and film distribution company) says “fat blue sky [...]
Posted by: rae paziuk on Monday, April 3rd, 2006
Categories: Art, Film, Fun, Inspiration, Music, Pop Culture, Travel | 3 Comments »
dear, home decor + gifts on South Granville brings you a unique selection of high quality, funky and often quirky home decor items and gifts. When I need a gift, I know there is plenty of expressive and offbeat stuff to inspire me, and the [...]
Posted by: rae paziuk on Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Categories: Art, Design, Fun, Inspiration, Vancouver, We love | 1 Comment »
When you first start watching this sweet animation of Little Red Riding Hood, you simply assume that something is getting lost in the translation. Then things get really weird. (via Screenhead.)
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
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I love looking a symbolic language and considering the various connotative interpretations that could be applied, but I must admit this one caught me by surprise. Heat waves do look like bacon! Now if they made those handryers smell like ba [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun | No Comments »
Congratulations on your recent acquisition of a Graphic Designer! To maximize your experience with your new designer, there are several guidelines that you should keep in mind when communicating with your new Graphic Designer…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun | 1 Comment »
OMG. Speaking of Microsoft making fun of itself, check out this spoof video with big cheese Bill teaming up with Napolean Dynamite. Who knew Bill had had such a good sense of humour – or could move like that?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, March 18th, 2006
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This just in: less is more.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, March 16th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Learning, Marketing, Tips | 2 Comments »
With one day until prime blossom viewing begins, gather up a picnic and some friends and head to one of the twelve dedicated viewing spots for a Hanami (Cherry blossom viewing) party in Vancouver.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, March 9th, 2006
Categories: Events, Fun, Vancouver | No Comments »
Within minutes of the arrival of my new iMac G5 Power PC this morning, the IBC team discovered the Photo Booth feature.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, February 17th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Industrial Brand | 1 Comment »
Tattoos are so common place now, it almost seems cliché to get one. However, if you love body art, they are a great way to express yourself – until you decide you no longer like the image of a naked goddess riding a dragon down [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun | No Comments »
I work in detox! Take care of me and live forever! Visit I Heart Guts for more information about me and my friends.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, February 10th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture | No Comments »
This little movie tells you why sharing is good, and not sharing can make people gang-up against you… Watch the rest of these cute and funny ad’s for Skype here.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
Categories: Film, Fun, Marketing, Technology | 1 Comment »
If you spell Chuck Norris in Scrabble, you win. Forever.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
If you took the time to click on the list of sites in the “Blogroll” on this site, you’ll find serious sites about marketing, culture, literature and design. Then there’s a link to a site named after it’s famou [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 28th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Interview, Pop Culture, We love, Websites | No Comments »
I don’t know much about this artist other than they are slightly twisted and I love them. Beautiful art made with knitting. [via yumlum]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, January 27th, 2006
Categories: Art, Fun | 1 Comment »
Readymechs are free flatpack toys created by Fwis and are designed to fit on an 8.5″x11″ and to be printed on any printer. You can choose from eight toys from all different artists that are rated from Easy to Hard. I’m abo [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
You’ve heard us talk about Canstruction before, but now’s your chance to get involved. If you are in the Vancouver area and are on a team or interested in entering a team in this year’s (or even next year’s!) competi [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Categories: Canstruction, Food, Fun, Inspiration, Pop Culture | No Comments »
Can you imagine if a stranger walked up to you in public and did this? It would really freak me out. Funny stuff.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, January 13th, 2006
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
Who has time for gaming on a Mac anyway?!? There’s far too much creative work to get done. [kudos to Keith for forwarding this one]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, January 13th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Technology | 1 Comment »
SkinBag is a synthetic material designed to look and feel like skin, including all the good stuff like scars, wrinkles and imperfections. It looks more like human skin turned inside-out than real skin though. Enjoy the benefits of a waterpr [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
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True, this isn’t the most relevant posting I’ve done, but this Craglist article is a brilliant piece of prose which really made me laugh. Who knew you could make a crack pipe out of an old greasy sparkplug?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, December 19th, 2005
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This is for anyone who missed SNL this weekend. The new guy Andy Samberg is hillarious!!! WATCH: Lazy Sunday AKA the Chronicles of Narnia Rap
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, December 19th, 2005
Categories: Fun | 1 Comment »
It’s true, Koko Productions really can make anything sound good. (via The Skinny)
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
Psychologists at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Open University found that professional artists and poets have about twice as many partners as other people. “It could be that very creative types lead a bohemian lifestyl [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
The GDC has done it again. This time hosting a fabulous Cuba-themed holiday party for it’s members called Colours of Cuba featuring a live performance by the sultry Latin sounds of La Candela, the hottest new Afro-Cuban band to play a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 1st, 2005
Categories: Associations, Events, Fun, Music | 2 Comments »
Have no the adult the child that look after with the old man prohibition against the next sea swimming.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
Tim Kehoe has stained the whites of his eyes deep blue. He’s also stained his face, his car, several bathtubs and a few dozen children. He did this all after toy-company executives called his coloured bubble idea a “holy grail&# [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Categories: Fun | No Comments »
At this year’s Canstruction Vancouver where we took top honours, a reporter from Attaché Magazine was wandering around talking to people and making copious notes. The result of his efforts was recently published as The Architec [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, November 18th, 2005
Categories: Canstruction, Fun, Industrial Brand, Inspiration | No Comments »
While out drinking in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last week I met the infamous and perpetually hilarious Jimbo Matison of ImaginAsianTV fame (among other more dubious things). While we wasted the night away, he regaled me with stories of his new [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, November 17th, 2005
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Pop Culture | No Comments »
In our noble and valiant rise into the blogosphere, it is important not to forget our roots, those early blog entries that made us what we are today. In keeping with that spirit, here’s one for the Maya Hee Maya Hoo fans out there.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, November 17th, 2005
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WARNING: after reading this blog entry, you may never walk by your neighbour’s garage with the “backup generator” the same way ever again. A recent exhibition at the Museum of Sex in NYC features Timothy Archibald’s [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
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The winners for scariest hallowe’en costumes are… Obsessed Apple Nerds!
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, October 31st, 2005
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I have never seen pumpkins with so much personality. Nathan Wesling has obviously had alot of practice as a kid carving pumpkins.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, October 31st, 2005
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Check out Vice Records benefit single for UNICEF, Do they know it’s Hallowe’en?, featuring Arcade Fire, Beck, David Cross, Devendra Banhart, Thurston Moore, Karen O and more. Happy Hallowe’en!
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, October 31st, 2005
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Each gesture beats out seven others, and is beaten by the remaining seven. RPS – 15. Do you dare?
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
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We can’t ignore anything that exploits hamsters. So, do you pay $30 for a cell phone charger, or get in touch with this ingenious 16 year old? (via Gizmodo)
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
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I have two legs and I can’t dance as well as this guy with one leg.Copyright 2005 Industrial Brand Creative
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, August 5th, 2005
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Although summer was late to arrive here in Vancouver, it has finally hit and hit hard. In fact, much of North America has been gripped by a severe heat wave this summer with maximum temperatures reaching a whopping 52°C/125 °F. The [...]
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Friday, July 29th, 2005
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Some time ago we posted a link to Belief‘s inspirational presentation Pollinate: Chain Reaction. The Santa Monica based broadcast design and live action studio recently profiled on Apple.com for their use of technology in design, has [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 15th, 2005
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Pro skater Danny Way set a new world record this weekend by jumping over the Great Wall of China.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, July 11th, 2005
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I’ve seen Flash used in some bizarre ways, but this takes the prize for most trippy.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 4th, 2005
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A friendly reminder… Never strap firearms to your hamster.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, July 4th, 2005
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The World’s First AIBO Dance Contest… and it is set to Daft Punk. I almost expected one of them to be holding an iPod.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, June 23rd, 2005
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For those who miss the zany improvizational sketch comedy of The Kids In The Hall, we found your new favorite comedy show! The new self-titled vehicle stars New York’s comedy troupe Stella. You can get a sneak peek of the new show on [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005
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One of the best ways I can think of to spend a relaxing weekend is winding up a coastal BC highway on a stylish ride like a Buell M2 Cyclone. For those who enjoy blasting through city streets, there’s the unique new Buell CityX with i [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 20th, 2005
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Here is one very good reason why you shouldn’t bother buying that “advanced copy” of Revenge of the Sith from the streets of Shanghai.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, June 17th, 2005
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Will somebody please play with this little girl. She is seriously disturbed.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, June 14th, 2005
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Eugene Mirman is an android. He has a radio in his finger. Does he want to enslave the human race? A little. Click here for more great videos from Eugene Mirman.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
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In North America we have the luxury of dumping our space junk into a nice big ocean. Russia does not have that luxury so instead, they dump there used rockets over remote sparsely populated farms. The debris has fueled a local economy selli [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
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Only Richard Branson’s buddies at 12foot6 would think of dogs in judo suits trying to show each other their new moves. Awesome.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
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When you are on holidays this summer and are too shy to ask the guy on the beach towel next to you to get busy… Let your sandals do it! [Note: Will only work on a sandy beach vacation. Do not try this on any other terrain.]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, May 20th, 2005
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We’ve blogged the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists here before, but check out their Beast Blender. You can make your own disturbing creatures without ruining your leather seats collecting road kills. (via AdCritic).
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, May 19th, 2005
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With all this hype and craze surrounding the upcoming final installment of the Star Wars series, fans have been keeping themselves quite busy creating innovative films showing their love and passion for this unforgettable saga. Here is just [...]
Posted by: Charlie on Monday, May 16th, 2005
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Behind the mild lunacy and absurd notion of adopting a chicken from Ghana is a very focused and serious message by Pressureworks, an extension of Christian Aid, obviously created with the purpose of presenting an edgier side of the global d [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, April 15th, 2005
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This video could be al Queda’s next target.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, April 11th, 2005
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Sticking with my theme of Japanese culture leading up to the Expo. I present to you, Chindogu. Dogu is Japanese for “tool” and chin is Japanese for “weird” (not to be confused with the Japanese for “penis” [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
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If you’re new to the game, get yourself a “Pimp Name” It’s essential to have name that speaks of your strong character and ability to play hard in the high stakes game of love. My name is Silver Tongue co Flava. What [...]
Posted by: Charlie on Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
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In movies like The Matrix, man imbues the machine world with technology to the point they surpass man as the dominant species on earth. In this altered reality, rodents get night vision goggles, hamsters use GPS to locate their winter stash [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, March 7th, 2005
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Mimes usually scare me – well, clowns scare me. There’s something quite wrong with someone acting like they are trapped inside an invisible box or walking down imaginary stairs. This mime however, David Armand from the UK fringe [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, February 28th, 2005
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In case any of you missed the legacy that Napoleon Dynamite created behind the “Liger”, here is some fascinating information about this animal. Note: It is called a Liger because the father was a lion and the mother was a tiger. [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, February 25th, 2005
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We’ve already made this guy (Levy Lorenzo) an offer to come work for us. I mean, music made by hamsters, that’s brilliant. Making it transparent too, genius. The Habitrail is already in the garbage. So is our CD collection. (via [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, February 25th, 2005
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No excuses or fancy stories on this one – it’s barely blog worthy frankly, but this simple piece of animation done by Don Hertzfeldt a few years ago still gives us the giggles.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 25th, 2005
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Remember the Maya Hee Maya Hoo kid? Well it gets better boys. That song, called Dragostea Din Tei, was originally sung by a hot Romanian singer named Haiducii. There is a cheesy boyband called O-Zone that remade a club remix. You can see th [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 16th, 2005
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Joe Frank rocks. He’s the darkly distrubed radio host of WFMU‘s bizarre live web broadcasts. He first devloped the show on KCRW in New York, but recently switched teams. We’ve long since enjoyed his surreal performances an [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
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With Valentine’s day just around the corner, we can be thankful that we have Hallmark Greeting Cards to express our feelings for us. Brilliant animated short by Chris Harding. (via Coudal)
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, February 4th, 2005
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One of my favourites. “This is probably the rarest piece of memorabilia that I have aquired so far… You will only see this on David Hasselhoff Online! I would like to thank my good friend Linda for sharing her wonderful collecti [...]
Posted by: Charlie on Thursday, February 3rd, 2005
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This is well overdue. I was really starting to lose feeling down in my special place. Phew. Custom Condoms
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 31st, 2005
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This made the rounds a while ago, but is still fun for that 3pm lull. Singing Horses
Posted by: Charlie on Thursday, January 27th, 2005
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Imagine: your dog, cat, or other pet in full military regalia. I make this fantasy a reality. Using the latest digital techniques, I combine a photo of your pet with the uniform and background of your choice. Pets In Uniform
Posted by: Charlie on Wednesday, January 26th, 2005
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When baby doll DNA goes wrong. Toddlerpedes
Posted by: Charlie on Wednesday, January 26th, 2005
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Do you ever wonder where that paper money in your pocket has been, or where it will go next? This is the place to find out.Where’s Willy
Posted by: Charlie on Monday, January 24th, 2005
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The tsunami wreaked havoc on all levels of the ocean. This russian website has documented some of the surreal deep sea creatures that were brought out of their dimension into ours.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, January 17th, 2005
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How many times have you found yourself wishing that life could be more like a musical? Check out this video from Prangstgrup.(via Coudal).
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, January 12th, 2005
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After waiting patiently for word from Steve Jobs’ keynote address, followed by endless googling for the latest info and photos of the Mac mini and iPod Shuffle, I am left feeling somewhat deflated. Neither of these offerings seem on p [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, January 11th, 2005
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Some people shouldn’t let their kids play with webcams – especially when they get into Dad’s special collection of eastern European dance vinyl. What’s he saying? Maya Hee? Maya Hoo?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 6th, 2005
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This poor fella needs our help! I hope he gets his Kung Fu lessons.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 6th, 2005
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I first saw this guys’s silly little site a while ago, but was surprised to recently find he’s still at it posting odd little pieces of media. Worth checking out when you need a giggle. EugeneMirman.com
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
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This guy is totally mental. He’s as funny a comedian as he is a designer. Nice combo. ZeFrank
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 9th, 2004
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Squirrels, and then some: Scary Squirrel World
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 28th, 2002
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