Compensation Be Damned, That's A Nice Car

Going fast is fun. Going fast in a car worth half a million, blacked out, and an open highway-- damn near orgasmic. Above is the Koenigsegg CC. It holds the US speeding ticket record. I don't care who you are or your morals, that's awesome.

I forget who the guys were that hold the current US Cannonball Run record (like 39 hours coast-to-coast), but if their car was anything like this, I would've called shot gun.

Here's a list of other "ultra high-performance supercars."

(I mean really? Redundant redundant much? We get it.)

Adidas: Maker of Shoes For Ogres

Pretty cool idea from 180/TBWA for Adidas. It celebrates the classics and the street style that it inspired. Who knows, one day that could be me having my idea produced. God willin'.

Glowing Water And Other Organic Lighting

I wouldn't drink it. It might turn your pee blue. This water, found at Misquito Bay, contains a little guy known as Dinoflagellate (specifically Pyrodimium bahamense). These little guys are microscopic, but use and expend a chemical that allows them to illuminate without sunlight. Just to be clear, these guys aren't like glowing stickers. They don't absorb sunlight and then reproduce it as illumination. It's all in house.

There's lots of other cool glow in the dark animals underneath. Dive in. (That's right. It's punny.)

Here's the link to the rest of the article.

That's What She Said

They Pull You in With Candy --Then, Bam, You're a Sinner!

Little girl: Daddy, daddy, will you buy me some Easter candy?
Father: No, sweetheart. We don't celebrate Easter--we're Jewish.
Little girl: But mommy buys me Easter candy!
Father: It's not my fault your mother has abandoned her principles.

--Times Square

This is Overheard In New York. A great web site that's been around for a while now, but the content never gets old. Wait till you read the one about the banana. Here's the link.

Amen

From Flickr.

Misfortune?

I don't know if this is real, but if it is, well done. I'm still waiting for the one that says " Help me. I'm stuck in a cookie making factory."

Furry Goofballs

This is why you should always practice kids.

Watch Carefully

Possibly the most complicated watches ever. I think these products follow more of the form over function mentality. Check out the rest here. I still want one. One day.

Dude, Get A Dell

I know how this guy feels. Minority power!

Soap In Black and White

It's fun to see the way we were before I was. That's right. I went surfing the web for some inspiration and stumbled this awesome archive of ads from yesteryears. Want to see how they sold tampons back when? Click here to see those and more.

Just be careful not to go anywhere else. Devils created the site.

Bears In The City

All I gots to say is wow.

Stencil Me That Building.... Okay

I'd like you to meet one of the members of the Valhalla of the stencil community. I can't tell you how much respect I have for this guy, Logan Hicks. His stuff is unbelievablely detailed (as you can see). I mean, it takes me a long time to do my shit, but sweet mother mary, that's effin' ridiculous. To seriously see a pioneer and figurehead in the stencil community, go to the link above.

Don't be scared, it's only spray paint.

You're Fat. No, you're fat. You're the fatty.

But what can you say about Bentley. Perhaps one of the best executions for an ad I have ever seen. I mean, what else can you possibly say than what this ad expresses? If you can figure out something better, I'll quit writing. Seriously.

Here are the rest of the car ads that, well, didn't hold a candle to this one.

She will be mine, oh yes, she will be mine.

Wall Flowers That Shine

Throw away your lamps. Break your candles. Catapult away your flashlights. The future is here, that is, once they actually announce what this thing is. The Light Emitting Wallpaper might be the most revolutionary design breakthrough since Feng Shui.

The guy in the picture, Jonas Samson, created this two-dimensional flat surface that emits light, but when turned off, looks like normal wallpaper. It was created as an entry for the Flat Futures project, an exhibition in the use of digital and e-paper.

Rave anyone?

PS- Just found an article here on how it works.

Beta Noir Anyone?

Coming up next week: An External Cheese Drive.

Be Sane And Hear Voices

This is something that I'm surprised not more people know about. It's been used a couple of times for some ads, but is relatively untouched by any amount. Imagine using it for a television show (been done), headphones, lost dogs, I mean whatever works. Either way, this is an important piece of technology that needs to be explored and can be used effectively for many applications.

Except for Punk’d. I swear if Ashton D’bag uses this, I’ll cry.

For more technical information, go here.

This May Or May Not Be Cool

Something not so new from Microsoft and Mitsubishi. It's supposed to revolutionize mobile tech. Supposed to.

If You Don't Know, Now Y'Know

Here's a little guide for those who may not know some important web sites. And some that are not so important.

Enough For The Entire Family

Us Against The Crown 2.0

This was the second piece of my Christmas paintapalooza. It's a reinterpretation of my sister's favorite band State Radio and their album "Us Agiainst The Crown." Their other one was a little, well, let's just say I didn't like it. So this is what I thought it should be like. Check out the band here.

I apologize for the weak shot, I'll get a better one up as soon as I can.

Letting Go

It’s funny when you have an epiphany. The fog lifts, the heavens open up, and all the pieces of the enigma you’ve been trying to figure out for God knows how long, make sense. Or at least it seems that way.

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been having a lot of those “epiphanies.” Call it what you will, self-discovery, an eye-opening experience, whatever, but the one thing these all have in common is a better understanding of the problem at hand. What’s funny is that even though I’ve cleared things in my head, maybe it’s just another piece that’s part of a larger jigsaw-type issue or perhaps what I have figured out isn’t the right answer. Just the best answer right now.

A lot of things have been going on while in school, but I have done my best ostrich impression and stuck my head in the sand when confronted with certain issues. Some of those issues deal with relationships (oh jeez), my writing (I hope I figured this one out), and then about my future (does anyone really know?). I’ve known myself to hold on to people, ideas, feelings for too long and, well, it doesn’t always end bueno.

I never really share my love life with folks. It’s not that it’s personal (even though it is), but while in school, my attempts at maintaining romance have been about as good as Romeo surviving hemlock poison. Now, this is partially due to me prioritizing school above all else, but when I do have feelings that spring from that place that I’ve closed down for a long time, it’s hard to let go. Some call it tunnel vision, blinders, or hell, love. I don’t which of the three I felt.

All I know is that I had one of those epiphany things about it. Now, I’ve heard people call it a defeatist attitude, being a quitter, or in the Biblical sense, losing the faith. I’m not sure what you really call it, but all I know is that some things are just out of your reach. And sometimes you just have to STOP.

I’m not advising you to give up on people, goals, or dreams that are hard to reach. Fight. Fight harder than you ever have for those things. Come at it like a tornado of teeth and nails. Don’t give up. However, sometimes you have to step back and realize that maybe you’re fighting the wrong battle.

Finding the right thing to fight for is never easy. Trying for the wrong thing can be like Sisyphus and his eternal punishment. Learning to let go of someone or something is never easy. While I may be young in years, I’ve gained enough wisdom to know this, and trust me, it’s something that’ll never be natural.