http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/dec/04/david-beckham-hair-styles
Friday, December 4, 2009
Its friday ... that means its time for ... baking!!!!
MINI CUPCAKES!!!!
aren't these cute?
didn't I make mini angel cake poofs for you guys once?
maybe i'll try my orange chocolate cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese icing to dampen the stuck in the city blues.
(via Smiley's Sweets and Creations)
aren't these cute?
didn't I make mini angel cake poofs for you guys once?
maybe i'll try my orange chocolate cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese icing to dampen the stuck in the city blues.
(via Smiley's Sweets and Creations)
Who needs to travel...
... when you can use Google Earth to explore 19 UNESCO Sites while sitting comfortably on your couch!!!
http://www.google.fr/intl/fr/landing/unesco/
http://www.google.fr/intl/fr/landing/unesco/
Stay Hungry-Stay Foolish
Google Maxims and Steve Jobs
Ken Auletta from the New Yorker wrote a book about Google, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It” and before he published it, he cut the last chapter of 25 media maxims. Click the link above to read the chapter, or see below to see them in cribbed form. You might recognize the first maxim from Steve Jobs’ Stanford graduation address.
1. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
2. Passion Wins
3. Focus is Required
4. Vision is Required
5. A Team Culture is Vital
6. Treat Engineers as Kings
7. Treat Customers Like a King
8. Brand Often Means Trust
9. Every Company is a Frenemy
10. The Speed Of Change Accelerates
11. Adapt or Die
12. “Life is long but time is short.”
13. A “Free” Web Is Not Always Free
14. Digital is Different
15. Don’t Think of The Web as Another Distribution Platform
16. Technology Provides Potent New Targeting Tools
17. The Web Forges Communities, and Threatens Privacy
18. Beware The Government Bear
19. Paradox:The Web Forges Both Niche and Large Communities
20. More Media Concentration, Yet More Choice
21. Luck Matters
22. No More Old Media Magic
23. No More New Media Magic, Either
24. Don’t Ignore the Human Factor
25. There are no Certitudes
(via Kottke and Unlikely Words)
Unlikely Words also posted Steve Jobs Stanford Graduation Address.
interesting quotes thinking about the path that we three are on right now:
"If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
"I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
Ken Auletta from the New Yorker wrote a book about Google, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It” and before he published it, he cut the last chapter of 25 media maxims. Click the link above to read the chapter, or see below to see them in cribbed form. You might recognize the first maxim from Steve Jobs’ Stanford graduation address.
1. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
2. Passion Wins
3. Focus is Required
4. Vision is Required
5. A Team Culture is Vital
6. Treat Engineers as Kings
7. Treat Customers Like a King
8. Brand Often Means Trust
9. Every Company is a Frenemy
10. The Speed Of Change Accelerates
11. Adapt or Die
12. “Life is long but time is short.”
13. A “Free” Web Is Not Always Free
14. Digital is Different
15. Don’t Think of The Web as Another Distribution Platform
16. Technology Provides Potent New Targeting Tools
17. The Web Forges Communities, and Threatens Privacy
18. Beware The Government Bear
19. Paradox:The Web Forges Both Niche and Large Communities
20. More Media Concentration, Yet More Choice
21. Luck Matters
22. No More Old Media Magic
23. No More New Media Magic, Either
24. Don’t Ignore the Human Factor
25. There are no Certitudes
(via Kottke and Unlikely Words)
Unlikely Words also posted Steve Jobs Stanford Graduation Address.
interesting quotes thinking about the path that we three are on right now:
"If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
"I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
Thursday, December 3, 2009
100
Ladies, this is our 100th post! To celebrate, I suggest this:
(could also be used for our 30th celebrations?)
twins twins
want to see double?
From National Geographic Website:
Joseph Mengele, the escaped Nazi war criminal and SS physician, known as the Angel of Death, spent years doing bizarre medical experiments on twins at Auschwitz working to determine if twins held the key to building a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race for Adolf Hitler. Now a historian says he has evidence that Mengele's attempts may not have ended at Auschwitz, and that his obsession to engineer an Aryan master race continued, and that succeeded while he was on the run in South America. Deep in the Brazilian outback in a tiny town among the 80 households in a one-square-mile area are reportedly some 38 pairs of twins. Blond, blue-eyed twins. Bizarre and inexplicable, could they be the product of Mengele's machinations?
Read more:http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4087/Overview?source=link_tw_02#tab-Overview#ixzz0YbEKf9NL
Read more:http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4087/Overview?source=link_tw_02#tab-Overview#ixzz0YbEKf9NL
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
December 1st = Officially legal to listen to Christmas music
We've all been waiting, and now the time is here... It's OFFICIALLY THE HOLIDAY SEASON!
1 month of the year, solely dedicated to being Merry and drunk/overfed.
In the UK, there is a certain obsession with the "Christmas #1 Single".
Wikipedia says:
Each year, record companies compete for the number-one single spot on the British charts on or around Christmas Day. Having the UK Christmas number one is very prestigious and leads to a lot of media coverage. Since people are buying gifts for the Christmas period, single sales are extremely high in the week before Christmas, and since the Christmas number one is the single with the highest sales, record companies can make sizeable profit from trying to get their single to Number One. Many members of the public place bets with a bookmaker' on who will be Christmas number one.
It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the subject of the Christmas number one began to excite significant media coverage. However it seems to date back to 1973, when two of the most successful bands of the day - Slade and Wizzard - both released Christmas-related singles in an attempt to clinch the festive chart-topper, with Slade ultimately coming out on top.
Looking at the #1 list, it's important to note the SPICE GIRLS held #1 for 3 (three!) consecutive years! And who knew Bob the Builder could sing?
1991
Queen
"Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
1992
Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You"
1993
Mr Blobby
"Mr Blobby"
1994
East 17
"Stay Another Day"
1995
Michael Jackson
"Earth Song"
1996
Spice Girls
"2 Become 1"
1997
Spice Girls
"Too Much"
1998
Spice Girls
"Goodbye"
1999
Westlife
"I Have A Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun"
2000
Bob The Builder
"Can We Fix It?"
2001
Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman
"Somethin' Stupid"
2002
Girls Aloud
"Sound of the Underground"
2003
Michael Andrews & Gary Jules
"Mad World"
2004
Band Aid 20
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
2005
Shayne Ward
"That's My Goal"
2006
Leona Lewis
"A Moment Like This"
2007
Leon Jackson
"When You Believe"
2008
Alexandra Burke
"Hallelujah"
1 month of the year, solely dedicated to being Merry and drunk/overfed.
In the UK, there is a certain obsession with the "Christmas #1 Single".
Wikipedia says:
Each year, record companies compete for the number-one single spot on the British charts on or around Christmas Day. Having the UK Christmas number one is very prestigious and leads to a lot of media coverage. Since people are buying gifts for the Christmas period, single sales are extremely high in the week before Christmas, and since the Christmas number one is the single with the highest sales, record companies can make sizeable profit from trying to get their single to Number One. Many members of the public place bets with a bookmaker' on who will be Christmas number one.
It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the subject of the Christmas number one began to excite significant media coverage. However it seems to date back to 1973, when two of the most successful bands of the day - Slade and Wizzard - both released Christmas-related singles in an attempt to clinch the festive chart-topper, with Slade ultimately coming out on top.
Looking at the #1 list, it's important to note the SPICE GIRLS held #1 for 3 (three!) consecutive years! And who knew Bob the Builder could sing?
1991
Queen
"Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
1992
Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You"
1993
Mr Blobby
"Mr Blobby"
1994
East 17
"Stay Another Day"
1995
Michael Jackson
"Earth Song"
1996
Spice Girls
"2 Become 1"
1997
Spice Girls
"Too Much"
1998
Spice Girls
"Goodbye"
1999
Westlife
"I Have A Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun"
2000
Bob The Builder
"Can We Fix It?"
2001
Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman
"Somethin' Stupid"
2002
Girls Aloud
"Sound of the Underground"
2003
Michael Andrews & Gary Jules
"Mad World"
2004
Band Aid 20
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
2005
Shayne Ward
"That's My Goal"
2006
Leona Lewis
"A Moment Like This"
2007
Leon Jackson
"When You Believe"
2008
Alexandra Burke
"Hallelujah"
Jet Set Girl's Future Employer
I picked up a free magazine on Dubai (with diamond-encrusted floor tiles at 1.8M $/sqm), and between articles about Zaha and a diamond and platinum pacifier, I saw Melise's future employer. Montreal-based!!
Monday, November 30, 2009
New Music Monday
the Fort Knox Five from DC. a combo band playing a mix of funk, hiphop, electronica, reggae, even at time jazz. most definitely influenced from the 60's funk bands.
not a new band, they started in 2003, but have only released one full album in 2008, remixed in 2009: Radio Free DC.
this song is more down tempo, catchy lounge.
apparently you can download the full album for free from their site.
not a new band, they started in 2003, but have only released one full album in 2008, remixed in 2009: Radio Free DC.
this song is more down tempo, catchy lounge.
apparently you can download the full album for free from their site.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Sagmeister - The power of time off
Very interesting design office run by Stefan Sagmeister. Every 7 years the office clothes for a full year, completely. To redefine itself and the work, get fresh inspiration.
the dogs are hilarious!
i need a sabbatical.
the dogs are hilarious!
i need a sabbatical.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
He's got to go!
and if possible ... further than Copenhagen.
i'm thinking maybe mars? he seems to be on the moon already.
you know what its like? Canada is like a date-able girl and Harper is that really annoying guy that keeps asking her out. Worse, she never really says no, so she stays sort-of friends with him ... not because she likes him really but because she knows he likes her. Harper is her safety date.
he's like the persistent type who really sort of annoys you, but not by doing anything in particular, so you'd look like a jerk if you snapped at him. but he just IS annoying! he rarely says the right thing, he's passive aggressive, and most remarkably he doesn't follow his own dreams but follows on the tails of others. And the girls, we never fully reject him and throw him away but always keep a trace of life alive, keep him hoping, just in case we need to use him for those lonely times when we need a date.
urg.
we know its not going anywhere, we don't want to date this guy, its time to de-friend him and move on.
"OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has done an about-face and will attend the Copenhagen climate-change meeting next month.
A spokesman said Harper decided today to attend after the American and Chinese presidents announced that they will show up. The news comes a day after Harper said he would not go to Copenhagen.
The meeting to work on a new climate-change agreement runs Dec. 6-18, but it's not clear when Harper will attend.
Canada has come under strong criticism internationally for reneging on the Kyoto climate protocol and for refusing to sign on to a new deal limiting greenhouse gases unless developing nations are included. "
i'm thinking maybe mars? he seems to be on the moon already.
you know what its like? Canada is like a date-able girl and Harper is that really annoying guy that keeps asking her out. Worse, she never really says no, so she stays sort-of friends with him ... not because she likes him really but because she knows he likes her. Harper is her safety date.
he's like the persistent type who really sort of annoys you, but not by doing anything in particular, so you'd look like a jerk if you snapped at him. but he just IS annoying! he rarely says the right thing, he's passive aggressive, and most remarkably he doesn't follow his own dreams but follows on the tails of others. And the girls, we never fully reject him and throw him away but always keep a trace of life alive, keep him hoping, just in case we need to use him for those lonely times when we need a date.
urg.
we know its not going anywhere, we don't want to date this guy, its time to de-friend him and move on.
"OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has done an about-face and will attend the Copenhagen climate-change meeting next month.
A spokesman said Harper decided today to attend after the American and Chinese presidents announced that they will show up. The news comes a day after Harper said he would not go to Copenhagen.
The meeting to work on a new climate-change agreement runs Dec. 6-18, but it's not clear when Harper will attend.
Canada has come under strong criticism internationally for reneging on the Kyoto climate protocol and for refusing to sign on to a new deal limiting greenhouse gases unless developing nations are included. "
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