Archived entries for just thoughts

Japan Top Video: Fake It!

Check out this awesome “Fake It” music video from Denki Groove. Totally creepy in a suicidal cult way.

P.S. I secretly waited for one of them to accidentally nail the board or smack into each other in the water. That would’ve put some color into the monochromatic video. Yeah, I know that’s evil but it’s kinda fitting the mood of the video.

Via Japan Trends

The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later

A demonstrator pounded at the Berlin Wall next to the Brandenburg Gate early on Nov. 11, 1989, as East German border guards, on the other side, responded with a water hose.

I can’t believe it’s been 20 years! I remember a good friend of mine, Firdaus Fadlil, who was in Europe at that time on a photo assignment, brought home a piece of the wall. What an intoxicating moment!

Checkout NY Times’ The Berlin Wall – 20 Years Later celebration and the interactive “Where Were You When the Wall Fell” user-submitted piece, The View From the Wall.

P.S. Go rent Good Bye Lenin! for a touch of East Berlin and communist humor.

Orthorexic I’m not!

I’m glad I found this on The Guardian: Orthorexia nervosa = fixation on righteous eating.

According to the the article, orthorexics commonly have rigid rules around eating, refusing to touch sugar, salt, caffeine, alcohol, wheat, gluten, yeast, soya, corn and dairy foods, and on and on… Of course any foods that have come into contact with pesticides, herbicides or contain artificial additives are out… This obsession about which foods are “good” and which are “bad” means orthorexics can end up malnourished.

Well, I love my coffee, my bacon, my alcohol, my butter… There are those who always let me know what they think about my eating, but you only live once and I like to live mine with lots of finger-lickin’, lip-smackin’, delicious food. Call it my little plates of heaven. 🙂

Mojito Shoes: Best comment today…

Interesing Mojito Shoes by Julian Hakes. Weird, right? It’s designed with no foot plate. Reminds me a bit of Zaha Hadid’s for Lacoste. You can read more about it to understand the concept. For me, the best part of the whole blog entry is the comment posted by omnyum: somewhere, dog poop eagerly awaits…

It makes me laugh out loud because the exact thought crossed my mind. 🙂

Customize your Coupland

Interesting marketing piece for Douglas Coupland’s new book. Customize your Coupland invites you to go online and customize their book cover before purchase.

Neat idea but hmm… who really cares? It doesn’t add anything to the book, make it more interesting or provide any insight. I can understand if it’s a book about typography or design. The interface is nice, very Helvetica, but usability-wise, it could be better. Looks cool though.



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