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Nut Personalities | Which Nut Are You?
I had a bowl of pistachio nuts tonight for dinner. As I sat there meticulously cracking open each shell, I began to ponder why I was spending so much time opening each one of those little suckers for just that tiny little nut. I know a lot of people that would never bother doing that. But I love ...
How To: Eat Balut | Duck Eggs
A lot of my foreign friends would always ask me if I had eaten a Balut (Ba-loot) or Duck egg? Of course my answer is yes. A balut is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. It is usually eaten with salt or vinegar. It does look disgustin ...
10 Best Games of the Decade!
Christmas season is finally here, for some of us, it means time with the family, and lots of traveling. For others, it means a lot of free time, and a LOT of gaming. So this year, why not look back on all the great games we used to play, and dust off our old systems, or boot up that PC game you have ...
Big Brother Google is Watching You
Is Big Brother Google watching you? In a word, yes. This post is not designed to frighten you, only to inform you of what some people are saying that Google is doing with private information about you.
We live in an age where information is synonymous with power. Military victories are more in ...
Water Babies, a dreamy tale
Zena Holloway is best known for her dreamy underwater photographs of celebs, supermodels and athletes. Her images are highly sought after by magazines, ad campaigns and editorials. She recently completed a 2 year project of "The Water Babies," a book inspired by Charles Kingsley's 1863 classic tale ...
Jack Dorsey Wins Again – Fair and ‘Square’
I can honestly say my life would be dramatically different without Twitter, so I’m a huge fan of Jack Dorsey. After reading about Square, I am even more impressed with his creativity and innovation as we all watch him raise the bar in social integration once again.
By now, we’ve all heard about ...
Do you want to use the Space Chair?
You would think they would have thought of everything by now when it comes to making a good ad. Well, it turns out they have yet a whole new stage to use as their playing field, Space. Toshiba, the maker and the producer of the ad has come up with a unique way to present the clarity of their newest ...
A Space Exploration Timeline
I’m fascinated with astronomy. I love studying space and the universe because it is awe-inspiring and offers such an energy of hope and promise for the future.
Just to refresh your memory about how far the human race has come in our quest for space exploration, I’ve put together a space explorat ...
2010 Olympic Medals, recycled electronics
In just a few days the Olympic torch will be lit and the countdown to the games will begin. Vancouver has been preparing for this grand event for years, building new facilities, hotels, streets and making surrounding cities a beautiful experience for the thousands of people traveling to Canada. I am ...
Bare Necessities
Lately I've been thinking about scaling down 'the clutter' in several areas of my life. I don't live in a ginormous house, nor do I drive a massively large car, but I do have stuff that collects dust, takes up room and I don't use often. Every now an then, I go through my boxes, cupboards and shelve ...
Experience is the Best Teacher!
For designers the best thing after your formal training is to actually jump in and learn the ropes by experiencing how it is to work in the real world. Here is a great program that allows the students to travel and see the work of great designers up close. They also share their experiences, what t ...
On The Road | Your Trip Book
If you have friends like me who travel a lot. Wouldn't be cool to see what he or she is up to through the duration of their trip. Wouldn't it be nice to see them playing in the Snow in Europe or the US or having a great time surfing the beaches of Hawaii or just plain lying down and sipping margar ...
Ice Is More Valuable Than Gold on the Moon
It’s been all over the news this week: The LCROSS Lunar Impact. But why is it so important to know whether or not there is water on the moon? There are several reasons why knowing this would be exciting.
First, if there is water on the moon we would be able to not only learn so much more about ...
Ora by Alexandros Stasinopoulos
Ora is a unique timepiece that is not only beautifully designed but also very unique and modern twist to a wristwatch.
The purpose of mechanical watches is not just to display the time. they are, and ought to be, the showcase of human achievements in the fields of engineering, aesthetics and of c ...
Flashback | CG Animations back in 1990
I was one of the fortunate ones to actually have a couple of buddies when I was younger that got themselves the awesome and powerful new computer Amiga 500 when they first came out. They were super expensive at that time and we used to play with these machines in order to see what their limits were. ...