Flick Me

The Flickr Collection is a collection of original, handpicked Flickr photos that are hosted on Getty Images – an industry site dedicated to stock photography.  The collection of images reflect the passion of a community of photographers worldwide, featuring uniquely personal images with an authenticity rarely found in stock images.
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Stupid Shit – I

I am all for originality and innovation but I’m calling it like I see it… and this is some Stupid Shit!
As if the Roomba wasn’t stupid enough, now there is a Muwi… basically a Roomba for your lawn. 

The Muwi won the Bronze in the IDEA: Design Awards but come on… not only do you know this thing isn’t [...]

Overheard @ Dragon Well

Location:
Four-top table in preppy, non-Chinese, Chinese food restaurant called Dragon Well on Chestnut Street in the Marina District of San Francisco.
Situation:
Cute-as-a-button little girl… three years old to be exact… coloring with a crayon on a two-page coloring book that Dragon Well provided her to keep her grubby hands out of mischief entertained.  Her dad is [...]

Last Lecture

I regret to report that Professor Randy Pausch who gave the famous “Last Lecture” has lost his battle to cancer.
For those of you who are not familiar with Randy, he was a Carnegie Mellon computer-sciences professor who, in September 2007, gave a lecture entitled “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams“.  This lecture was part of the “Last Lecture” series in [...]

Wednesday’s Urban Word of the Week – Flojectile

Definition:  The bits of food matter that fly onto your mirror while flossing your teeth.

Announcement: NYC Waterfalls Flowin’

Today, Bloomberg unveiled the New York Waterfalls Project!  Over 35,000 gallons of water a minute is now roaring into the East River thanks to this latest public art installation.   Check it out… tell me what you think!

And you are welcome for not making any TLC references… even though it would have been Crazysexycool! 

I guess [...]

I’ll Drink to That!

This weekend is the 20th Annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at the Javits Convention Center in NYC.  If you go (which you should), check out designer, Reiko Kaneko who will be launching a new line of English fine bone china with real gold detailing.  Sounds fancy, huh?  Well it is but it really isn’t… her take on this fussy [...]

I AM SPAM – III

If it takes three things to make a trend, then I think we are on to something with my third installment of I AM SPAM…

Janet Nelson is turning penis enhancement SPAM into something for the whole family… good, clean, cartoon fun.
 
And for the academics, there is SPAM is Poetry dedicated to turning authentic spam into prose.  The About page says the site [...]

Motivational Thought for the Day

This little animal is called the Naked Mole-Rat and is from Africa.

 So if you are having a bad day and feeling sorry for yourself, remember:
You could look like a dick with buck teeth.
 Via J-Rod… who is very clearly the next Tony Robbins.

Weebles Wobble But They Dont Fall Down

I do not condone defacing property… in fact, seeing it done brings the crazy, right-winged, (redundant, I know) personality-I-prefer-to-pretend-doesn’t-exist out of me.  However, when I find street art done WELL in an appropriate spot, I am not only impressed but I egg it on. 
Case in point:

And this wonky-eyed view is actually painted on a construction barricade in Paris.