a scrapbook, a drawer full of places you want to remember

Whenever I come across something that I know is worth saving, but probably will never know where I left it, I stick it here. Many hours of enjoyment below.

 

Art Related

 

Extremely prolific young Chinese artist now residing on NYC, has works all over the world. Spend some time with Cai Guo-Qiang, and keep coming back for more.

 

Banksy the UK Artist takin it to the streets, and then gets silly

 

Very hip designer Yugo Nakamura, click on things all over the place

 

Capt. Organic Ross Lovegrove is a fat-free designer, check him out here and here

 

Theo Jansen fuses art & engineering which results in a Strandbeest. Check his Ted talk

 

Explore Andy Foulds flash design work, another world to click around in

 

Writer, Photographer, Movie Director, Dream Wizard, Sean Harris has plugged 40 plus years of extraordinary life experience here, hopefully it won’t take 40 years to read it all!

 

 

Cool Things

 

Gotta secret you have to tell someone? How about tellin’ everyone about it

 

Site full of graffiti on walls around the world (click big arrow lower right corner)

 

Watch an artist draw a woman from the inside out

 

Here’s Murphy with more fantastic clocks, (third one spins with a mouse over) First Second Third and the Ultimate world clock

 

I had lost Yugo”s INDUSTORIOUS CLOCK, but Bill found it here

 

Check out The Mirror Project, pictures of you - in a mirror

 

Sketchswap - Make a sketch, get a sketch. Sounds easy, it is.

 

Long Live Photoshop, this site has photoshop image competitions. Spend hours checking out what people are doing to photos,some cool stuff here.

 

Here is the most amazing live footage you’ll ever see, no dubs, no digitalization
(again wait for it to load, be very patient, it will show up, it might take five minutes of blank white screen before something appears, just wait - it’s worth it)

 

It took 606 attempts to get that shot, check it out here

 

Sony TV has a Brand called Bravia. They make incredible ads behind it. here’s one here

 

Book of Joe, always worth the ,read

 

Learn Something

 

Try out the Senses Challenge. Take the test and see how well you see and hear

 

Alberto Gaitan found this Pianolina where you can create your own atmospheric sounds

 

Controversy surrounds the origin of life on this planet. It might be answered here

 

Next time you are on a sinking ship, reach for this handy Morse Code translator

 

See into the future of technology. Code named Milan

 

The Princeton University Art of Science Competition, where science becomes art. 2005 and 2006

 

Astronomy Picture of The Day

 

Blogjam presents Neil Armstrong - The Tru Story

 

Yo! Check out Bill Gates’s crib yo, dude is ill,yunowhaiamsayin

 

You might ask yourself… What’s That Stuff? Ever wondered about what’s really in hair coloring, Silly Putty, Cheese Wiz, artificial snow, or self-tanners? EN presents a collection of articles that gives you a look at the chemistry behind a wide variety of everyday products.

 

Don’t you hate getting those pesky scam emails from some Nigerian prince looking to give you millions of dollars if you would only pre-pay the
transfer of funds! There is a growing hobby effort out there messing with these people and it’s quite hilarious and very elaborate. I actually saw this cat interviewed on Current.tv recently

 

Pass It On

Vid called “Shift Happens” putting figures into perspective

 

Heroes

 

A group of actors in NYC started “Improv Everywhere” read about their good fun

 

Rob Cockerham is Cockeyed.com Check out hilarious hi-jinks done to trip you up

 

Jeffrey Lee is the sole surviving member of the Djok clan in Australia protecting sacred ground while turning down billions

 

And big shout to John Hargrave who is ZUG.com who did the ultimate world class prank - 2006 Super Bowl

 

Tools

 

Thanks Peter West originally for this one - Next time you get a dire email WARNING, telling you to send this to all your friends, look here first: Type in a few words about the warning or use the subject line of the email, …..surprising results

 

Tired of reading through news stories and coming to a screeching halt
because some online newspaper (L.A. Times, Dallas News etc) wants you
to register for their site. Here is a great site to grab a previously registered login.

 

A search engine for sounds. You can find virtually any sound imaginable at this site

 

Time Wasters

Zefrank is a freelance Interactive Consultant, digital celebrity and a hero to people stuck in cubicles all over the world

How fast can you type? Well? Find out here.

 

The Dialectizer, turn text into parody dialects

 

An online phenomenon where you create “lines” for a little guy on a sled to ride downLine Rider, the phenom clicks in where legions of aficionados are writing lines.

 

Here it is, the ultimate office tool. Every cubicule owner can use it. (lower right corner click “Go” then “Play”) Thanks Suki!

 

Chris Bliss juggles to The End Give him his due and then
Jason Garfield has to out do him

 

My all time favorite TV commercial (takes a while to load, be patient, it’s there)

How about a quick drive through Paris,
C’etait un Rendezvous - The Legend…. I mean quick (read how they did it HERE)

Watch a dude and his friend drive from LA to NYC in 2 minutes

 

On a more serious note, see how economists determine our future economic forecast (move mouse on graph)