links for 2008-09-07
links for 2008-08-31
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Ik wil naar hier op congé
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Mijne zolder boven de garage
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like his work
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voor in ons huis op de huge sliding door?
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Mystical UNicorn: medium
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the little hang-your-bike-on-the-wall thing
It’s alive!
Enough already with the high-tech toothbrushes!
Look - I’m as thrilled as anyone to be living in an era of such swift, constant technological progress. These are extraordinary times, and our quality of life has been enhanced in almost every particular by the diligence and vision of nerds who are dedicated to improving — and, indeed, perfecting — virtually every aspect of contemporary life. Here’s to them (hoist beverage of choice)!
But, quand mème — can we please have done with the continual pointless modification of the the toothbrush? Let’s just all agree that today’s toothbrushes are pretty damned near perfect and move on. A toothbrush is not a nuclear reactor or a sports car; it’s not even a radio or a microwave oven. It is, in fact, a toothbrush. Surely the engineers and designers who’ve been toiling towards the Platonic ideal of a toothbrush have come close enough to that ideal. Their work here is done. They can now move on in good conscience and devote their ingenuity to some other worthy goal. And the rest of us can all get on with brushing our teeth.
In love with Lynda
I am absolutely loving Lynda, the online training library that has hours and hours (actually, months and months) of video training courses for software applications and programming. I’m currently making my way through a 3 hour course in the essentials of HTML, and a 3.5 hour course in Final Cut. It’s not free, but at $25 dollars a month, or $250 a year, it’s about as good a deal as you’ll find in these days of exorbitant gas prices and tight credit.
Joshua Klein’s TED talk.
Joshua Klein’s an interesting character, his website is here.
This is his TED talk:
Lorem Whoopsum
As an html-challenged person who has been responsible for more than my fair share of posting f*ckups, it’s nice to know that even the pros screw up from time to time.
I came across this at the Apple store earlier today:
More W+K drooling
I sooo love the stuff Wieden+Kennedy is doing for Honda. This behind the scenes movie is to me like having a glimpse in the Wonka Chocolate factory.
Eat this youth-marketers!
Wow, these two jokes really hit the spot:
So this punk rocker is walking down the street when a guy asks him, “Hey, what exactly is punk rock?” So the punker kicks over a trash can and says, “That’s fucking punk rock!” So the guy kicks over a trash can and goes, “That’s punk rock?” The punker says, “No, that’s trendy.”
How many hipsters does it take to change a light bulb?
What, you don’t know?
Dutch awesomeness
Bike rack with built-in pump. Lovely.
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What's all this then?
Ching* is the name under which we, JP Bernbach and Christian Verschaeren, do our projects. We're award winning creative strategists/planners/thinkers. But also Internet entrepreneurs and culinary critics. Among other things.
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JP Bernbach
is currently asleep
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Text Area #3
This is the area on the site where Christian would announce his various skills and accomplishments, if he weren't so darned modest.