Archive for August, 2008

drain pipe suites

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

dasparkhotel.net advertises, repurposed, incredibly robust drain pipes.

Also known as… HOTEL ROOMS! Because really, why not? I mean, it’s kind of like living like a ninja turtle, minus the sludge, slime and sewage.

Drain Pipe Suites

translation: funny faces

Monday, August 25th, 2008

“Caretas expressam as emoções dos atletas”

It means, “Check out the funny faces on these Olympic athletes” - and it’s a hilariously brilliant way to bring traffic to your website. Click the image to see more over at terra.com.

Olympic Funny Faces

“O Canada! terre de nos puppies”

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

I appreciate it when this sort of copy makes it past the “boss.” Because otherwise, it’s just another boring sign - and who pays attention to those?

What\'s up, dog...

Oh, and this is funny, too:

Raining Cows

As is this:

Boink...

fancy fingers come together

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

I play guitar. I’ve played it for a good solid while. And when asked by a coworker the other day if I was good, I said, “Yes.” Not, “Yeah… I’m pretty good,” or “Sure… I’m alright.”

I didn’t always “admit” that off the bat - call me shy and modest.

And then I found this young feller on a friends blog and decided I need to get back to practicing. I have two reasons why you have to watch this video, the first of which being interaction related:

1) He uses his guitar in a fantastically innovative way in this song. I mean, I’ve seen people use the guitar body as a drum and the like, but I’ve never seen someone pull of “sound effects” quite like Sungha Jung. Seriously, I love it. He’s a one man band with one instrument.

2) I love guitar. I love this kid. And I want the world to know. Sungha, you are my hero. He’s 11 and has been playing for 2 years. Sheesh…

Plus, he’s got some rockin’ fingernails on that right hand. I’m sure the 11-year-old ladies love it.