Monthly Archives: July 2008

Found Video: Nokia’s vision of the future

Below is a concept video made my Nokia’s research department that explores a number of the features that nanotechnology will make possible in future devices. To say that anything near this is far off would be the ultimate understatement, but some of these ideas are in working form somewhere in the worlds labs today. For [...]

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Obama Design Team Knows Art History

One may dissagree with him politically, but there is one thing that many cannot dispute about Barack Obama is his brilliant design team. I know I have harped before about Barack and have devoted a few posts to his campaign for a art and design perspective, but it is worth noting how interesting it is [...]

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Yo-Yo Lamp

This is another example of creativity meaning looking at something in a new way. These Yo-Yo lamps are brilliant in that the excess cording becomes a feature of the lamp itself. The distance from the wall socket becomes irrelevant and you simply roll it up or roll it out depending on the need. If they [...]

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We are Still Alive…I guess

I know there has been no posts in the past couple of weeks. Thats because no one posts anything but myself and an occasional chime-in from friends. They say be the change you want to see in the world, and damn it I was being it!  Yet one can only lead a horse to water. [...]

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Former Senator Jesse Helms dies on Independence Day

Let’s take a closer look at Jesse Helms
1972: Helms ran for Senate in North Carolina against Greek-American Congressman Nick Galifianakis. His slogan? “Vote For Helms — He’s One of Us.”
1983: Led a 16-day filibuster of a bill making Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, birthday a national holiday.
1990: Ran against former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt and used [...]

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Tisk Tisk: Fox News airs altered photos of New York Times reporters.

Well, it isn’t as if Fox has been some bastion of ethical practices, but this is ridiculous. On the July 2nd edition of Fox & Friends, the network labels two New York Times reporters as “attack dogs” for writing a story about the fact that Fox News’ ratings dominance is on the decline with CNN [...]

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