Archive for August, 2009

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Shop of the Day: What we talk about when we talk about Disney owning Marvel.

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Chair Mod of the Day: The “Sofa-Dress” by Cho Eun Whan and Shin Tai Ho (AKA Maezm) is a urethane foam seat cover capable of transforming any standard chair into a comfy single-seat couch.

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Dinnerware Design Concept of the Day: “LEGO Ceramics” by Alexandre A. Oliveira, Marco A. Koch and Vinicius Zarpelon.

This needs to be real precisely three days ago.

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Interactive Poster of the Day: “Dirt Po(or)ster” by Roland Tiangco.

Tiangco explains:

A poster the recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster.

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Lunch Links:

• High school nixes band’s evolution-themed shirt because “the district is required by law to remain neutral on religion.”

• Israeli scientists invent breathalyzer capable of detecting lung cancer.

• Progressive party gains control of Japan’s lower house of parliament after 54 years of conservative rule.

• Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi to be released early from prison for good behavior.

• Burglar who was chased away from home finishes the job despite police presence at the scene.

• I, for one, welcome our car-door-opening black bear overlords.

• Better Know A Dead Person: Dolores Dissman, Schlotzsky’s co-founder, dead at 80.

• Lunch List: Top 10 most impressive single game baseball feats.

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Wouter Mijland: “Limousine”

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(Potentially) Bad News of the Day: Disney announces acquisition of Marvel Entertainment.

From Disney’s press release:

“Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses,” said Ike Perlmutter, Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is an unparalleled opportunity for Marvel to build upon its vibrant brand and character properties by accessing Disney’s tremendous global organization and infrastructure around the world.”

Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its more than 5,000 Marvel characters. Mr. Perlmutter will oversee the Marvel properties, and will work directly with Disney’s global lines of business to build and further integrate Marvel’s properties.

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Failure of the Day: Damn it feels good to be an Efronatic.

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