Faux Pas of the Day: CNN’s Rick Sanchez absent-mindedly refers to Obama as “the cotton-picking president,” is forced to apologize after getting called out on Twitter.
[mediaite.]
Archive for August, 2010
Aug. 30, 2010
Kickass Custom Toy of the Day: eNcliNe desigNs’ custom-made Victorian Optimus Prime transforms into a steam locomotive, disappointingly lacks top hat, monocle.
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Bucky Gunt of the Day: On today’s episode of Claire Danes Goes About Announcing the Emmy Winner for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie in a Really Weird Way: David Strathairn.
Aug. 30, 2010
Unusual Jewelery of the Day: Jeweler Jeremy May crafts one-of-a-kind “literary jewels” using selections of pages from books neatly removed and laminated to form the desired piece.
Each piece is impossible to replicate, and is unique to the wearer. The beauty of the jewels extends within the piece: text and images pass all the way though the object, only exposed at the surfaces – giving a tantalising glimpse of the book within.
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Animated Short of the Day: Mareike Ottrand’s “SUPERNATURAL CREATOR 2” — The biblical story of Creation (and its inevitable conclusion), presented in 8-bit video game style.
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Aug. 30, 2010
Street Art of the Day: Outside the Opera House in Bordeaux, France.
One of several new pieces recently uploaded to paper tape artist Aakash Nihalani’s official website.
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Life-Altering Crossing Light Design Concept of the Day: Li Ming Hsing’s “Traffic Light” offers a novel solution to the problem of crosswalk inattentiveness through the incorporation of exercise avatars within the “stop” portion to provide a fun, productive distraction, and educational “look-both-ways” avatars within the “go” portion to remind children (and adults) to follow the appropriate safety procedures before crossing the street.
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Marketing Campaign of the Day: Ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky were recently hired by Big Carrot to update the packaging of baby carrots with an eye toward appealing to the junk food generation.
The $25 million campaign is set to include such innovations as: Doritos-like package designs; carrot vending machines; seasonal tie-ins (e.g., Halloween “scarrots”); and even an iPhone app “powered by the sound of folks munching carrots in real time.”
Frito-Lay, for their part, say they are “happy to serve as an inspiration.” “We know people don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables,” spokesperson Chris Kuechenmeister was quoted as saying. “We applaud any effort to provide consumers with a wider range of snacking options.”
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Look At This Fucking Cat Video of the Day: Cat, get away from that computer screen. You can’t play Duck Hunt.
You don’t even have a Zapper.
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