Andrew Kim’s square Coke bottle design - Core77:

Andrew Kim’s Coke bottle redesign is an ambitious take on the iconic bottle, going square in the name of eco-friendliness. The new bottle shape would take up far less space in shipping pallets per bottle, and a push-up in the bottom large enough to accommodate the cap of the bottle beneath it would enable stacking.

Great industrial design right there. I totally want to switch to these bottles.

iLaugh - Joke #18951

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, “I am very rich. Marry me!”
That’s Direct Marketing.

You’re at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says, “He’s very rich. Marry him.”
That’s Advertising.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day you call and say, “Hi, I’m very rich. Marry me.”
That’s Telemarketing.

You’re at a party and see a gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie; you walk up to her and compliment her hair. You open the door for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her a ride, and then say, “By the way, I’m very rich. Will you marry me?”
That’s Public Relations.

You’re at a party and see a gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says, “You are very rich…”
That’s Brand Recognition.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, “I’m rich. Marry me.” She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
That’s Customer Feedback.

Working on iLaugh for the iPad. Sometimes I come across a gem I hadn’t read yet.

Spiralling by =StrangeProgram on deviantART

The birthing experience

Jean-Louis Villecroze:

I guess I should consider myself lucky to be able to said that the birth of our son was the most traumatic experience I have EVER lived. Clearly, I’m still shaken by it … Will I do it all over again? F*ck NO!

Often, I’ll hear people talk about how magical and/or miraculous the birth of a baby is and I roll my eyes. There’s nothing miraculous about it, People! It’s a gory painful mess!

The Neutrality Of This Article Is Disputed

Paul Carr:

This symbiosis – columnistists clamouring to write for newspapers, and newspapers needing great columnists to define their voice – is where the real key to the survival of newspapers lies. Rival papers, and bloggers and Twitterers may summarise and rewrite your news scoops, depriving you of readers, but they can’t do the same with your columnists. Personality is simply not reproducible – there’s only one Maureen Dowd and there will only ever be one Glenn Beck (inshallah) so if readers want to hear what they have to say, they have to go to the source. Moreover, while news ages rapidly, opinion doesn’t. A story published online by the New York Times is dated the moment it appears and people begin tweeting out the key facts, but a well-crafted opinion column has an infinite shelf life.

For all of these reasons, only the most imbecilicly terrified newspaper editor would heed Jimmy Wales’ advice and fire their most valuable assets. For all the others, there’s actually a compelling argument to do precisely the opposite. It’s comment and opinion, not news, that really adds value to newspapers in the Internet age – and as such the really smart editors will get rid of all their costly reporters and use the money instead to fill their pages with nothing but highly paid opinion columnists. Only then can newspapers be assured of their survival.

Paul’s brilliant weekly column is the only reason I’m still subscribed to TechCrunch.

Rad Omen - Rad Anthem (Official Music Video) 2010

Great song, awesome decadent video!

An Open Letter to James Cameron From Papyrus

Imagine my delight so many months ago at seeing the trailers and posters for this, your much anticipated return to science fiction movie making. To see the title AVATAR (all caps!) typeset in yours truly. Well, I practically wept. And to be rendered in such an artificial luminescent way… finally, in the hands of a true visionary such as yourself, my potential to look totally badass had been realized.

I almost puked when I saw yellow Papyrus being used for the subtitles in Avatar.

3.14  by  k-swizz

Mixed on Pi Day, hence the 3.14 title.

Tracklist:

Come Fly Away - Benny Benassi
Peferct (Vocal Mix) - Rob Lemon
Penthouse Bitch (12” 80s Dancefloor Mix) - Kid Dub & Dextress
Work Your Body - Original Mix - Hatiras, Bass Kleph
Europa (Original Mix) - Pryda
Drug Music (Toolroom) - Will Bailey’s Dirty Carnival Mix - Mark Knight

Justin Williams On PRMac's Ray Barber

Justin Williams:

I think my biggest pet-peeve by far is how PRMac handles itself in public. Anytime there is a question on the MacSB mailing list about advertising, press releases or anything remotely related, the site’s proprietor chimes in to plug his service. Just because you wrap your self promotion with :) doesn’t make it right.

As the creator of iPhoneSB, I’ve experienced the same thing. I’ve had to privately ask PRMac’s owner to tone down the self-promotion multiple times.