Archive for September, 2010

The dreaded ‘Idea’ — Part 2: Media

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Part 1 of "The dreaded 'Idea'" spouts freely new notions concerning Twitter and iPhone/iPod Apps & iOS along with a short treatise-like rant on ideas. Media Monetizing great content stuck on crusty websites An opportunity exsists for acquiring old, but authoritative content that ranks good.  This written treasure is often buried on neglected websites.  There's plenty ...

10 great Independent Record Shops

Monday, September 20th, 2010

The record store -- you know, those non-iTunes meatspaces where you can kind of touch and hold music -- is rare and dying.  Except for Independent record shops.  These shops sell physical music formats to people other than top 40 lovers who have no computer.  In other words, they sell to music lovers. Flavorwire did ...

Pop Culture based typography posters

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" typography poster Crap. I must now have at least one of these typography posters. "Pulp Fiction" typography poster

Brief trip to Sonar Fest, Chicago, IL

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Panoramic of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, Chicago,IL. The Sonar Festival's first year in Chicago ran from September 9-11, 2010.  I took off from St Louis Thursday, September 9th, via Amtrak, in hopes to catch a few acts that evening and head back early the next morning.  But the Amtrak broke ...

Missouri State Fair 2010

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Star Trek ride at the 2010 Missouri State Fair I'd never in 31 year attended a state fair.  We arrived too late to see any livestock, but State Fair livestock is for city folk.  I only got a chance to stumble around the carnival rides section. So go grab a ...

‘The Sensitive Plant’ – Mimosa Pudica

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

This is 16 seconds of what a Mimosa Pudica or "Sensitive Plant" does when you touch it. It wilts. Minutes later it returns to normal. (Please select the HD option so you can see it.)

Similarities and parallels between Physics and Marketing

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

The title of this seven minute TED Talk from Dan Cobley is "What physics taught me about marketing."  Dan draws parallels between marketing and four major principals in physics. 1.  Rearranging Newton's Second Law gives us acceleration equals force over mass. Meaning the larger a particle is, the more force it takes to change direction. ...

Closing Hotmail accounts

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

No one will ever know why I kept a Hotmail account from 1996 until today. Laziness probably. Here is how to close a Hotmail email account: 1. Open following link: Delete MSN, Hotmail or other Windows Live Account If the above link doesn't work for you, go to following link: Close Windows Live Account 2. Enter ...