Nananca Crash!

Here's another fun game! Nananca Crash!. My high score is 3219.65. If you keep clicking the girl teleports back for an extra bash. But I'm not sure how to control that.

Wallace and Gromit coming to the big screen

Here's a little film on the new Wallace and Gromit film.

Desktop manager

For a long time I've wanted multiple desktops on my mac. With desktop manager, now I can. I don't know how I've missed this for so long!

Desktop manager

For a long time I've wanted multiple desktops on my mac. With desktop manager, now I can. I don't know how I've missed this for so long!

New Nickels

Listening to NPR, I heard that there are even more new coins coming out. The nickel is going through a series of redesigns as well. Apparently the mint makes over $600 million in profit on selling money. Oddly, I actually found an original buffalo nickel the other day.

Thomas Demand

Thomas Demand opens at the MoMA today. "Born in 1964, Demand began as a sculptor and took up photography to record his ephemeral paper constructions. In 1993 he turned the tables, henceforth making constructions for the sole purpose of photographing them."

Miao Tien

I just found out that Miao Tien, the actor who plays the father figure in Tsai Ming-Liang's films has died. Here's an article in the Taipei Times. It's time to rent Goodbye Dragon Inn.

Imitation the sincerest form of flattery?

Here's an interesting twist. I noticed that I've been getting a lot of hits from Hungary as of late on Carte Blanche Pedicure, my photoblog. Imagine my surprise when I checked out the referring site and found this.

Singin' in the Rain

I've never seen Gene Kelly do things like he does in this ad. I wonder if it's by the same people behind the Superbowl ad (the techniques of which first surfaced in a Futureshock video. I'm not sure what I think about using Gene Kelly to sell VW's after his death, but I guess that's another issue entirely . . .

NYPL Digital Gallery

The New York Public Libary launched their digital gallery today. The NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more. But note that current very high demands are causing some delays in serving image derivatives. We are working to boost performance on the image server. Please be patient, your pictures are there

The things we do for love

This is a little extreme. One of the Oscar nominated short films from this past year, 7.35 in the Morning.

Sexual high and dry

Radiohead meets Marvin Gaye.

Ring my cell

S/FJ breaks down the history of the cell phone ring tone. Sounds like even mom's are hip to the groove, "A kid I met on the subway told me that his mother doesn’t like his new 50 Cent ringtone, “Candy Shop,” not because it features explicitly sexual rhymes but because it’s not as cool as “In Da Club,” a previous 50 Cent ringtone, which received Billboard’s first Ringtone of the Year award, in 2004." Personally, my phone doesn't go off often enough to justify spending tons of money on ring tones. Right now it mimics an old rotary phone ring.

Hong Kong Art Walk

For those in Hong Kong, tomorrow is the fifth annual ArtWalk, a charity event benefiting the HIV Education Centre at St John’s Cathedral, the Society of Community Organization (SoCO) and the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care. The entry ticket allows the bearer to partake of the wine served by each of the 40 participating galleries and 'finger food' provided by our sponsoring restaurants. If I were there I'd be going! Note that tickets last year sold out.

Identity works!

Ever wonder how to set the logo for the Home Office? Well wonder no more!

Art of the Japanese Postcard

I've missed this exhibit at Boston's MFA, unfortunately, but I bought the book. It's the Art of the Japanese Postcard. The show looked great. There's a wide assortment of cards on view on the site. And the book was one of the NYTimes notable art books from last year. Unfortunately it'll take 1-2 months for me to see my copy arrive from Amazon. :-( Happy New Year everyone! Incidentally, here's what the NYTimes had to say about the book: "Keats said that reading Chapman's translation of Homer felt like watching an unknown planet float into view. You might have a similar reaction to Art of the Japanese Postcard: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA Publications, paper, $29.95). Beginning in 1900, with the lifting of the government monopoly on the printing of postcards, many of Japan's leading artists tried their hand at designing in this exotic new medium borrowed from the West. It took a while for Japanese woodblock prints to be appreciated for the masterpieces they are, and the same could be said -- in fact, is said, by Anne Nishimura Morse and other sharp-eyed scholars writing in this exhibition catalog -- about the neglected genre of the postcard. In this spell-inducing volume, you'll find the encounter of East and West given a fresh treatment. A Japanese woman swings a tennis racket against a backdrop of blue morning glories. Some of the most arresting cards are aerial views: colorful parasols amid the shadows of their owners; Art Nouveau swimmers grasping a lifesaver; and three cavalrymen riding into battle in the Russo-Japanese War, exactly 100 years ago."

Skeletal systems

Ever wonder what your favorite cartoon character might look like under all that skin? Here is one man's interpretation.

Pina Bausch on NPR

On Morning Edition, NPR had a short piece on choreographer Pina Bausch. There's a short clip of a dance she choreographed that was showcased in the Almodovar film Talk to Her. On Sunday I get to see her group perform at BAM. I can't wait!

Transformers

David sent me a link to this commercial. Talk about Transformers: more than meets the eye. I'd hate to be in the driver's seat while that thing's getting down.

Hanzismatter

While surfing around I found this site, which breaks down the (mis)use of Chinese characters in various ads and tattoos. So far, my favorite mystery is that of Marcus Camby's tattoo. Courtesy of Angry Asian Man.