Take a look at that photo - yes, your eyes are not playing tricks on you; and no, you don’t need to do one of those cartoon double-takes on the whiskey bottle in your hand before throwing it over your shoulder. It really is a portable wooden room that is designed to be set up inside another room.
The bizarre jumbo coffin-like My Room II comes from Yamaha Japan and is an update to an earlier model. We’re assuming that means enough crazies in Japan bought the original to make it worth Yamaha’s while making a new version, but, seriously, WTF? Read more…
Social Bookmarking. Its the one tool that businesses/writers/bloggers use to let the world know what they are writing about. With it, your site can reach the masses overnight. Its the word-of-mouth tool that gets traffic to your site and works over and over again. Without it, your article on “Learning to Fly NOW” won’t even reach an ant. What would you prefer? Increased traffic on your site is always a good thing. And in today’s lesson, I will provide you with some HTML code that you can COPY, TWEAK, and PASTE into your blogpost and/or site to get that traffic up! Are you ready?
Now, there are numerous amounts of Social Bookmarking sites - let’s call it The Social Bubble - on the internet. So, I’ve decided to start you off with the BIG 5 - Digg, Fark, Reddit, del.icio.us and Technorati. They are as good as they come, and are most definitely worth placing onto your own blogpost and/or site. If there are other sites you would like me to add, don’t hesitate to ask! Just leave a comment on which Social Bookmark site you want, and I’ll respond back to you as soon as possible! At any rate, let’s begin! Read more…
It’s hard to imagine what people made of Q-Tip when he first broke through. What late 80’s America thought about a rapper named after a cotton bud is anyone’s guess. Because nowadays, with the legacy of A Tribe Called Quest following him, Q-Tip commands legendary status. Read more…
Crazy how pop culture can really permeate into our every day lives. The new single from Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” is no exception. The song comes on all the time on the radio and on TV. My daughter even sings it, hums it even when she’s going about her day. And she’s 4!!
Anyhow…I thought this video was funny and figured I would share.
Jalen Testerman. With his B-Boy posin’, headspin spinnin’, can’t stop won’t stop, to the hip hip hop a you don’t stop a rockin’,…this kid can dance! Read more…
Ocarina, the second iPhone application from Silicon Valley based Smule, has surged to the top spot on the iPhone App store just a little over a week (download it here.)
Why? Just like Smule’s first application, a social virtual lighter (yeah, I know), People are fascinated by interacting with others. With the lighter it was competing geographically for the brightest light. With Ocarina, it’s listening to the music of others. Read more…
Tokyo, Japan. Boasting the 2nd largest economy in the world, the influence is Worldwide. Japanese domestics include: Electronics. Technology. Automotive. Robotics. And Crazy Gameshows??? Japan truly is the epicenter of Innovation. Makes you wonder if Japan has anything else to offer, right? Hai! Well, they do. And its an unlikely export that is proving to be Japan’s next major influence on the World - Fashion.
A 16-year-old schoolgirl is making a pitch to become the first woman to play professional baseball in Japan.
High school student Eri Yoshida was drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise, a professional team in a new independent Japanese league that starts its first season in April.
Flickr.com. For professional and casual photographers alike, Flickr provides the perfect place for you to store, share, and get feedback on your photographic work of art. Complete with tools to modify, send out, and print your photos - its a photographers delight. Who needs anything else? You may find yourself asking, “How does this get any better?” Well, how does POSTING your Flickr photos onto your WordPress blog (and other Blogs!), sound? Yup, now you can. Let’s find out how:
Once upon a time (well, the 1920s) there were two brothers, Adi and Rudolf. Growing up as the sons of a cobbler in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the pair started out making sports shoes in their mother’s laundry room. Twenty years on and a blazing row later, the two split and, in doing so, changed the face of global sportswear. Read more…
