Monthly Archives: April 2007

Lockwasher’s robots

When I blogged about Lockwasher Design I had no idea that beyond being a talented designer he was also a vintage robot collector or that he had much more robot sculptures than those presented in his site. His Flickr page … Continue reading

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Eldon Dedini’s Satyrs and Nymphs

Eldon Dedini was an American cartoonist best known for his works to magazines as The New Yorker, Esquire and Playboy. But early in his career, he was an editorial cartoonist for local newspapers, and a story man for Walt Disney. … Continue reading

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Moppel LED Lights

What I most appreciate in designers nowadays is that they learnt a lesson: design don’t need to be pretty and unusual only; they have to have something else. like looking funny, and they have to be functional. The neat Moppel … Continue reading

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May Ann Licudine

I can’t imagine a better way to start a boring Monday than exploring the works of artists I didn’t know. The marvellous illustrations by May Ann Licudine perfectly fit on my wishes. This talented artist from Philippines works with visual … Continue reading

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Vintage Posters at Charles Michael Gallery

Charles Michael Gallery has some nice works of art, including paintings and prints, and other objects. However, I’m much more interested in the vintage posters session. Divided in eight categories, from travel and transportation to sports, it’s great collection with … Continue reading

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April Fool’s 2007

It’s Sunday – a not blogging day, almost lunch time and I’m tired, just because I had been blogging since yesterday. I’m going to have a break to sleep, and maybe enjoy the rest of this sunny day. However, I … Continue reading

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Wikipedia and Wikitravel

The Wikipedia main page displays some curious articles today: George Washington the inventor, the independence day of San Serriffe and it announced that editors will be charged in order to edit (screenshot). Wikitravel (screenshot) also points to unusual places, like … Continue reading

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Gmail Paper and Google TiSP

Wow, Google announced two new services today. Google TiSP, a free in-home wireless broadband service, and Gmail Paper. At the Official Google Blog there is a brief note about Google TiSP, also called “Project Teaspoon”. A Press Release of it … Continue reading

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Mashup Reader

For many times I said to Chris, from Cynical-C Blog, to change the layout of his blog, because it looks too much a guy’s blog. He never gave much attention to my words and kept the guy-not-coloured-layout. Maybe the problem … Continue reading

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Vilcus Plug Dactyloadapter

The fantastic on-line geek store ThinkGeek has a tradition to release their most incredible products at April 1st. I remember when they showed for the first time the PC EZ-Bake Oven to make tiny cakes while you are using the … Continue reading

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