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I am Christmas Tree

If you want more of the hamster brilliance which makes a cameo appearance in the pecha kucha post, check out pyza* who’s quirky photos drip with brilliant color and provide a close-up of her beloved pets. A labor of love, her collection of hundreds of staged photos and videos are sure to inspire and uplift.

Retro Ads – “Holiday Gift Guide”

Some holiday classic DO go out of style… what a shame. Luckily these great ads have survived to bear evidence of a more innocent time.

Move Over, Fruit Cake

The “Cheese Cone” is the new holiday classic recipe!

You Pecha!: Part II

Learn the correct pronunciation (among other things) with this pecha kucha presentation about…pecha kucha.

Name That PPT

Liven up your next conference or staff meeting with PPT karaoke where you present…but to other people’s slides. Slideshare also offers a tool to help you start playing ASAP.

Glamour “Reel Moments” Short Film Series

Now in it’s fourth year, Glamour Magazine’s “Reel Moments” film series takes reader-submitted stories and brings them to the small screen with some of Hollywood’s top female talent – actors & directors. Take a look at the site and see this years short film lineup.

You Pecha!

20 images, 20 seconds each.

That’s all you got in Pecha Kucha, the simple but effective presentation format developed four years ago in Japan that has spread across the world. PK forces one to focus on the message (no more bullets!).  Widely used as a means for showcasing creative, it is now being used in academia and business too. Meet us at the next one.

Fancy Wallpaper for Your Fancy Phone

Who doesn’t have an iPhone these days? *cough*me*cough*

These days, customization is key, and one of the many perks of having an iPhone is the endless options for doing so. For those of you who are blessed/cursed with the buttonless wonder have another reason to gloat to your non-iPhone wielding friends: Poolga. Here you can download some amazing wallpapers created by designers and illustrators from around the globe, which completely blow your standard nature scene or colored-wavy background-thing out of the water. You can even sign up for their RSS feed and follow them on Twitter to get updated on the latest additions to their collection.

Maybe someday they’ll be BlackBerry friendly! I can only hope.

Video Meditations: Part 1


Colours from Charlie McCarthy on Vimeo.

For those not flexible enough for Yoga or dexterous enough for thumb cymbals, I have begun working on a video meditation series that works just by looking at it…

To alleviate the stress of letters and numbers, take the next few minutes to breathe and relax while focusing on colors.

Ahhhuuummmmm….

Art is in the Details

A truly amazing artist creates microscopic-size sculpture with what i have to imagine is a really tiny brush and really big patience. This one you have to see to believe. Turns out a collector just bought the guy’s entire life’s work for over $20 million! That’s no small sum…



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