Racism...

Racism on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

All I want for Christmas :)

Onkyo WL-TR100 streams video over WiFi - Engadget - www.engadget.com

I agree...

I apologize in advance for what may sound like an insensitive rant, but I have had enough of the grandstanding politicians and the news media spewing utter nonsense about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I have seen too many reports on TV and read them online, and I am simply fed up.

The first dumb-ass quote I read was from the Mayor of Biloxi, MS. He said: “This is our tsunami.” No. No it is not.

Next, some other politician from the area - who was wearing a suit and tie doing all the hard work I guess - was on NBC news. This bozo said: “It’s like downtown Baghdad.” Actually, I don’t think that it probably is anything like downtown Baghdad.

Finally, I just read the following quote on CNN.com. “Gov. Haley Barbour compared the devastation to a nuclear blast Tuesday after touring the coast. ‘I can only imagine that this is what Hiroshima looked like 60 years ago,’

Let’s recap. Hurricane Katrina has taken the lives of around 150 people at the time of this posting. Unfortunately, that number will rise much higher (possibly into a few thousand) but let’s use the number 150 for now.

According to the lowest estimate I can find, the tsunami triggered by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in December of 2004, killed 200,000 people. Those 200,000 people did not have any warning nor any time to evacuate. I fail to see how Hurricane Katrina can be compared the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake tsunami on any level. Of course, the Mayor of Biloxi will surely cite his leadership abilities throughout this disaster when it comes time for re-election. I wonder if there is any motivation there?

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A soldier's view of war on terror

JS Online: A soldier's view of war on terror

One ring to rule them all

Interesting photoshop remix here

Missed church? Download the godcast | CNET News.com

Missed church? Download the godcast: "Kyle Lewis missed church one Sunday last month. But the 25-year-old did not miss the sermon.

Lewis, who regularly attends services of the National Community Church in Alexandria, Va., later listened to the sermon while he was at the gym, through a recording he had downloaded to his iPod. Instead of listening to the rock music his gym usually plays, he heard his pastor's voice."

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change....or die

What if you were given that choice? For real. What if it weren't just the hyperbolic rhetoric that conflates corporate performance with life and death? Not the overblown exhortations of a rabid boss, or a slick motivational speaker, or a self-dramatizing CEO. We're talking actual life or death now. Your own life or death. What if a well-informed, trusted authority figure said you had to make difficult and enduring changes in the way you think and act? If you didn't, your time would end soon -- a lot sooner than it had to. Could you change when change really mattered? When it mattered most?

I just love this stuff :)

This Old House Is a Home for New Ideas

a few thoughts on creativity...

“If you can change your mind, you can change the world. Before you can be creative, you must be courageous. Creativity is the destination, but courage is the journey.” — Joey Reiman, CEO of BrightHouse"

What's your brand strategy?

A solid brand architecture gives you the ability to make the right decisions about your product mix, pricing, availability of inventory, store layout, merchandising, marketing, human resources, and more. How can you pull all the elements together with a single focus on your business?

new value by One Design

New value by One Design is Philips Design's quarterly magazine. It aims to illustrate how design can create value for all types of buisness, focusing on the creation of innovative design that leads to meaningful experiences.

new value by One Design - Royal Philips Electronics

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005 to graduates at Stanford University. It is truly motivatong, worth the read!

This is going to be BIG! - 10 Steps to a Hugely Successful Web 2.0 Company

Do you want to make money in your own home?

Forget real estate scams, tupperware, or becoming a spammer.

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A List Apart

Simple in it's elegance, brilliant in it's execution...love design, i love it, i love it, i love it!!!!!!

Nissan 350Z passes 1.5 million in sales

That's my baby!

Nissan 350Z passes 1.5 million in sales

“Business” Approach vs “Design” Approach

Functioning Form - A Difference of Design

oh so funny :)

I missed this before, hahaha serendipity, it seems.

Macworld UK - CNN commits iChat AV experiment

Wolf Blitzer and iBooks

In his post comment on this story " Wolf Blitzer on CNN's new show "The Situation Room" says "for an iBook" in quite a demeaning tone. Never expected that from such a seasoned reporter.

I want one of these :)

Modern Shed... a new kind of outdoor room.

c h r o m a s i a: portfolio gallery

c h r o m a s i a: portfolio gallery

Can you work less and succeed more?

I would love to master this...
Richard Koch's web site: "Can you work less and succeed more?"

Designers

Designers

What Corporate Identity Isn't

Strange Brand - Branding and Marketing Blog - What Corporate Identity Isn't

Guardian Unlimited | Online | Lazy, stupid and evil design

Guardian Unlimited | Online | Lazy, stupid and evil design

Five Most Important Windows Maintenance Tasks

Five Most Important Windows Maintenance Tasks