Rewind City
Dear Backpackers, travelers, and other lost boys or girls back in the drudgery of home not so sweet home and dull 9to5 jobs, what if we could live those best moments again? Have a look at this ad by Orange TV and enjoy (why resist?) that invisible little teardrop of recognition.
Hey, face it, I am a sentimental guy so I like it.
A Wedding And An Earthquack
Get Doodling! How to Waste Time at Work
Dear Backpackers, travelers, and other lost boys or girls back in the drudgery of home not so sweet home and dull 9to5 jobs, what if we could live those best moments again? Have a look at this ad by Orange TV and enjoy (why resist?) that invisible little teardrop of recognition.
Hey, face it, I am a sentimental guy so I like it.
Tsunami/Tiramisu
Klong Muang Beach, Krabi
So yeah, another year gone by since that sunny morning, munching from some fried eggs, sipping hot bitter but oh so necessary nescafe (bit hungover from last nights party, of course), topped with true bliss in the draw of a first cigarette, till somebody pointed out the sea did behave a bit strange...
Ah, those where the days. Boxing day with Scrooge remakes, cats playing with silver wrappers, a stuffed fridge with cheap bubbly wine and left-over tiramisu, it just doesn't do it.
Space Collective, The Future of Everything
Space Collective.org is a "cross-media information and entertainment channel for post-ideological, non-partisan, forward thinking terrestrials", as they say.
I stumbled over this site looking for inspiration, food for the obvious Xmas thoughts, pre-newyears resolutions, well, as the wandering mind goes on a break from work, having no clue how to spend the holidays to come. Anyway, watching a couple of the videos on Space Collective I contemplated one or two things. The result? Well, this is me after all, dunno much about the future of everything, but guess it's once again Time For a Change, to shake things up a bit. Again, yes, how pathetic. So, Top TFC's (for now) are,
- New Zooadventurer redesign
- Quit my crappy temp-job
- Figuring out a third one.
Not much eh? Maybe I can come up with something more grandiose during my the long overdue Xmas shopping frenzy (FOOD!) I am about to indulge in. Wish me luck.
Urban Camouflage
Hullo, you are right (you, as in all the others), it's a fair assumption this blog is dead. Temp job boy has taken over most of my mindset these last two months. I guess it was inevitable. Sometimes when I look at him, steelnosed in greasy jeans, boldly parading the killing fields of a dreary job (he is trying so hard), I just can't be surprised he is this big a presence; too tired, too numb, too frustrated to do anything else, least to follow his/my original (creative) plan, I only can sympathize with this poor little sod 8 to 5 victim. No wonder he rather volunteered for invisibility, cruising the streets and his whereabouts with a mask of unnoticeable uniformity.
“It is just easier for Japanese to hide,” Ms. Tsukioka said. “Making a scene would be too embarrassing.” She said her vending machine disguise was inspired by a trick used by the ancient ninja, who cloaked themselves in black blankets at night. (from the NYtimes)
That is another way to put it, shame/fear should be restrained, and never (how Zeitgeist uncool, eh?!) let out in public. Kudos.
Zombies In Plain English
Gorbachev's Luis Vuitton
I like the picture (by Annie Leibovitz), but it's kinda ironic that a former communist leader becomes the advertisement icon of the new line of (uber-commercial) Luis Vuitton Travelbags. This guy is a long way from home.
From IHT: Gorbachev was initially reluctant to participate, but he was persuaded when Louis Vuitton made a donation to his environmental charity, Green Cross International, which is cited in the ad. The other ads mention support for Al Gore's Climate Project.
Yeah, right...
No Escape
A collective of young Dutch artists known as Studio Smack were commissioned to put together a video reflecting the enormous amount of visuals that plague us every day. They stripped away everything in our path but commercial and graphical messages leaving us with a very dark and sad truth.
Here is the YouTube video.
Cold War 2.0
© CZ 2007
Russia has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile featuring multiple warheads that Moscow said could pierce any missile defence system, including the planned US shield in Europe.
President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will aim missiles at Europe if the US goes ahead with its planned defence system.
"Of course I am an absolute, pure democrat. But you know the problem? It's not even a problem, it's a real tragedy. The thing is that I am the only one, there just aren't any others in the world. After the death of Mahatma Gandhi there's nobody to talk to," he concluded, referring to the Indian leader who championed civil rights and non-violent resistance to tyranny.
Well, here we have it, just a couple of the headlines this last week, the latter one mr. president Putin in an interview last monday. And gosh, this really sounds like the good old Breznjew days, the blind leading the blind. Aw, that warm fuzzy feeling of global power politics, once more myself mesmerizing in the glow of total annihilation. Finally It all makes sense again. Guess it's time to re-release Frankie Goes To Hollywood's masterpiece "Two Tribes". Can't wait.
Eclipse
For all of you romantics and skygazers, a total lunar eclipse is on its way. The eclipse began at 2018 GMT, with the Moon totally immersed in the shadow of the Earth between 2244 and 2358 GMT. The eclipse is visible from the whole of Europe, Africa, South America, and eastern parts of the US and Canada. It is set to be 'best in years'.
Well, enjoying the miracle of a clear night (it was raining all day), all i say is count me in, lets rock this rock.
:link
*edit: It was crap, hazy skies after all, well duh..
Robert Adler
The man who made the life of the couch potato possible, Dr. Robert Adler, has died at the age of 93. Adler has been widely recognized as the co-inventor (with Eugene Polley while both were working for Zenith) of the wireless TV remote control. The "Space Command" ultrasonic remote control was introduced by Zenith in 1956 but was later supplanted by remote controls using infrared technology.
The consumer electronics world of today would not have been the same without him. Anyone who picks up a remote control and enjoys a movie at home owes Dr. Adler a debt of gratitude loss.
Second life
by Amos Curtiss
Hmmm... seems like virtual worlds are neither the answer or option, your pixel alt more likely ending up as the angel in "Der Himmel über Berlin" (1987), that Wim Wenders movie (not the American "City of Angels" remake, please, that so totally sucks) tired of its godlike existence, as bewitched at the top but no way to express themselves beyond digi-fashion and sms-kinda verbal emotio(con)s. Staring at the mortals, one day or another, you must realize a fake apple has an empty bite. And if not, your mistake.
*edit: the placing of the picture of miss A. is violating copy-law, in real as imaginary life.
Tsunami 2004
Crossing Borders
So far this year bout 25.000 (illegal) migrants from North Africa have tried to reach Europe by boat. Many died doing so. Yesterday, in the Street of Gibraltar, three of those refugees were picked up by Spanish authorities. They tried to reach the mainland by waterbike. Dunno about you, but hey lets welcome those cool heroes, give them a hat and medal. Clap clap.
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