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It's the Weekly What? for Friday, January 6th.
It's 2012. Welcome to the future.We wrote this week's newsletter on our wrist-computer during a layover at the JAL orbital spaceport while enjoying a cup of microgravity french press Columbian from Starbucks. (Boy, did they ever jump all over the extra-planetary franchises!) Then a quick mag-lev trip back to the home office. Maybe this weekend I'll go hover-boarding! Ha! Not really. But shouldn't we be able to do this stuff already? Personal jetpacks, robot servants in the kitchen. Whatever happened to our future? It's all just iPhones and kittens on Roombas now. Ah well. Let's give it ten more years and we'll check back. In the meantime, we present this selection of fine linkage to see off the first week of the new year. If that's not enough to keep you from productive work, head on over to our Facebook page for additional Internet tomfoolery and don't forget to take a moment to answer the Weekly What? question: "If you could add a single option to your car (however fanciful), what would it be?" We'll see you there! 
Boring old QR codes?QR codes are best read in boring old black and white, but they don't have to be! With a little care, you can introduce some color and even some design elements to your QR code and still retain their functionality. However, too much color and "design" can impair the function and readability of the code, rendering your efforts too much trouble for even the smartest phone to read. Plus the human holding said smart-phone will become exasperated and walk off in search of something less annoying. Make sure you test first! >> Make your own air freshener!This is the best kind of craft project: inexpensive and easy to make! Annnnnd they smell good too! Make your own scents, the sky is pretty much the limit! Who needs daffy scents like "spring rain" or "sun dried linen" or whatever. Banish that "office-y" smell from your cubical! >> How Jedi Kittens are made...That's right, Jedi Kittens are not born, they're made. Discover how in this fascinating "making of" video. Also: Cute kittens! These are the kittens you're looking for >> Welcome to the Obliteration Room. Muahahahah!Despite its somewhat ominous sounding name, the Obliteration Room is nothing scary. In fact it's pretty awesome! Imagine giving a bunch of little kids free reign with a virtually limitless supply of stickers. Turn them loose in a completely white room with instructions to put the stickers wherever they want. This is the result: Stickers stickers everywhere! >> Do you stink at writing?Do you want to learn how to become a "Copywriting Bad*ss"? (Or "Copywriting Bada*s." Or even "Copywriting B*dass.") You can do it in six simple steps. Prepare yourself. Oh, and in case you're wondering if the six simple steps work, just read this newsletter. See? You can write copy as awesomely as we do! >> Dig this anatomically correct skeleton typogram.This is great: Not only is this typographic illustration just cool, it's also anatomically correct (Oh, stop it.) with all the various bits 'n' pieces labeled... with the labels themselves representing the various bits 'n' pieces. The head bone is connected to the neck bone... >> So how much can you get done in a minute?This interesting information graphic reveals all that is accomplished in a mere 60 seconds. Some of it is interesting. Some not so much. And how much money does Google make, anyway? Get busy, slacker! >> It's not a kick in the seat of the pants that you need...Okay, we're got our "serious face" on: It's follow-through. That's what you're missing. You can't just want to make change or do some new thing or whatever. You have to actually get off your butt and do it. Again. And again. And you can't give yourself a free pass either. Not even once. Gee, sounds like a lot of work to us... we'll get started on it later. Get busy, again, slacker!>> Do you know who's accessing your personal information Facebook?It's not just Facebook. You likely have lots and lots of applications clinging to your Facebook account sucking down your personal information like digital leeches. It's now super-easy, via MyPermissions.org, to check up on these applications, see what they're up to, and delete them if need be. And it's not just your Facebook account that could use a good cleaning. Twitter, LinkedIn, and a host of others, too! Clean house! >> Get the most out of your coffee breaksWith the "World's Largest Coffee Cup" from that purveyor of awesome kitsch, Archie McPhee, you can stretch out your coffee breaks to an hour, easy. Unfortunately you'll wind up making frequent bathroom breaks! Also: Be careful with spills. That's a lot of coffee to dump in your lap >> KEEPING UP WITH SCIENCEHere's a small selection of Federal Art Project posters from the late 1930's and early '40's. Some rather jazzy-looking posters encouraging us to keep our teeth clean and not mix gasoline with whiskey. Just so you know. SEE AMERICA! Share the fun with a friend! It's easy, just click the "Forward email" link below. They'll be glad you did! |
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