Quick mention of Stikfas

Stikfas are mentioned often as examples of the emerging industrial design identity forming in Singapore.

linkage to article.

Stikfas models were highlighted as a well-designed Singapore product that could make a splash internationally with good marketing and strong support from the DesignSingapore Council.

Full Metal Jacket

daring fireball has a brief review of the new 15-inch PowerBook G4 that they have entitled Full Metal Jacket

He proffers the idea that the 15" Powerbook is a good desktop replacement, even for power users. I concur. About 3 weeks ago my dual G4 suffered a hard drive failure (due to heat and usage, that's the culprit). I replaced my desktop with my 12" Powerbook G4, setting up the VGA out to allow for dual monitors.

I haven't looked back.

Nintendo Famicom Business Card Holder

Weird? Yes. Cool? Well, yes, if you're in the right crowd of people.

Behold.

Katamari creator dreams of playgrounds

A man widely considered to be one of the most imaginative and creative figures in the world of video games has bad news for his fans.

Keita Takahashi plans to exit the video game industry within a decade. Personally, for the most part I can't blame him. He is responsible for some of the most innovative games I have played in a long time.

This article from BBC News Has more info.

Katamari Damacy was a game that demanded no sequel, but it got one anyway. Thankfully it was good, and it was because of Keita Takahashi.

Getting Things Done @ MacMerc

MacMerc gets into the GTD spirit...


Getting Things Done:

Too much to do and not enough time to do it? Maybe you just need a new set of tools.





This week we'll look at task management services and software. I've got everything from AJAX web services to...


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Doom for the iPod Nano

From BoingBoing:


Doom for the iPod Nano:

Cory Doctorow:


Once you get iPod Linux running on your iPod Nano (takes about ten minutes), you can install iDoom -- an iPod port of Doom that now runs on the Nano!

Link

(via Digg)

Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic

I enjoyed this posting on Presentation Zen regarding Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic

A preview:

As a follow up to yesterday's post on Bill Gates' presentation style, I thought it would be useful to examine briefly the two contrasting visual approaches employed by Gates and Jobs in their presentations while keeping key aesthetic concepts found in Zen in mind. I believe we can use many of the concepts in Zen and Zen aesthetics to help us compare their presentation visuals as well as help us improve our own visuals. My point in comparing Jobs and Gates is not to poke fun but to learn.

Check that out, and take a look at many of the other postings there. Originally linked from Seth Godin's Blog.