Google Wave's Funky Maintenance Page

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So how often do you see a page like this on Google? Graphically designed, almost creative, quirky copy writing, animated even? Almost never, let alone as a “maintenance” page for Google Wave… Ok so it makes complete sense for Wave, but rarely do you see anything like this from Google! So enjoy the moment, or perhaps what might be the start of more to come!
Click here to check it out! Oh, and it even animates on my iPhone!

Via http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/google-waves-funky-maintenance-page/

Twitter Releases New Widget for Lists

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Twitter recently expanded its new Lists service to users network-wide and in doing so, injected a sense of excitement, confusion, and also utility. Lists represent a significant milestone for Twitter as it transcends asynchronous conversations and and broadcast messages into a form of intelligence gathering, education, entertainment, and news.

Twitter Lists are also stirring controversy as many believe that it sets the foundation for a new level of establishing a metric for influence. Whereas prominence was measured by the number of followers as well as the friends-to-follower ratio, now the amount of Lists that include any given entity factors into an equation for establishing authority.  At a minimum, the power of Lists is in the gesture in of itself. The act of including someone is a more significant validation and token of respect and friendship than a simple “follow” and in some cases more symbolic and meaningful than a RT (retweet).  We take cognizance of intellectual, isolated, and emotional substance.

Additionally, Twitter Lists signify an important art form of curation. Individually, we are empowered to create valuable lists, by theme and voice, in order to provide a service to ourselves and those who share the same passions, interests, and beliefs as us.

Twitter rolled out an important new feature that untethers Lists to journey across Websites and blogs as a fully contained, customizable widget, ergo a channeled, live experience. Now curated feeds can channel into the outside Web to share insights with others who may or may not use Twitter, including those who may or may not follow these individuals online or in the real world.

Most notably, List widgets are updated in real time, a capability not yet included in streams viewed on Twitter.com. If a Tweet is worthy of reply or RT, a “reply” button appears as you hover over the Tweet of interest.

Be mindful of these small, but important updates. Essentially, Lists are a new form of information aggregation and syndication. Lists and List Widgets serve as a new genre of a very personal RSS feedreaders. And now, these curated contextual streams are portable and embeddable as well.

Via http://www.briansolis.com/

Richard Hambelton

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Artist Richard Hambelton spent most of the 80’s in New York, cruising streets of Manhattan leaving bizarre imagery spray painted on the walls of the city. NYC in the 80’s was not quite the place it is right now crime, prostitution and drugs were ruling large pockets of the city. Richard Hambelton began drawing his “Image Mass Murder” pieces right about that time. Morbid public display of the violence reflected in his art was disturbingly fascinating appearing everywhere but then it all just stopped. Artist abandoned his adopted city and when on the cross country tour spreading his art  all over the US. Each piece he produce took just a few seconds, and then he would quickly disappear into the night  with a can of black paint hidden under his trench coat.

Richard Hambleton's work have been shown internationally in world-class galleries and museums, including paintings on canvas and paper of his "shadow" work.Richard Hambleton's artwork has been represented in the Venice Biennale in 1984 and 1988,and his work is part of numerous permanent collections including that of the Museum of Modern Art.

In 2009, the works of Richard Hambleton were displayed in an exhibition celebrating his 40 year career as an artist entitled, "Richard Hambleton - New York." The exhibit was the result of a collaborative effort between Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida, and Giorgio Armani.

Presented at a space located at 560 Washington Street in New York City, the show was heavily publicized and featured as part of New York Fashion Week. Designed to be an "art event," similar to those in the days of Andy Warhol, the opening attracted many celebrities, including Mary J. Blige, Bruce Willis, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Aniston; as well as a host of supermodels of the fashion world, including Lily Donaldson and Bar Refaeli. The show opened on September 15, 2009, and is seen by some as re-establishing Richard Hambleton's important place in the history of modern art.

Via http://www.naxmix.com  http://www.naxmix.com/-art/

100% Chocolate Cafe

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The concept behind Tokyo's 100% Chocolate Cafe is to put your senses in the middle of a chocolate kitchen. They live up to their name with over 56 types of different chocolates, even cheese and black pepper chocolates. They also serve chocolate drinks, chocolate pastries, chocolate ice cream, and even chocolate sandwiches. Their packaging is pretty neat too!

BALL CHAIR

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Ball chair was designed by Carlo Colombo for Italian furniture firm Arflex has a unique refined quality, mild touch of mid century design yet very modern, but simply sum it up is plain cool.. This modern sculptural chair is executed in rigid polyurethane, giving it a durability ideal for both indoor and outdoor environments.

This piece will brighten up any space and take it to new style heights. With the spherical body of the uber contemporary chair opens up to reveal a flexible-polyurethane seat that molds to your body shape. And that most us will really like in the long run…I can't help not to bring a 1966 Ball Chair by all times design maestro Aarnio Eero. A true icon that influenced man, many generations,the modern Ball chair really a great example of contemporary furniture design that can be described as evolutionary, innovative? Probably not. Take a closer look at Arflex.

Via http://www.naxmix.com