• Blast! is now a photoblog

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    Until about six months ago, I used to post interesting found links on a Tumblr over at http://blast.sangsara.net, until I decided to consolidate them with the posts on my main blog.
    I’m now using that blog as a place to post photos on a daily basis directly from my iPhone. Check it out if you’re into that sorta thing.

    Edit: I’m now running the whole thing off Posterous, which handily imported every post from Tumblr. Posterous is currently my favorite tool for fuss-free blogging, it doesn’t offer all the features that WordPress and Blogger do, but it’s a wonderfully designed product that does a little bit more than enough, with a healthy amount of polish. The only thing that held me back from migrating Blast! was Posterous’ lack of theme flexibility, and the small size at which photos are displayed. Coincidentally, new features were launched today that solved those problems.

    Here’s the way Blast! looks now:

    One of Tumblr’s main charms (at least when you first use it) is that it asks you to define the kind of post you’re creating before you start on it. Is it text? Is it a photo? Is it a quote? This quickly becomes one of its greatest limitations. Posterous lets you put together any combination of text, video, audio, and photos to tell whatever story you want.


  • ➟ Oracle Japan Hires Dog

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    I wonder what Larry Ellison has to say about this.

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  • ➟ Conan O’Brien’s OTT ad for his new show

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    I’ll be honest, I never really liked Conan until this note-perfect video where he delivers on the Michael Bay promise. [HD link]


  • ➟ Mad Men Theme + Nature Boy

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    A live band performs RJD2’s A Beautiful Mine with the old Nat King Cole song Nature Boy sung over it. Live, in one take. It works really well.

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  • ➟ Art-directed wedding invitation system

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    Beautiful custom wedding paraphernalia by Mike Mates for his own woodlands ceremony. This is the level of work I’d expect any creative professional to put into their so-called Most Important Day. I’m not getting hitched until I’m ready to coordinate this sort of campaign.

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  • Sushi Cake

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    Here’s a sushi-themed congratulatory cake some of us bought for the 2nd branch of Standing Sushi Bar (8 Queen Street, right by the Singapore Art Museum). Really beautiful work.

    This post was willed into existence by Howard, the owner, who wrote on Facebook:

    “This cake reminds me of something Brandon would link to on his blog.”


  • ➟ Jason Schwarztman introduces the New Yorker iPad app

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    A finer or funnier video today you will not see. Every second is a glimmering of gratuitous quirkiness.


  • ➟ Giant Inflatable Japanese Woman for Lumix

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    A great idea, executed with just the right amount of creepiness and awesome. Could stand to be bigger.

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