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“The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.”

–Marshall McLuhan

Move over Clark Griswold. This holiday display may never ever be beaten as one of the greatest holiday spectacles ever. You have to see it to believe it.

Play it.

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

–John Fitzgerald Kennedy

November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005

Learn about Peter Drucker.

Recently, Christies auctioned off an untitled cowboy photograph by Richard Prince. It set a record at $12,238,000. Thing is this photograph is just a photo of an old Marlboro print advertisement (aka rephotograph). And there’s folk out there who say people don’t like advertisements.

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That’s the pie projected for gaming in 2006. It’s a long way from the days of “Pong” and the biggest showdown since the cola wars is in the works. Here’s the first move from Microsoft: Their first commercial for the anticipated XBox 360, titled “Jump Rope”.

flickr image posted by umpqua.

Pong. Two “paddles” and a dot. An estimated $10 billion dollars worth of video games will be sold in North America this year. Here’s where it all began:

A Historical Account of the Birth of Pong

Album art is a long recognized art form but jazz album art takes it all to another level. If you’re looking for some inspiration, take a gander at this site that features over 1000 jazz album covers.

Image by flickrblog.

Cheers to director Nicolai Fuglsig on his stunning two and a half minute post-effects-free film for Sony’s new product launch of the Bravia television. As much art installation as ad, the staggeringly simple concept ad will air in it’s entirety Nov. 6th, before the fittingly epic occassion of the game between Premiership heavyweights Manchester United and Chelsea. Shot over two days, with six specially commissioned compressed air cannons, 23 camera crews on six cameras at speeds of between 30 and 2,000 frames per second, 250,000 rubber balls and a big hill in San Francisco. Despite all the pre-shoot precautions the balls trashed 32 prop cars, six houses and took 45 PAs rummaging around in the bushes to pick up after the drop. Only 1,000 balls were left unaccounted for by the end of the shoot. A laughing Fuglsig sums up the whole experience: “How many times do you get to throw 250,000 bouncy balls down a street?”

Check the Full length film: Sony “Balls” here.