I recently spent a week in Japan and while there had the opportunity to visit the national gallery in Ueno park, in Tokyo. The visit was wonderful and I had the chance to see amazing 500-year-old pottery from all over Asia, including this Ming bowl. That, of course, was one of the younger pieces...
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Ethan’s instructions: 1. Blow both balloons up first (to stretch the balloons) 2. Let the air out of both 3. Blow up the balloon that’s supposed to be bigger (on the outside) 4. While holding the outside balloon put the other balloon inside it 5. Blow up the inside balloon6. Blow up the outside...
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Getting 6 people together at the same time on the same date at the same place (even if it’s virtual) is like herding cats. So when a meeting fits in this nicely, it’s like the parting of the Red Sea … especially when our corporate meeting software shows busy times in red:
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Sometimes it’s hard to convince PC users of the benefits of Apple computers and Mac OS X. Since their computers are hardly personal, and just tools, and essentially lacking style and personality, they don’t understand, can’t grasp, cannot fit in their brains the concept of an interface that has been obsessively designed to fit,...
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My brother-in-law Jeroen Vermeulen is an amazing artist … one of his 8′ x 5′ paintings hangs in my dining room. Here’s a site that I recently put up for him: More content to come, as per usual. We’ve only got his recent paintings up … nothing before January of this year. That’ll come...
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Yes, it’s a little off-topic … but I’m in love: car, mini cooper s, mini, john koetsier, love
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I was looking for funky off-the-wall product ideas and a colleague directed my attention to Knock Knock. Cool stuff! I especially like the mojo loss and the I’m sorry but cards. cool, products, printed, knock knock, john koetsier
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Just came back from a conference in Asheville, NC … up in the Smoky Mountains. It was freezing cold … -10 Celcius with windchill … so I only got out of the hotel once, really, and took these shots as I wandered the town. Click for a larger image of each:
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OK, I’m the last one in the world to see it, but it’s still cool: Get a first life. Love the tagline: “Your World. Sorry about that.” Very Douglas Adams. first life, second life, john koetsier
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Just finished watching the Apple iPhone keynote. What a masterful Jobsian performance. Random thoughts as I slowly exit the reality distortion field: want one, now five months is a loooooong time to wait pricing is OK gonna want more space than 8 GB, and soon battery life is a bit of a challenge –...
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Citizen Agency has finally moved in … and it looks great. Fun, creative, beautiful, energizing: wow. And that’s just the aesthetics. Here’s what they’re planning on using the space for: So, here is what we are going to do: have as many amazing gatherings in it as possible…AND open it up to the suggestion...
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I saw this yesterday at Garrett Dimon’s site err blog err portal. I don’t know exactly where. If it needs instructions, it doesn’t work. I’m not quite sure what to do with that, but it’s stuck in my brain. So I’m playing it off against some great tools/toys I use: iPod: didn’t look at...
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fall, BC, trees, leaves, john koetsier
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This is a “holy mother” moment: everyday on Vimeo Six years of a self-portrait every. single. day. Wow. Mesmerizing. (And the music is great, too. I want to know where to buy it.)
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OK, this is just horrible: the Fish & Flush toilet. But my daughter loves it … and you have to admit, it is completely cool in a horrible, nasty, kitschy way. fish, toilet, kitsch, fun, john koetsier
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