First a quick book review…
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen is pure gold. It is set in the 1930’s in the midwest during a time of fast cars, bank robbers, and the newly emerging FBI. The story revolves around the oddly magical ability of two swashbuckling brothers to evade (mostly) death while they try to stay one step ahead of the law and maybe a half a step away from the breadlines.
Nuff said. On to the links.
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1. The man your man could smell like is just a perfect, silly, commercial. This link also has a behind the scenes interview but before you do anything watch the commercial.
4. This was inevitable (and sorta predicted by those roaming flocks of red cardinals, green jays, and bluebirds, though we lost the instructions for how to get them to tune in many years ago). I can imagine all sorts of good and bad things that people will do once these become cheap as dirt and common as pigeons.
Related in some way that I can’t quite explain right now. Watch it all. The best part is the live video feed from a cell phone.
5. The Puma phone is visually wonderful.
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Speaking of visual design that really extends a brand, Chiquita is making some fun new stickers.
Google putting on the pressure.
Ok, they’re just having fun (and possibly some sort of mind altering chemicals).
Really nice Howtoon on how to draw howtoons. A must read for kids, makers, thinkers, and CEOs. (PDF)
This week in crowd control.
You are now free to walk around the cabin.
The Lady and the Reaper, was just nominated for an Oscar. Really nice retro cartoon look.