Music for kids who can’t read good

Music for people who cant read good does this neat series called “Commercial Watch”. It’s a great way to check out new music or to see how some of your favorite music has been put to use in commercials. For example, one of my favorite bands, Broken Social Scene and Cadbury Favorites! You can’t go wrong with this mix!

(Via Brian)

WALL-E came out on DVD this week

There’s no way we’re going to see Back to the Future 2’s flying cars by 2015, but I’ve got high hopes that at the pace robot technology is evolving we could totally make WALL-E a reality in the next one hundred or two hundred years. I won’t be around to see it happen, but I’ll do it for the children because that’s how selfless I am. Now is as good a time as any to stop using trashcans. There’s so much space on the ground just waiting to be filled with paper and plastic.

(Via Caleb)

The Green Microgym

(Via Brian)

G-Speak

If only Tom Cruise had promoted the G-Speak! 

(Via Brian)

For Those Who Do Not Trust Consumer Reports:

Google does more than just search for the random crap you constantly need. They are an organization built on helping society. For that reason, they’ve built a project called Recharge IT. The project called for a survey of hybrid cars over a period of seven weeks. The results prove that plug-in hybrids are the best way to maximize fuel efficiency. Google plans to use the data to further improve technologies and contribute to building the green transportation grid across America. 

(Via Andy)

What the Cuff, 007?

With the new Bond movie in theaters this weekend, this is most relevant-yet-random, movie-related crap I could find.

I’m not sure what this could possibly accomplish since NOBODY looks at cufflinks as it is, but in case you’re the kind of person that likes to point at tiny print on small pieces of metal and go “Isn’t that cool?”, you should know this exists. Considering the intense amount of effort you would have to put into getting one single person to notice what they’re from, I have no doubt they’re worth the $2,100 pricetag.

My personal favorite part of this design is that they didn’t even put the world-famous numbers on the bigger side of the cufflink. Probably because, as everyone knows, smaller is better. Pay attention, ladies. Bond would know.

So go ahead and buy a pair from James Bond Lifestyle \

(Via Caleb)

Using Google to Track the Flu

It’s flu season, so get ready! The fine people at Google.org, (not com) are concerned for your health and decided to create Google Flu Trends. This is a great idea that uses Google Trends to search Google’s database of queries specific to flu-related terms. With so many people resorting to online medical help, Google Flu Trends claims to be very accurate, and in some cases, they can detect new trends of the flu before sources like the CDC. According to Miguel Helft’s New York Times article, this idea is not new and is actually the same concept used by the CDC and other disease-related organizations; however, Google Flu Trends appears to be the first public project that uses the powerful database of a search engine to track a disease. Oh how we love Cyberspace!

(Via Brian)

Visualizing [medical] Data

For your health

(Via Andy)

The Action Figure’s Action Figure

Maybe it’s weird to have a 14″ serial killer’s likeness on your shelf, maybe it’s just creepy. Then again, maybe if you can afford to spend £34.95 on something like this, you don’t need friends anyway. Or a girlfriend. Just an axe and a knife and acquaintances who don’t know each others names.

(Via Caleb)

Giving vegetarians a chance

 

For those of you who mock vegetarians or vegans as trend-seekers, granolas or just plain silly, this is for you. Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food gives a refreshing perspective on the modern food industry. The book’s motto, “Eat food. Not much. Mostly plants.” is revolutionary in its simplicity and common-sense perspective. Another book that will influence what food you eat is The China Study by Dr. T Colin Campbell. I recommend both of these books because they could convince pretty much anyone to give animal food products a break.

(Via Elizabeth)