news alarm. for when the aliens take over.
In the old days, news was delivered across AP machines. Like fax machines on a continuous roll of paper, spewing the news. They had alarms on them, so if there were a national emergency, someone in the newsroom might notice.
Artist/hacker Jer Thorp has created just such a device to alert him of important news. And he's done it all with a smoke alarm and RSS feeds. Amazing.
Labels: art, creativeinspiration, hacks, rss, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:48 AM
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
controlling highway signs for fun
Hacking signs is likely illegal and we don't recommend that you do this, but it's a lot of fun to look at the galleries of people have hacked highway signs.
Someone's posted instructions on how to hack your own sign - but we like the internet version better - which doesn't require actually getting your hands dirty. From Eyebeam.
Labels: creativeinspiration, hacks, outdoor, zombies
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:01 AM
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
stuff to annoy your friends with today
Coworker Rob says "welcome to annoying internet day," of today. Maybe it's best just to stay away from blogs and Twitter this afternoon, as everyone works hard to out do each other's April Fool's pranks and announcements.
While you're avoiding everyone else's lame-o pranks, you could use the time productively, and annoy your coworkers. Lifeehacker delivers a fun list of the 10 most harmless pranks. Go ahead. You know you want to. Either that, or light your boss's car on fire. Hilarity will ensue.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:29 AM
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Monday, January 21, 2008
how to beat the iphone: watch nokia
Nokia's on fire. They've got sweet product placement in Cloverfield. They've got new web2.0 services like Qik practically dependent on them. And they've got something the iPhone doesn't have: video.
You can trick your iPhone into recording video. And some future software release (or the next iPhone) will surely include this. But for now - Nokia's taking advantage of the situation. They're even (supposedly) putting together a nice deal with Facebook. They've found features and benefits that offer something the iPhone can't - and are doing everything they can to make you want them. That's marketing. Awesome.
Labels: hacks, iphone, marketing, technology, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:37 AM
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Monday, January 07, 2008
adfitti: the best thing to happen to advertising
Advertising grafitti is what I adore most about the NY subway system. The Denver Egotist points to a photo set of Decapitator's work - a most adlicious collection of outdoor ads edited for your artification. These are all from east London. While I'm depressed that we've exported High School Musical to our friends in England, I'm at least stoked that they're doing something creative with the ads.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:36 AM
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
everything about everything about inernet marketing
Here's a massive list of the best internet marketing blog posts. How to do almost anything on almost any social tool. Lots of great reading if you're stuck at the office this week while everyone else is on vacation. They'll come back fatter, and you'll be smarter. (Always better.)
The pic of David Hasselhoff might seem related, but this is a pic that I snapped right as he was jumping onto a social media bandwagon. So it's related, trust me.
Labels: blogging, facebook, google, hacks, self promotion, social media, twitter, web2.0, webdev, youtube
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:42 PM
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
how to play video games with your building
Dorm room Tetris. Wow. Unbelievable. Nuff said. Thanks Rob!
Labels: gaming, hacks, streetart, technology, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:34 AM
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Friday, July 13, 2007
sweet mother of google
Check out this blurry, hard to read, over compressed video of a bunch of Google Easter eggs and fun. Like Gooogle L337. Or Gothic Google. Or Google Igpay Atinlay Or Loco Google. It's Googlicious.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:19 AM
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
illustrating with html
Send this to your geeky friend. A pretty impressive video clip of an illustration crafted entirely in html code. Ask your dorky friend - she'll confirm that this is an impressive feat. Soundtrack may give you a seizure.
Labels: hacks, illustration, viral, webdev
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:34 AM
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
send hacking coughs to your friends
Ogilvy Interactive launched a site for client Pfizer, in celebration of World No Tobacco Day, that lets users send a smoker's cough to their friends. You can customize the cough, length of cough, even choose who delivers the cough to your friend's cell phone. (You also have to speak French or Flemish.)
I only wish they had a version where you could send a cough in the voice of Suzyn Waldman at a Yankees game.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:32 AM
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Monday, June 04, 2007
text my shirt for a special message
Reactee has invented a shirt that people can text. Sort of. Buy the shirt, and you get a special code (and a shirt with instructions) that people can text. They'll get a special message from you. And of course, with the power of the internet, you can change that message to whatever you want. Whenever you want.
This would be cool for street teams, who have loads of models taking over a neighborhood. What a fun way to find out what's happening. And with texting, people can communicate with each other, without talking to each other. And, I guess that's a good thing. From NOTCOT
Labels: creativeinspiration, fashion, hacks, outdoor, streetteams, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:42 AM
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
make the internet black
Somebody who's pretty good at math has determined that if the Google page were designed in all black, we'd save a bunch of energy. And so, someone created Blackle.
Why stop there? Let's make the entire internet black on black, with grey highlights. Or you could just remove Google from your life. Blasphemy.
Labels: design, hacks, technology, webdev
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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Friday, March 09, 2007
youtube hack for today
It's Friday. You've watched the clip of tapeface 36 times. You really want to save it to your hard drive, so that you can watch it forever and ever.
Knufflebunneh points out a cool YouTube hack that makes it all possible. Just add the word 'kiss' in front of the YouTube video url ( e.g http://www.KISSyoutube.com/watch?v=fwFBoxpg5QA) and you're taken right to the download screen. So much for productivity.
Labels: hacks, productivity, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:39 AM
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