Hip Hop 101: JT, Fallon & The Roots

The best thing you will see today.

social networking in the 1950's

via Lemonade

star grid posters

Go ahead, take a step back from your computer screen and enjoy these brilliant artworks by Mark Brooks for Santa Monica | LW

superfluid: sweat equity 2.0

Trade your clever for favours with other talented people in order to achieve your goals?
It's like medieval business practise on a global scale. Smart!

How superfluid works from Nathan Solomon on Vimeo.

test yourself: right vs left brain

Like most people, I've completed a lot of tests in my lifetime.

Unfortunately, I've failed almost all of them.

Well here is one NOBODY can fail! 

It's a simple test to see whether you are predominantly right or left brained, with some simple yet intuitive feedback included in the results.

Believe me, there are thousands of these out there but this is one of the few I've seen that isn't trying to sell you anything except a Canadian education, or just help you learn more about your problem solving process. Subsequently, it's a great way to learn about the kind of roles you may be best suited to.

Click here to check it out.

And just for the record, I got an A+

Let us know how you go!

conchords fly on the simpsons

You know you've arrived when you get a call from Matt Groening.Congratulations, Flight of the Conchords.

found via @_condo

sell yourself, creatively

Dear {Creative/Managing Director} of {Well Respected Ad Agency},

I would like a job with you.

I have made a video to show you how creative I am.

Please watch.

Well played, Steve Engstrom.

The Works agency in Sydney gave him a job for his efforts.

via Mumbrella

laser etched skateboards

Check em out @ Hydro 74

colours of the web

Whether you're a graphic designer or just can't brush your teeth with anything from the warmer side of the spectrum, we all have an opinion on colour.

A cool infographic from ColourLovers featuring some of the most powerful companies in the world and the colours they choose to attract our attention.

found via @AaronRutley

keeping print ads relevant

via @ChasLicc

the future of books

the perfect five

Beautifully designed and maintained, The Perfect Five bills itself as 'A Music Blog For People Who Don't Have Time For Music Blogs'

Translation: Five excellent tracks handpicked every week and placed in some very clever categories for you to enjoy and even download.

One perfect highfive for it's creator Sophie Hirst. 

Read more about the way she does her thang at another one of our favourite blogs, Way Cool Jnr

every journey begins with a kilogram

via stutube

if superheroes were hipsters

More from Geekologie

the future of credit

These guys just won both First Prize AND the People's Choice Award at DEMO in Silicon Valley.

It's not hard to see why.

the social network: interactive trailer

This is probably my eightieth post about this film, with (inevitably) more to come ahead of it's release in a few weeks.

But come on... How many film trailers allow you to click for more information as they play?

via @Mashable

some f*cking good advice

and

Apologies for the profanity... But it's pretty good advice.

Get more help from a random Creative Direction Generator at Good Fucking Design Advice Dot Com

how to build a beach

via Randall's Face

let's all make polish film posters

Something Awful Dot Com asked their Forum Members to design some movie posters, no biggie.

But in keeping with their weekly Photoshop Phriday projects, they were asked to design them Polish-style. Sure sure... Hey yeah cool bra, Why not?

Here are some of our favourites.

dickheads are cool

via @Chas

i'm dating myself

ewwwwww

via MCF

more @ I'm Dating Myself

nz rugby world cup: one year to go

For the sports minded, another World Cup (of any kind) is usually an exciting prospect. But for those of us living in the Southern Hemisphere, events of this proportion hold an even greater significance.
The last time New Zealand hosted a World Cup (along with Australia) was also the very first World Cup, in 1987.
Incidentally, they also won it.
Can they do it again?

Dunno, but this video is pretty cool anyway.
Onya NZ!

wtf twitter

More worrying signs that Twitter is not ready or simply unable to scale up for it's reported 300,000+ new users per day.
I'm also pretty stressed out by this obvious animal cruelty.

Ace drawing though!

wtf twitter

More worrying signs that Twitter is not ready or simply unable to scale up for it's reported 300,000+ new users per day.
I'm also pretty stressed out by this obvious animal cruelty.

Ace drawing though!

brendan fevola: how does it feel

Women hate him and men want to kick his arse.Now it looks like he's finally been given his marching orders over yet another embarrassing moment for the human species.

Reading an article on Fev's latest misdemeanour was made even more amusing by the accidental placement of this advertisement for income protection.

absolut lemondrop

Ali Larter + Absolut Vodka = Sexy times

via Michelle Tripp

vintage tokyo subway posters

Translation: Hitler needs more ballspace. Move over

Translation: Snot bubbles are the mating signal for small blue christmas elves.

Check out the rest at Pink Tentacle

fresh up ya basement

<p>Basement Artist Project from Diego DeNicola on Vimeo.</p>

via Lemonade

choose your own (bear) adventure

Tipp-Ex (a brand of White-Out) have just launched a new campaign featuring some of the most innovative uses of Social Media we've seen so far, in particular on You Tube.

After a few great examples by Tostitos and Nintendo, I've definitely been looking forward to seeing who was able to step it up to the next level... Never anticipating it would involve filming what must have been hundreds of separate short films for this piece.

Congrats to the creative team @ Leo Burnett. 

I'm super impressed... And not just by his awesome hat.

View the campaign here.

found via NT

there is a horse in the apple store

iPony found via Frank Chimero

matte black bmw

Whilst doing some work for a major NZ brand, I've accumulated a significant number of random visual references for "All Black".
This is my favourite.

there is an 'i' in team

via Reddit

HOWTO: Fix that filthy iTunes 10 logo

Nerd alert!

Most of us read with horror as DJ unveiled the horrid new iTunes logo. Few people imagined that the new iTunes interface could actually be as ugly as the logo... Fortunately Mac Stories has come up with a nice easy way to return your iTunes to a much nicer look of version 9, with all the new features like the very interesting Ping - Social network for music fans right within iTunes.

Click here for the full rundown on how to make your iTunes for mac look a bunch nicer.

Thanks to Zooty Moose for the link

indulge your soul

The most beautiful piece of animation I've seen in years.

<p>Danny & Annie from StoryCorps on Vimeo.</p>

via Soul Pancake

the future of screen tech

Future Friday.

via The Cool Hunter

HOWTO: Be a jerk

This video made me miss school so much.

I had almost completely forgotten how awesome it feels getting away with being a total weasel to your teachers just because you know can get away with it, perpetually increasing the reasons to get yourself suspended.

via @Reddit

massive book of awesome

Neil Pasricha is a man after my own heart, happily smashing away at his keyboard until he reached 1000 awesome things to shout about.

Then one day, someone said - hey you should write a book about that mate.

Or you can just read his blog at 1000AwesomeThings

via AP

pacman pouf

via FiredUp

smarties + youtube = brilliance

8 aussie kids team up with 8 artists to celebrate the 8 smarties colours. Simple and splendid.

More info here http://bit.ly/acVC1p