Tag Archives: Good Stuff

>Why "why" is dangerous….

Posted on 9 February, 2009 by jb

> Sarah is 3. Dad is a chemistry professor SARAH: Daddy, were you in the shower?DAD: Yes, I was in the shower.SARAH: Why?DAD: I was dirty. The shower gets me clean.SARAH: Why?DAD: Why does the shower get me clean?SARAH: Yes.DAD: … Continue reading →

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>Good night and good riddance

Posted on 20 January, 2009 by jb

> Has it only been 8 years? Seems like a lifetime. Or a nightmare. Or both.

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>Milky Way Transit Authority

Posted on 12 January, 2009 by jb

> The galaxy according to Samuel Arbesman, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard studying computational sociology. How cool is that? Almost as good as Harry Beck’s original, actually

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>Don’t ask me…(about great advertising)

Posted on 11 October, 2008 by jb

> Stunningly good is the New Zealand Green Party’s advertising for the upcoming election.

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Don’t ask me….(about Bernard Buffet)

Posted on 8 July, 2008 by jb

When I was in my last year at school (and getting bugger all pocket money, btw), I’d spend most Friday evenings in the Big Smoke. Friday Night Shopping was as good as it got in Auckland in the mid 60’s. … Continue reading →

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>Where the hell is Matt – 2008

Posted on 2 July, 2008 by jb

>This is SO worth a post. Although you couldn’t really call it a “well-kept secret”.3.5 millions views on YouTube since 21 June? From his website: Matt is a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever … Continue reading →

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>Bionade Economics

Posted on 15 June, 2008 by jb

>Bionade is the soft drink equivalent of the garage band made good. Here’s the story. The Peter Brewery in a 4000 soul town in Bavaria was on the verge of bankruptcy in the late 1980s. The company’s Master Brewer and … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me ….(about "The Department of Doing")

Posted on 15 June, 2008 by jb

>The Department of Doing is a tiny advertising agency working out of a Victorian shop front in Devonport, a pretty swish suburb on Auckland’s North Shore. Never worked with them and probably never will, but I’m still allowed to be … Continue reading →

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>Obi

Posted on 14 June, 2008 by jb

> “OBI” is one of a swath of DIY stores that have popped up in Germany in the last 15 years. They’re pretty much interchangeable – Hagebau has better plants, Hornbach’s pretty good on power tools, OBI doesn’t really stand … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me ….(about "The Economist")

Posted on 12 June, 2008 by jb

>Apart from flogging excellent t-shirts (and let’s face it – you can never have too many t-shirts, can you?) and being essential reading for anyone’s who’s vaguely interested in what makes the world tick, “The Economist” is the source of … Continue reading →

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