Posts from — July 2008

The summer heat has really been cranking up here in LA as of recently, and even though my office has a turbo charged AC system, it has become challenging to stay focused, especially when wearing the suit and tie. If you are in a similar situation, let me introduce you to the Thanko USB Necktie. It comes with a small hidden fan that can be powered by a battery or by a USB cable, and is guaranteed to help you stay cool under pressure!

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The Emperor Workstation might be made for die hard video gamers, but imagine how much work you could get done on one of these everyday…that’s at least like 20 TPS reports or something.

This bad boy is a a “ergonomical solution that enhances comfort, productivity, and gaming work experience” by giving you features such as three TFT displays, light therapy, THX-sound, an air filter, and possibly an overinflated geek ego. Oh and in case you were wondering how you get into this thing, a simple push of a button makes the arm holding the displays lift up to allow for your magnificent exit.

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The new 3G iPhone is just a few days away from being released, and it looks like there’s already a bunch of crazies lining up to buy one.   For those of you who haven’t already spent hours researching every little feature the 3G iPhone will have , Apple was kind enough to make a small video explaining all the new features.

Link:  Apple-iPhone-A Guided Tour

So a friend of mine has been working on some ads for Post-It notes manufactured by 3M, and has been asking me for some feedback on his ideas. Naturally the first thing I did was go online and try to find some of their previous marketing efforts. After doing a few quick searches on the old google I was amazed to find an endless offering of art/pranks made with post-it notes. Its truly amazing. Sure, we have all used up a whole pad of post-it notes on a small prank, or for drawing doodles during the company quarterly meeting, but I only dreamed of using them in the capacity that some of these people did.

Here’s some of the best ones I found:

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If you happen to work at Yahoo right now, the whole Microsoft buy-out thing has probably been quite stressful lately. Apparently a handful of execs recently hit the road, and that’s usually a pretty bad sign, so chances are the thought of quitting has crossed your mind at least once.

Well if the only thing holding you back is writing that dreaded resignation letter, Mathew Honan, a contributing editor over at Wired, has taken most of the pain out of it for you by creating a simple, easy to use, Resignation Letter Generator.

Following a Mad-Libs format, you can create your own custom letter in under 1 minute.

Here are a few examples from the generator:

It is with great
sadness glee self-interest

that I ask you to accept this letter as my official resignation from Yahoo!

My last day here will be
two weeks from today tomorrow the best day of my life you fucking incompetent nincompoops

As you know, for some time now I have been desiring
more time with my family a more challenging position you guys quit destroying all my net worth

and thus I feel the time has finally arrived for me to
move on take a new direction tell you to go fuck yourself

The Eclipse Office Partioning System is considered the future of cubicle workspaces by some.

Not only does it roll around and look like a mini-spaceship (sort of..if you squint your eyes), but it comes with all sorts of high tech stuff. For example, the top shade can be projected onto, meaning the operator of the system can visually project themselves into any environment they please…like a intergalatic space battle. The Eclipse also comes with video cameras, integrated speakers, and embedded lights.

Sadly, the Eclipse Office Partitioning System by Marcus ward Curran is a mere concept at the moment, so for now you’ll just have to throw a blanked over your cubicle and pretend your in one.

via Yanko Design