New York & More

New York Animated

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:10:00 +0000

A nice animation done by Motion theory to promote New York City.

Click to launch

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Big Apple Greeter

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:07:00 +0000

What a great idea. Big Apple greeter is an organisation of volunteers that are willing to show visitors to the Big Apple around. Or as the website describes the service:

"Big Apple Greeter is a non-profit organization that matches visitors with friendly and enthusiastic New Yorkers who are happy to share the city they love. A wonderful experience for families, friends and individuals traveling solo, Greeters help travelers feel welcome and get more from their stay in the Big Apple.

Big Apple Greeter’s services are offered FREE OF CHARGE, and there is a NO TIPPING POLICY."

Now that is a great idea!

Forgotten New York

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:36:00 +0000

Great website about the forgotten parts of New York City. The site gives information and a virtual tour of forgotten neighborhoods and various other things such as old street lights, murals, cobblestoned streets and more. It also links to the website of the Forgotten Tours were you can sign up for non-virtual tours.

The picture shows a store-front in Hunters Point (Queens). One of the forgotten neighborhoods featured on the website. (click picture to launch website).

Black & White New York City

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:55:00 +0000

Click on the Photograph to launch a great website with black & white photographs of old New York City.

Online shopping in 1999

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:44:00 +0000

Apart from the hilarious sexism, very acurate prediction

Random Cool Video

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:45:00 +0000

Bubble Wrap

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:26:00 +0000

Click picture to launch. Beware! This is extremely addictive!

Fifties Ads and Artwork

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:31:00 +0000

If you are a fan of 1950's ads and artwork www.plan59.com is the site for you. It shows a collection of thousands of fifties ads and artwork with various themes. Interesting, funny and in many cases beautiful. Go and have a look!

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In-Public

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:41:00 +0000

Click on the photograph to launch the gallery of New York photographer Joel Meyerowitz. The website is called In-Public and features a number of photographers and their work.

Goodnight New York

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:00:00 +0000

Click on the picture to launch The New York Times Slideshow.

Polanoid

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:34:00 +0000

Click on the picture to launch a great website called Polanoid. This is what the creators of the website have to say about it:

POLANOID was invented because the magic of Polaroid pictures, the thrilling Edwin Land story and the charm and touch of Polaroid cameras hit us like a sledge hammer.

Hungry for real analog, good smelling pictures in a digital world, we decided to swim against the stream and to reset our focus and start the biggest, best and most instant online photo community ever. Stuffed with millions of Polaroids, collected and uploaded by Polaroid addicts all over the planet.

I Love This One

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:50:00 +0000

Kinetic Sculptur

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:47:00 +0000

New Do

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:52:00 +0000

This one is for the girls. Ever wondered how you would look with Eva Longoria's hair? Just click on the picture to launch the makeoversolutions.com website. Upload your own picture and start experimenting with celebrity hairdo's. You can also accessorize and put on new make-up.

The New Yorker Cover

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:13:00 +0000

Englishman in L.A.

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:28:00 +0000

Today an overrated Englishman (Beckham) is expected to kickstart soccer in the US. In the seventies it was Pele, the best soccer-player ever, who came to New York to play for the Cosmos.

The clip shows both the glamour and the soccer skills of the great man.

Music Video Search

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:22:00 +0000

Great widget for finding music videos:

This is the video list for U2

Hundreds of videos. I found this one of U2 Live at The Brooklyn Bridge (2004).

Hail a Cab

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:59:00 +0000

The latest in cab hailing technology.

Great Lonely Planet Widget

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:46:00 +0000

Widgetbox

On the Cover of a Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:26:00 +0000

At the end of 2005, the 40 greatest magazine covers of the previous 40 years were unveiled at the 2005 American Magazine Conference (AMC).

Go to their website to check them out. This cover was number 35 on their list:

#35 New York (June 8, 1970)
This cover of New York is entitled “Free Leonard
Bernstein,” with a photograph of New York society
women posing with fists upraised. Bernstein was an
acclaimed American composer and orchestra conductor
who was a presence on Broadway, in Hollywood, at
Carnegie Hall and at the New York Philharmonic. He
supported the Black Panthers and in 1970, held a
fund-raising meeting for the organization at his apartment.
The magazine cover was a jab at his association with the
Black Panthers and their radical ideology.

‘Not Coming to a Theater Near You’

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:41:00 +0000

Definitely worth a look: www.notcoming.com. This website contains many movies that struggled getting into the cinema, attracting audiences or received bad reviews. This websites takes a second look at these movies to see if they deserve to be rehabilitated:

If not discerned in its title, this site assumes a bias towards older, often unpopular, and sometimes unknown films that merit a second look. This site caters specifically to those who find an impotent similarity in the “New Releases” section of a video store and whatever’s “coming to a theater near you.”

One such movie that is revisited is Dave Chappelle's Block Party with its Brooklyn location.

Starbucks Rejection Tour

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:01:00 +0000

All New Jersey singer DaVido wanted was his song "Java Jitter" to be sold at Starbucks. Starbucks refused and also rejected DaVido when he performed his song at his local Starbucks. This inspired DaVido to start his "Starbucks Rejection Tour". He has been rejected from more than 200 New york City Starbucks outlets since the start of his tour.

Very impressive DaVido!

Funny Rubber Celebration

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:29:00 +0000

Out of ideas?

The Directors Bureau Idea Generator might be the solution.

Go to their website and spin the wheel. Each time a combination of three unrelated words are generated that should help you with new ideas. Not only helpful for product developers, but also fun for all creative minds.

Do not expect any new blogs from me. I am developing my mobile vibrating book.

Personal Picasso

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:23:00 +0000

A fun website I found about art.

Ruder Finn Interactive created a website that allows visitors to create their own Picasso painting. Mr .Picassohea d lets you play around with different noses, eyes, lips, hair and more. You can also choose colors. It's fun and very easy.

Go to the Mr.Picassohead website and create your own personal Picasso. Also be sure to visit the gallery.

Leaning towers

noreply@blogger.com (Gehoord in.....) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:44:00 +0000

The one on the right is leaning more to the right, right?

Wrong!

These pictures won this years best visual Illusion of the Year contest. The Leaning Tower Illusion was entered by Frederick Kingdom, Ali Yoonessi and Elena Gheorghiu of the McGill University in Canada.

The two pictures are exactly the same.

This is the explanation of this illusion:

"Here is a novel illusion that is as striking as it is simple. The two images of the Leaning Tower of Pisa are identical, yet one has the impression that the tower on the right leans more, as if photographed from a different angle. The reason for this is because the visual system treats the two images as if part of a single scene. Normally, if two adjacent towers rise at the same angle, their image outlines converge as they recede from view due to perspective, and this is taken into account by the visual system. So when confronted with two towers whose corresponding outlines are parallel, the visual system assumes they must be diverging as they rise from view, and this is what we see. The illusion is not restricted to towers photographed from below, but works well with other scenes, such as railway tracks receding into the distance. What this illusion reveals is less to do with perspective, but how the visual system tends to treat two side-by-side images as if part of the same scene. However hard we try to think of the two photographs of the Leaning Tower as separate, albeit identical images of the same object, our visual system regards them as the ‘Twin Towers of Pisa’, whose perspective can only be interpreted in terms of one tower leaning more than the other."

Go to the website for all ten finalists.