Archive for November, 2006

Stephen Wiltshire

Stephen Wiltshire is an amazing autistic artist. In this video, he draws a panorama of Rome from memory. For more details, I highly recommend reading Oliver Sacks’ book An Anthropologist on Mars, which has a chapter devoted to Stephen.

David Maisel

Eerie pictures of LA by David Maisel.

Containership Powerstrip

I love Giffin’Termeer’s Containership Powerstrip. It changes the object from something you want to hide away to something you want to show off on your desk. Can someone please produce this? More work from the same designer.

Scott Adams hacks his brain

Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, managed to hack his brain to circumvent a rare illness called Spasmodic Dysphonia. A wonderful story that reminds us that we can solve a lot more of our own problems than we sometimes think. And he’s done this before.

Motorola’s simple phone

Motorola is releasing a new, simpler phone.

The phone may also appeal to new users in countries such as the United States, he says, or to anyone who just wants a simple phone that works well.

Finally.