Xmas in June
In honor of eddy...today the iPhone is released to the masses. If you are one of those people who has been waiting in line since Wednesday, or lost sleep in anticipation of what is being treated like Santa coming down the pipeline - you are stupid.

OK, well not stupid. But you are going to pay $500-600 for the honor of being an Apple beta-tester.

It's not that the iPhone is not seriously cool...but I'm starting to take exception to Apple's overt marketing tactics: you are not cool unless you have expensive things. What was once a cool, artistic culture is becoming something less creative, and more....well, microsoft. Only prettier.

Actually just saw this at gapingvoid (sums up the hysteria):

Today's Are you kidding?

During a run through of a client presentation:

"...And we're going to create a digital website"

You know, instead of a print one.

Here's to Beer

A promotion for Anheuser-Busch, the online newsletter of sorts is a clever way of offering interesting, funny content - while also pushing product. In one area users can choose who they'd like to have a beer with - including Johnny Appleseed, Nostradamus and Ben Franklin. If you are looking to fill some procrastination time...I recommend.

Battle

Simply some brilliant creative.

In honour of my very first Starbucks Frappuccino* check out this fantastic high-speed photography.

* I know...weird. It's like unAmerican. Today I didn't seem to care about the 400 zillion calories. I went with Vanilla Bean. Pretty much it's yummy10.

Coke and Faithless
Coke teamed up with some artists and the band Faithless to essentially create a coke bottle - the design is only available in Europe (bah!).

If the site is any indication, it's one awesome bottle. This is one of the coolest sites I've come across in a while. Serious interactivity - engaging graphics -video - music...takes some time to load, but it's worth it.

As many of you know, I've been going through a life-changing event over the last week. Thus no blogging.

This YouTube video seemed appropriate. Enjoy.