DIY, food, los angeles, petits-pierres
April 25th, 2008
amsterdam, bicycles, design, dutch, fashion, food, gif, housing, petits-pierres
♥ ING BANK LET’S YOU DECIDE WHO YOU CAN MUSCLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES
With the WoonWaarUWilt (“LiveWhereYouWant”) initiative that launched yesterday, I’ll have the whole of Amsterdam looking like Park Place and Boardwalk in no time.
♥ SETH ROGAN RUNS NORTH BY NORTHWEST!
Vanity Fair reinvents 11 of Hitchcock’s finest moments by capturing them on film with the celebrities of today. Included in the slideshow are Jodie Foster trapped in a telephone booth somewhere in Monterey (which is strange because I could of sworn she should would have made a dead ringer for “Marni”), and Hugh Laurie as Jimmy Stewart in a wheelchair (almost doppelganger, btw).
♥ BANKSY ARRIVES IN LA TWO YEARS AGO
I’m only just hearing the sound of the crash now here in the Netherlands.
♥ AIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A NEDERPOP PARTY…
Blokker now selling “Alle 40 Goed”, featuring the best 40 Nederpop hits e-v-a-h.
♥ NEW RIDES FOR THE US ARMY
MTV Execs realize missed opportunity for “Pimp My Ride”.
♥ MOST AWESOME LAMA-RELATED ANIMATED GIF
Even beats out Julie riding her new custom bicycle from the Fietsfabriek.
♥ THAT’S F*CKING NASTY!
Cheeseburger in a can testing is as easy as boil, pop, and serve.
♥ DUTCH FASHION SAVANTS VICTOR & ROLF SHOW ROLL AUTUMN FALL/AUTUMN 09
NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-YES!
February 27th, 2008
amsterdam, food, japanese, petits-pierres, sports, technology
♥ THAT SHIT IS BANANAS!
I don’t think I can be clearer on that one.
♥ DRIPPING WITH DESIGN FLAVOR
Volume One fueling emotions of failure in others.
♥ “JAPAN NEW AND OLD, IN AND OUT” – ALL THIS WEEKEND IN AMSTERDAM
Free mochi, valentine’s karoake night and one all day animation freak fest. Bring your favorite nerdboy or robot.
♥ YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST, FIRST
Gonzales’ “Slow Down” in two flavors: the yacht rawk video and the remix mp3. Dank je, Mevrouw Toats.
♥ SCIENTOLOGY PROTEST WORLDWIDE, BUT UNKNOWN
Protesters against Scientology mask up so the “church” won’t beam them up.
♥ RONALD’S ON DRUGS
Ronald McDonald viral video from Japan, but disappointingly, he does everything BUT transform.
♥ BLU-RAY GETS NETFLIX & BEST BUY BACK UP
How many copies of The Jane Fonda Workout does a girl have to buy before she actually watches it?
♥ AWESOMENESS WALLPAPERS FROM IUNEWIND
So your computer can be as pretty as you are. Posters also available for purchase.
February 12th, 2008
art, design, fashion, food, news
♥ DAVID LANGHAM (ILLUSTRATOR) MAKES THEM BIG N’ SMALL
The genius is in the mini-pixel icons he does for his larger work.
♥ SPICE GUN!
Not to be used on Spice Girls unless you want them muy caliente.
♥ “TACTILE” SPATIAL DESIGN BOOK
Makes me actually want to buy a design book for the first time
since I graduated art school.
♥ OLD PEOPLE PARK
Just as scary as Oakland, California’s People’s Park.
♥ THORSTEN BRINKMANN, SCULPTOR OF THINGS
There’s a stool with feet too if you click on the link.
♥ BEST KIDS’ MEAL ON EARTH IS IN AMSTERDAM
At HEMA, the free gift with your happy meal is “design”.
♥ PRADA REDOES THE DREAM SEQUENCE IN CLASH OF THE TITANS AS ANIMATION FILM
Unfortunately, the mother of Calibus is nowhere to be found.
♥ THE GAYS LOVE THE ‘DAM
Amsterdam wins the gold medal for the favorite international destination for the ‘mos.
“HEEEEEY!!!”
February 7th, 2008
food, podcast
Those of you who know me and my little Pierre (the Sausage King) know that he’s privy to all things meaty. And even though we’re here in Amsterdam, it doesn’t mean we’re not in touch with the sausage needs of all of our friends in America. It’s with great pleasure that I present to you a keempoo exclusive, right here, in all it’s audible glory:
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November 26th, 2007
environment, food, shopping
I’m leaning towards “weird food”. Core 77 is reporting an example of one product company is trying to streamline some of life’s most simplest tasks (by creating more garbage).
“Many packaging designers have broken their heads on getting a spoon integrated in the pack to support our ‘on the go’ lifestyles. The industrial design company Inveratek now launched an interesting alternative, whether you eat with or without spoon, it’s up to you – which is probably the best of it all.”
Don’t get me wrong, I think there should be a company who thinks about intelligently repackaging many of the world’s consumer goods. However, repackaging a product that probably could retain it’s shape if you dumped it in your purse is probably not the best use of anyone’s time.
March 26th, 2007
articles, food, singapore, sports, travel
The Singaporean culture phenomenon that is a Sarong Party Girl (or SPG) is nothing more than a Eurasian way to say punk-ass gold-diggers. I can only assume that because Singapore doesn’t have Jerry Springer or trailer parks that this was the only way they could describe it. Look – a ho is a ho, is a ho. Isn’t rap predominant enough for everyone to have understood that by now?
PURE YOGA
Went to hot yoga at the top of Takashimaya with my girl Shirley. This chain of new yoga studios beat out any new age mumbo jumbo joints in Los Angeles easy. For $25 Singapore a class, you get to do a variety of yoga classes at Pure Yoga in an ultra-modern skyrise. I assume they’ve got some foreign yoga-teacher exchange program because I got an American gal the first time and a very nice, but rigorous Austrailian dude that I just wanted to smack after he told me lean backwards a little more ten times in one pose. I happen to have bones that don’t bend at a 90º angle, so stop telling me to relax and breathe.
TOASTBOX
A food kiosk surrounding that ubiquitous perfect snack food, toast. It’s got a bit of an Asian flair to it, including spreads like Kaya (coconut jam) and pork floss with or without cheese (mmm, cheese!). If anyone knows how to hack into Pierre’s savings account and create a “worm” like they did in the movie Hackers, give me a call and you can be my partner in the first Toastbox to hit America!
EVERYTHING ELSE IN SINGAPORE THE SAME
The utopian, law-abiding city state of Singapore remains the same, only the shopping blueprint of Orchard Road is slightly different. There are now two GAPs instead of one (employees wore these excellent “gap Singapore” in the old gap font-face, so wanted to get my hands on one) and there is a new Muji in Paragon. It was more interesting to hang out with my cousin, Ian, than to go shopping all day, which is at it should be during the holiday season.
January 11th, 2007
