From the page: “Starbucks’ meticulous policy manual shows employees how to optimize profits. Too bad it undercuts basic customer service.”
Monthly Archives: July 2008
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/07/28/carlin.album.ap/index.html
Just months before he died, George Carlin was looking into the face of death — and making it the butt of his jokes.
“You know what I’ve been doing? Going through my address book and crossing out the dead people. It gives you a feeling of power, of superiority, to have outlasted another old friend”
What Dad Wont Tell You About Keeping a Beard – Seattle Music – Reverb
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2008/07/beards.php
From the page: “In 1986, when I first attempted to grow a beard, the general consensus was that beards were for murderers and maniacs. Almost no one in mainstream America wore a beard during the eighties, and even in Alaska a beard was a serious statement that the wearer ate cold beans from a can and slept with his dogs. The only public figure of any note who wore a beard at that time was Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who also wore a bow-tie, rode a mule, and carried a blunderbuss. “
http://www.fliggo.com/video/T12aQzYY
Rubix Cube Solved in Stopmotion
Grass at sunset | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachel_s/2713991786/
Grass at sunset by nutmeg66
Osea Island | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensimons/2714304999/in/photostream/
Blackwater estuary “Velvia” version by Ben Simons
7. Take me home by suemack – DPChallenge
Olympics 2008 Monkey Movie – BBC Sport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5ZWYRaAyw
The Olympics 08.08.08 http://www.bbc.co.uk/monkeyolympics
BBC Sport’s marketing campaign and titles for the forthcoming Olympic Games are based upon the traditional Chinese folklore ‘Journey to the West’. The animation and music were specially produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn.