http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/gallery/2008/nov/13/mickey-mouse-walt-disney-at-80?picture=339766296
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Conceptis launched KenDoku: Learning math will never be the same!
http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=info/news/281
“Conceptis launched KenDoku: Learning math will never be the same!”
Everyday Drinkers: Common Man Cocktails on blip.tv
http://everydaydrinkers.blip.tv/
“Everyday Drinkers video podcast is all about everyday folks mixing everyday drinks and impressing your friends while expanding your knowledge. You don’t have to be a professional bartender to appreciate some basic recipes for some flavorful drinks.”
http://whoareyadesigns.bigcartel.com/product/fulhamerica
A t-shirt tribute to Fulham’s American connections past and present.
Game that is no longer just fantasy | Football – Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article5168553.ece
The soccer management simulation, Football manager, has been licensed by Everton – not as a cash in, but Everton are using the database as a scouting tool.
The urban art of Joshua Callaghan: the man who can turn street objects invisible – Telegraph
Sex Slave Art // Current
http://current.com/items/77544721/sex_slave_art.htm
From the page: “A new campaign against sex trafficking has recently been launched, aiming to rescue women and children forced into the sex trade and punish the criminals behind it. Journey is an art exhibition in the UK’s Trafalgars Square that sheds some artistic light on this dark issue”
Antiques and the Arts Online – 1800s Vampire Killing Kit Nabs $14,850 At Stevens Auction
http://antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques/AuctionWatch/2008-11-11__14-01-03.html
A complete and authentic vampire killing kit, circa 1800 and housed in a walnut case, achieved $14,850.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VZv–sm9XXU
From the page: “In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways.
Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. Not only do we make astonishingly simple mistakes every day, but we make the same types of mistakes, Ariely discovers. We consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. We fail to understand the profound effects of our emotions on what we want, and we overvalue what we already own. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They’re systematic and predictable – making us predictably irrational.”
Bridging the Psychic Pain Gap | Conversion Rate Optimization & Marketing Blog | FutureNow
http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/11/11/bridging-the-psychic-pain-gap/
As the economy gets tougher if you’re running e-commerce sites you need to do a lot more to ensure that your products get considered.