Rebuilding the brick: LEGO case study

Ah, LEGO. Complete days of my life have I spend with these plastic building blocks. Yes, my LEGO characters suffered greatly at my fingertips. It’s been a while now but I still feel some of that passion for the brand deep inside. As the centrepiece of childhood fantasy and imagination, LEGO was a necessity… it […]

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Accepted to the Willem de Kooning Academy!

Wohoo! I’ve been accepted to the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam! I’m going to study Advertising! From Wikipedia: The Willem de Kooning Academy is the art school of Rotterdam and part of the Hogeschool Rotterdam, a university of applied sciences. It is regarded as one of the most prestigious art schools in the country […]

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City of Sydney

So many bendy roads, popping out of the ground, like roots from a tree. No idea where they came from, or where they lead to. – So many people, walking on the streets, like ants in their hill. No idea where they came from, or where they go to. – So many lights, shining from […]

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Working on my website

Working on the website now. Blog coming up on this page so why not start with a blog entry? I’m also working on a neat gallery and an e-mail form for the contact page. I’ve chosen a vertical layout of the website. Normally I wouldn’t do that because it leaves little space for a gallery […]

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MICROSOFT BUILDS ONLINE TRACKING BLOCKING FEATURE INTO IE9

Microsoft is building an anti-tracking function into its upcoming version of Internet Explorer (9). The new feature will let users easily keep lists of websites that track what they do online, and block any site from logging their web activity. This silly feature might lead to distorted results of devices like Google Analytics, as IE […]

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SBK 09 goes back to the root of racing games: Racing

Just want to say, I love this game. Absolutly love it. After playing MotoGP 3 this is such a relief. Here we have a game which takes back the game to one thing: racing. I played this on PC with a Xbox gamepad but it’s avaible for PS3 and Xbox too. Without a doubt the […]

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Food for your brain

Apples speed up your metabolism while onions decrease hypertension. Some foods have increased beneficial effects on your body. Still some might think that food has nothing to do with your brain. But you’d be very wrong to think that way.The brain is part of your body too. And just like your body, it needs fuel […]

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Fast food generation

“Live fast, die young.” I don’t know which rockstar said that but it seems very fitting for today’s time. I’m not sure just how big the influance of advertising is on this development, but I do believe a lot of things are forced to be faster. How many movies of two hours plus are there […]

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Selfishness

Ayn Rand once said: “Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.” The interesting question to me is this: […]

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