Now That’s Self Service

by Denny Fraser on July 31, 2010

AisleBuyer is looking to take self-checkout to the next level and I must admit liking it.

Gone are the days when there was the friendly bagger asking if you wanted paper or plastic. I’ve reconciled myself to that resentfully. It is more difficult to queue in lines with either a basket or a cart, and have to scan your own purchases or the cashier look over what your buying and sizing up your life.

Now you can use smartphones to scan QR codes as you shop. The startup has designed as a system in which shoppers could unlock coupons and finish transactions with their credit cards, all without waiting in line.

East Village Cheese

by Denny Fraser on July 28, 2010

40 3rd Ave (10th Street)
New York, NY 10003

You know it is exclusive when there isn’t a Web address.

Tain’t Funny

July 28, 2010

When I was little, I lived for the comics. The staples were Archie, Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts, and of course Dennis the Menace. Doonesbury was always too high minded. Many don’t know that Dr. Seuss started as a political cartoonist before his beloved books for children. There was always nothing better than getting a [...]

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Where is Matt?

July 27, 2010

walkUSA of a man trekking from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge is a viral sensation. The video is popular not just because it’s a trek past American landmarks, but because of a unique visual effect with a combination of stop-motion and time-lapse video. The project consists of 2,770 still frames shot over [...]

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Be Good

July 26, 2010

It’s Good to be Important but It’s More Important to Be Good… and those are about all the words that I can read on this site. Still, I can see that this work is incredibly creative and Good.kz worth a bookmark. Take a look at these helmets.

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Beet Hummus

July 23, 2010

Simply delicious, whether you like beet root or not. The ingredients for Beet Hummus are beets (of course), tahini, garlic, lemon, cumin, and salt and pepper. Easy peasy. Plus it is a pretty summer dish, and topped on cucumber – elegant, light, and fun.

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Dropping In

July 20, 2010

I never read a book twice or watch a movie more than once… but a commencement speech by Steve Jobs in 2005 given at Stanford is so inspirational I listen to it again and again as a reminder. “If you live each day as it it were your last, someday you will be right,” said [...]

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Things You Love

July 19, 2010

There are some things that you love and you don’t know why. In this case, I do. Elise Bauer maintains a blog – Simply Recipes – pulling together all of her family recipes. A few years ago she started writing down recipes that she had grown up with and posting them online. She had just [...]

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See How it Feels?

July 16, 2010

A shout out to the creative folks that are continuing to find ways to raise awareness about the Gulf Oil Spill. From Twitterers to Vuvuzela Protestors – the online community is not letting the topic drop. A new app allows you to create an oil spill on any site you choose. The project is a [...]

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Happiness and Sadness Spread Just Like Disease

July 15, 2010

Misery apparently does love company. Happiness has proved less social than sadness. In a new study, each online happy friend increased an individual’s chances of personal happiness by 11 percent, while just one sad friend was needed to double an individual’s chance of becoming unhappy. Data from the research released from the July 7 Proceedings [...]

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