Autobahn is a small group of designers from the Netherlands. They make fonts out of striped toothpaste, ketchup, whipped cream, hair gel, maple syrup and grass.

See how they do it

Right now, the good folk of Zeta Reticuli are watching Neil Armstrong take his giant leap for mankind, live on NBC…

So I’m sure most of you have heard of Augmented Reality before or at least seen a video on YouTube showcasing some of the cool stuff people are doing with it. Although I’ve seen plenty of demonstrations that leverage A.R. technology it seems that in the last few months some actual USEFUL implementations have been showcased. One of these examples is A.R. business cards. You now have the ability to attach a digital representation of yourself to your business card. The options are limitless e.g. If you’re a video guy you can have the latest version of your demo reel play when a person holds your card in front of a web cam.

Sign me up for one!

Here are some other cool AR projects if you’re interested:

While it’s popular cousin the soybean may hog most of the spotlight, the multi-purposefulness of the coffee ground is nothing to scoff at. In addition to providing us with a refreshing beverage, and occasionally biofuel, a company in Taiwan has recently turned our caffeinated friend into a “super high-tech eco fabric.”

The company site: http://www.scafe.com.tw/

The YouTube Reporters’ Center is a new resource designed to help citizen journalists learn more about how to report the news. It features some of the nation’s top journalists and news organizations sharing instructional videos with tips and advice for better reporting.

YoutubeTube Reporters’ Center

So beautiful. Make sure you switch to HD and watch it full screen.

Amazing to see how far video on the web has come.

I love books. I really do. Thanks to amazon.com, I have piles of them stacked around the house, and ran out of shelf space years ago. I shamelessly admit, that many of them I am drawn to purely because of the cover designs. So in my attempts to downsize my book collection, I follow the following blogs on a weekly basis. Although I can’t say it’s done much to curb how much I spend on books, quite yet.

The book design review / Chip Kid’s jounal / David Drummond | Covers

So go ahead, update your Amazon summer wish list.

What famous leader is associated with mayonnaise?

Remember, no Googling.
Guesses welcome in the comments section.