A bit of happiness

The Happiness machine.

This coke vending machine was placed on a college campus in america, and gave some lucky students more than just a bottle of coke. It's a nice and fun bit of film content. The free sandwich is the best part.

Also, as a bonus Vampire Weekend are streaming their new album from their site.

Have a quick listen now.

Creativity is great, but copying is a lot quicker.

The Killers at this years 2008 MTV European music awards. 

Underneath Etienne De Crecy Live 2007.

The Dark Knight Cometh

If you haven't seen any of the viral sites for The Dark Knight, where have you been? Check out the posters here, really like the look and feel of them and there's loads.

But that's not what's really cool about the buzz for this film. Cloverfield attempted it, but this film takes the cake literally.

"On December 3rd a new page appeared at whysoserious.com/steprightup with a hammer game and some teddy bear toys. Each toy had an address on it located in a number of cities around the US. The note on the game told people to go to that address and say their name was "Robin Banks" (get it, "Robbing Banks") and they'd get something there. It was first come, first serve, and each location was a bakery. What they were given was a cake with a phone number written on it. Now here's the best part: inside the cake was an evidence bag (complete with Gotham City Police printing) that contained a cell phone, a charger, a Joker playing card and a note with instructions."

Read the whole story here. The film has just flooded with internet with fake sites and little easter egg type things to wet your appetite for the film. Here's one of them.

http://www.thehahahatimes.com/

and the rest are all linked from here. It's proper geek stuff. 

You did what??

Comedy T-shirts are very funny but i doubt i can bring myself to wear this one. If you feel you can, get it here.   

A micro bit inspired

Here's a cool idea from Micro Machines (top photo). 

The inspiration must have come from little people street art. The artist puts really small models of people in really big places. We like this.

We're spotting a lot of things that creative types (especially in advertising) have obviously looked at for inspiration. For instance the new Sacia Pesto advert is inspired from Lasse Gjertsen and his Hyperactive beat boxing video. The Think "break dancing bear" was a direct lift from a perception video using a dancing gorilla that went around offices in september last year. There is also an ad out that lifts the Ok Go treadmill dance which we haven't been able to find, but we will.

We seem to be all looking at the same stuff and it all seems to be from Youtube. 

At least Sony Play Doh was apparently inspired from a painting.  

Now for something really good!

I won't ruin the surprise! It's just bang on!