Cozy Rocket 2.0

So wow, it's been such a really long time since I've updated this blog. I guess since I've started working in NYLON, I just couldn't find the time and energy (or to be honest... just got lazy :p). Instead of writing for this blog, I wrote a few filler articles for NYLON Guys.

Now that I've moved to a different company, somehow desires and opportunity aligned and I got the rare chance to finally revamp Cozy Rocket. So, voila!!!

So I hope you guys enjoy the new layout and check out the September-October issue of NYLON Guys Indonesia. I contributed a short story for their Pulp Fiction segment called "A Bad Conception". I'll post more about it later.

Gotta go to sleep now. Got an early day tomorrow and fashion shows to plan ^_~*

Two of my most favorite fashion, music, & lifestyle magazines ever

Amazing New Designs For The Dollar Bill

The American dollar is in bad need of a makeover. Thanks to the Dollar ReDe$ign Project, we may now have some options.

Organized by creative strategy consultant Richard Smith, the Dollar ReDe$ign Project is soliciting ideas for the dollar bill of the future. "Our great 'rival', the Euro, looks so spanky in comparison it seems the only clear way to revive this global recession is to rebrand and redesign," the project notes on its website.

Fisher started the project in with the intent of "trying to find a catalyst to restart our economy" he told Fox News. The recent competition is now closed, and voting ends on September 30. "This has touched people's hearts," Fisher said, and "people feel the dollar touches their lives."

The leading vote-getter for this year's competition (pictured below) was submitted by British duo Dowling Duncan, which features a unique vertical design.

Why a vertical format? "When we researched how notes are used we realized people tend to handle and deal with money vertically rather than horizontally," they note on the Dollar ReDe$ign Project's website. "You tend to hold a wallet or purse vertically when searching for notes. The majority of people hand over notes vertically when making purchases. All machines accept notes vertically. Therefore a vertical note makes more sense."

If these money makeovers weren't enough, The Dollar ReDe$ign Project has even circulated a petition to get the U.S. government to seriously consider their ideas. Which of these designs is your favorite? 

Old Spice: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Will Smith...these used to be the names mentioned when the topic of "The Perfect Man" was discussed. If you haven't heard, that debate is now over. What is the name of the reigning "Perfect Man"? Well, not many people actually know his name (it's Isaiah Mustafa), but mention the title of "Old Spice Guy" and people probably know who you are talking about. Mention "that guy in the Old Spice ads wearing nothing more than a bath towel," and they'll definitely know.

The Man Your Man Could Smell Like is a television advertising campaign created by ad agency Wieden+Kennedy for Old Spice to market their brand of shower gel. The original ad features actor Isaiah Mustafa reciting a quick monologue about how "anything is possible" if a man uses Old Spice. Mustafa is filmed during a single uninterrupted take that transitions, with minimal CGI, from a bathroom to a sailboat to Mustafa riding a horse.

SU2C: Change The Odds PSA

Do you know that the odds of getting cancer in your life time is 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women? Wow... that's  just really really frightening... I think it would be good to find out more about this program. Who knows, we could gain valuable information that is useful to us.. The campaign is attractive and it clearly targets the younger generation by featuring up-and-coming celebrities and teenage stars. Note Andrew Garfield who was just cast as the new Spider-Man. In my opinion, it's the right move for the campaign to gear towards preventative measures.

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is a charitable program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) established by media, entertainment and philanthropic leaders who have been affected by cancer. SU2C aims to raise significant funds for translational cancer research through online and televised efforts. Central to the program is a telethon that was televised by three major broadcast networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) in over 170 countries on September 5, 2008. SU2C made over $100 million after that evenings broadcast.

The telethon is scheduled to return on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 8/7c to ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, Discovery Health, E!, MLB Network, the Style Network and Fox, among others. Jake Gyllenhaal has also joined on to help the cause.

In http://www.su2c.org/changetheodds Zac Efron, Dakota Fanning, Kristen Bell, Vanessa Hudgens, Andrew Garfield, Zachary Levi, Donald Faison, Jon Heder, Logan Lerman, Naya Rivera, Olivia Munn, Sofia Vassilieva, Clark Duke, William Moseley, Aubrey Plaza and Aaron Yoo all Stand Up To Cancer. It's Up2 all of us to change the odds of getting cancer in our lifetimes.

Baby Eating A Big Watermelon From Inside... So Frickin' Cute!!!

The secret to successfully eating food that is bigger than you is the angle you take. This little guy tackles the big job ahead from the inside out. Yummy!

If I Can Dream: An Interactive New Media Entertainment Catering to Your Voyeuristic Nature

If I Can Dream is an online reality show created by Simon Fuller. Simon Fuller is a British artist manager, television producer and creator of the Idol franchise (as in Pop Idol, American Idol, Etc. Idol) and So You Think You Can Dance. He is, or has been, the manager of performers and entertainers including David and Victoria Beckham, Spice Girls, Carrie Underwood, Kris Allen, David Cook, Adam Lambert and others. 

If I Can Dream follows performers (aspiring actors, singers, models, athletes) who are called the dreamers who also live together in a a house in Hollywood. The show isn’t exactly reality TV as it is not shown on conventional TV and you can only watch the episodes via their official website. There’s no judges or voting off. There’s not a pot of money sitting at the end. The goal is to get a job that will allow the dreamers to get out of the house and to move on to a bigger career. The show is just the first step.

Sounds boring maybe. And what is so special about the show, you may ask. Well, the twist is that the house is wired with 60 cameras and when you visit their website you can watch the live streaming from your laptop or computer. You can watch the participants' every move, every action, and every conversation. In real time! Video feeds are available at both 500 Kbps and 1 Mbps which makes it viewable to anyone in Indonesia who has an adequate broadband internet connection. The live feeds stream with very little discrepancies. If I Can Dream will be the largest persistent live "event" produced by a media company!

Glee Effect in Full Throttle: Flash Mob at Ohio Union

Dear Readers, check out this cute viral video on Youtube where the students and staff break out into a dance in the great hall of the new Ohio Union. This, people, is what we call "The Glee Effect"... lol

Enter A New World of Augmented Reality Through Layar

Layar is an augmented reality browser for Android and iPhone. Soon on Nokia. This latest video shows daily scenarios' of how Layar is used: to find a place to eat, to get to know the city through history, to play games and to see which bands is playing where now. This video also premiers Floaticons, the cool 3D objects which we all can use to express ourselves in this new world of Augmented Reality.

Augmented Reality is the new emerging mass medium, for all to use, to experience and interact in.

Layar: See the world

www.layar.com

Can't Live Without XOXO Girls, A Racy Video Campaign

Does XOXO sounds familiar to you!?

Women’s fashion house XOXO has just launched a sizzling hot video campaign visually styled by John Urbano who is mostly known for taking Abercrombie & Fitch photos. The clothes are kind of Gossip Girl style, more Upper East side than SoCal and even though some looks are beachy, it is more Hamptons than Venice Beach. Although... for a clothing ad, there doesn't seem to be too much clothes involved.

A Girl Can Save Her Life by Having A Gay Friend

For those not in the know, Sassy Gay Friend is a hilarious Youtube sensation that came from one of the players in Chicago’s Second City Improv troupe, and basically it’s three 90 second sketches about how Shakespeare’s tragic heroines would have benefited from having a sassy gay friend, whose catchphrase is, “She’s a stupid bitch.” Which, if you can imagine, is said affectionately. Check out this phenomenon that has also spawned many parodies in Youtube!

Sassy Gay Friend in Romeo And Juliet

Sassy Gay Friend in Othello

Funny, how he jumped out of the closet! And "Does moor mean more?" precious... lol

Sassy Gay Friend in Hamlet

Sassy Gay Friend in Adam And Eve