Robert Black's newsa personal site, a place to writeMPAA Bans This Poster- (Found July 23, 2008 ) "The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has rejected Taxi On the Dark Side’s poster as being ‘not suitable for all audiences.’ &8230; What’s offensive about this image The detainee in the hood. Well, actually just the hood. An MPAA spokesman said: ‘We treat all films the same. Ads will be seen by all audiences, including children. If the advertising is not suitable for all audiences it will not be approved by the advertising...http://www.monoscope.com/2007/12/mpaa_bans_this_poster.html A new website for ic06- (Found July 23, 2008 ) At ThereFor I've just completed a branding campaign for Innovate Collaborate 06 that included: design and construction of a website payment gateway registration database online and PDF registration forms event logotype HTML emails registration reports print collateralhttp://www.therefor.com.au/2006/09/11.html WOW! This has to be the coolest Bluetooth gadget for a mobile phone ever- (Found July 23, 2008 )http://shop.hulger.com/productinfo.php?Code=BMDL3-B1 Grrr- (Found July 23, 2008 ) OK. An update. Business is brisk, life's pleasant. Lot's happening. I've been reconsidering the future of this site, and it's role in the world. Early on it served as my test-bed of the blogging phenomenon, well before it hit the mainstream. It's been fun, and I've learnt a lot about writing tofor the web, but the easy lessons have been learnt - what's next Give it up, or try for something more challenging I haven't decided yet. Oh, yeah, it doesn't help that I consider the site's template...http://www.robertblack.com.au/2007/03/19#a717 IKEA Hell - Never again- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Rules to apply henceforth... Never go to IKEA during a weekend, holiday or late-night shopping. And probably December. Always phone ahead to see if the item I want is in stock: (03) 8416 5000 Always check store hours first Always go straight through the checkouts to the pick-up area, and use the customer service terminals to directly find the aisle and shelf my product is on. Bonus note: if my car park ticket fails, the car park's office is on the Green level, 1 below ground level....http://www.robertblack.com.au/2007/03/25#a718 Boo and Lulu- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Boo and Lulu are on the front page of today's local paper!http://www.robertblack.com.au/photos/2007/leader/ Magic Hats- (Found July 23, 2008 ) It's notable how icon designs can follow trends. Someone else pointed out the rash of circle-based icons that were appearing in some people's OS X docks. Could the magician's hat be a new trend - if my own dock is anything to go by, perhaps... Three applications, from left to right: MsgFiler Remote Buddy FotoMagico My guess is that it actually serves as an example that different designers can have the same idea, expressed differently, spontaneously and separately without there being any...http://www.robertblack.com.au/2007/05/29#a720 Traffic- (Found July 23, 2008 ) 11:41am 1962007 on the Tasman Bridge that bisects Hobart, being driven from the airport by my mum. A normal Tuesday workday, nothing special. Mt Wellington in the background. See why I'm always complaining about the traffic in Melbourne!!http://www.robertblack.com.au/2007/07/06#a721 My fireplace- (Found July 23, 2008 ) It was a saga... See the photos - read the captions - feel the struggle :-) http:gallery.mac.comrobert.therefor100028http://gallery.mac.com/robert.therefor/100028 |