Curiouser and curiouser

We’re super excited to finally announce the launch of the Cabinet of Curiosities website! We’ve been building the site for the last couple of weeks and it recently went live. We implemented a completely customized theme on a WordPress backend. The theme is also fully responsive, so out of the box, Cabinet of Curiosities is mobile-friendly. Not something you usually …

How to farm for hard drives

“Literally overnight, all the places we would go to get drives said, ‘Sorry, we don’t have any drives.” Here’s a great story about how Backblaze (an online backup provider) weathered the hard drive crisis during last year’s flooding in Thailand.

Bring Tron to your bike

I think Kickstarter has created a real revolution when it comes to design, especially industrial and product design. Now anyone with a great idea can create a project and with some luck, get the money they need to bring their crazy idea to fruition. Revolights takes bike lighting to the next level. A series of LED’s are attached to your …

Look what showed up in the office today!

Mark is a connoisseur of antiques. Photos, bottles, furniture, prosthetic limbs, We’ve had all of these come through the office. Yesterday something new showed up in the office. The Pinchin Street East No.1 sign from London, England, circa the late 1800’s. For those of you wondering what’s so special about a 130 year old London street sign. Pinchin Street East …

Erin the annoying copywriter

Erin really bugs me. He sits and he chats and he makes me laugh…. and he takes up ALL MY TIME!! Actually, the truth is, he is a really good writer and I’m jealous! Not only is he a GREAT AND FANTASTIC copywriter, he is also full of great ideas. This is really getting out of hand…. now I might …

Wow! That’s a website?

Web technologies are advancing at a breakneck pace. It’s absolutely amazing what you can accomplish exclusively using web standards. Both Google and the Mozilla Foundation showcase the amazing things that can be done with modern browsers. Here are a few of the coolest examples I’ve come across. All of these run purely in your browser and don’t use any plugins …

Your QR Code is broken

Today, you’ll probably run across QR codes a few times a week. I’ll usually take the time to scan them out of curiosity. In most cases I’m a little disappointed as the code hasn’t been properly implemented when it’s being used to link to website. That QR code is physical, real-world link to your your website. Wouldn’t it be great …