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January 27, 2006

Street Art: New Yorker Cover by Momo

Fresh and tasty street art from our Global Graphica file ... Once again, the street artist Momo strikes the building at 11 Spring St., in Nolita, New York City. This wheat-paste is a sweet tongue-in-cheek poster. The black-and-white work is of a fictional New Yorker magazine cover depicting Momo in the act of pasting up his (her?) work. Brilliant, fresh stuff.
(Global Graphica / Ivan Corsa Photo)

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New Yorker Cover Paste-Up by Momo at 11 Spring St. - #1 [Global Graphica]
New Yorker Cover Paste-Up by Momo at 11 Spring St. - #2 Detail [Global Graphica]
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Posted by Supercore at 02:18 AM

January 23, 2006

Tetran for The iPod

Ok, just when you thought you had seen just about every conceiveable iPod accessory, there's Tetran, a rubbery, spiky sea-urchin like monster designed as -- you guessed it -- an "earbud cable winder," you know, that thingie for wrappping your iPod earbuds cord around so that it doesn't get into a tangled mess. The little figure has a "mouth" in which you can place the actual earbuds themselves. We think Tetran is pretty cool actually, because it looks so funky and can be used for something beyond which it was intended. That is, Tetran can be used as a fun desktop objet, something you can keep next to your Kid Robot Dunny figures and toys without it lookng out of place. Made by a company called Tunewear, the Tetran comes in a variety of colors, as pictured above, and can be ordered online, naturally.

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Tetran by Tunewear
"Microbe TETRAN" walkman headset organizer [Akihabara News]

Posted by Ray Chan at 04:23 PM

January 19, 2006

Kicking Off 2006 with FIFA 06 for PlayStation2

One of the gifts we received during the recent holidays was the latest, just-released edition of the FIFA 06 videogame for PlayStation 2. FIFA 06 is the officially sponsored classic soccer (or "football") game by gamemaker EA Sports. The videogame's realism is mesmerizing, while the game itself is a little harder than the last version we picked-up, FIFA 2004. (We didn't bother with the 2005 edition, because the changes didn't seem significant enough at the time to make it worth our money.) BUT ... FIFA 06 is a quite a leap from '04 and '05. The controls are slightly different, more varied and with more combinations, and the off-the-ball functions are gone. The gameplay itself is a lot more realistic, even in amateur mode.

One of our favorite features of the FIFA series has been the number of accurate real-life European stadiums recreated in the game, and fortunately there are now more stadiums than ever. The players and teams are all up to date as of August 2005, so if you currently follow any of the major European soccer/football leagues, you'll find all your favorite players there. Anyway, we're already spending way to much of our precious free time playing this game. Our rating: 8.5 out of 10.

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