Famous Norwegian entrepreneur Idar Vollvik has copied a stunt performed by American basketball player Kobe Bryant jumping over an Aston Martin. Vollvik, founder of telecom company LUDO, jumped over his Koenigsegg CCX after a bet with a friend.
Idar Vollvik became famous in Norway after setting up a network named Chess and selling it for 100 million Euro a couple of years later.
Since then he has lost all of his money in different investments, but is now evidently back with his new mobile network named LUDO.
From Chess to LUDO!
I have been told that LUDO will use Skype software to connect calls automatically when possible, making it free to call.
An artist puts the finishing touches to a piece of Graffiti art on the ‘Icon Wall’ at the Royal Albert Hall on June 15, 2009 in London, England. The exhibition documents the history of the world famous venue with artwork specially commisioned by the Royal Albert Hall painted on the walls of the loading bay at the venue. Many of the artists who have played their over the 138 year history are depicted, including Jimmy Hendrix, Pavarotti, The Beatles and the Killers. The free exhibition opens for one day only on the 22 June.
(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe)
So, this ‘artist’ is Finbarr Notte, one of LADG’s contributors. You can see more of his work on Flickr, and in case you’re curious about his formal work, you can check out his old portfolio, but be careful: Google says this site can harm your computer (!!!):
Karina (my girlfriend) is working on the distribution of this really nice documentary. So please share this with your friends
“On A Tightrope is an award-winning poetic documentary film about the daily lives of four orphans learning the ancient art of tightrope walking.
The children belong to China’s persecuted Muslim Uighur minority, and the tightrope becomes a metaphor for the struggle of the Uighurs who are torn between their own culture and the communist governments demand for obedience.
On A Tightrope is the first Norwegian documentary to compete in the Sundance Film Festival. It has won the Watch Doc Award, Chicago Doc Short Film Grand Prix and the International Section Award at the Astra Film Festival.
The DVD will shortly be available on amazon.com. Pre-order now available from kudosfamily.com”
Working on the simple mechanic of showing tilt shift video of Japanese scenerey which, on interaction, is replaced with tiles showing items of clothing match the colour of the space replaced (crap explananation – visual below).
As always, you can always go through to buy. Another exmaple of Uniqlo’s ability of subverting navigation and usability for an eccomerce site that replicates the real world feeling of rummaging through rails of clothes and having an item catch your eye. And it’s on brand. Simple with a twist.
It looks like the Pirate Party (Piratpartiet) are getting a seat in the European parliament after tonight’s election in Sweden. After 5.653 of 5.664 districts have been counted the pirates are holding a 7.1 share of the votes which is sufficient to grant them 1 seat in the European parliament! (source DN.se).
The party came to life in 2006 but gained a lot more attention after the trail of the Pirate Bay website founders (Spectrail).
“The Pirate Party wants to fundamentally reform copyright law, get rid of the patent system, and ensure that citizens’ rights to privacy are respected.”
Read more at their website.
There be treasure in them thar hills!
Argh.. Andreas
