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15 Killer Offices by Tech Companies

15 Killer Offices by Tech Companies
The Architecture. The construction. The systems. 15. Somehow they managed to make their office as 'cute' as their website. Images by Dustin Diaz via Officesnapshots.com 14. The most killer office in Cal ? via Blizzard.com 13. In 2008 the Freshview team, makers of Campaign Monitor, set out to create the ultimate office for startup developers. via Campaign Monitor 12. Yada yada yada, Groupon is hugely successful - ok now checkout Micheal's room! Images via Businessinsider.com 11. Dropbox has grown to become one of the top companies to come out of YCombinator. via Dropbox and TechCrunch 10. 37Signals Chicago, Illinois The 37Signals team went with an 'inwardly focused' office layout for their new office; freshly built in summer 2010. via 37Signals 9. A company that makes architectural software should have a pretty damn good office. Taken by Jeff Goldberg at Esto Photography 8. Unlimited vacation time. via HackingNetflix 7. The Skype London office is a comfortable, classy place. 6. 5. 4. via Ty Cole

TetraBox Light by Ed Chew Liquid to Light Designer Ed Chew takes a green step in the right direction with the TetraBox lamp, a light object made from discarded drink packets that would have otherwise ended up in landfills already packed to the brim. The design is achieved by unfolding the packets and refolding them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections that are then pieced together to form a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape. Here, the Epcot-like ball makes an attractive overhead light and casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space. Designer: Ed Chew The Complete National Geographic on 160-GB Hard Drive The Complete National Geographic on 160-GB Hard Drive is not shippable outside of the U.S. Please also allow an additional 1-2 weeks for delivery. Explore 120 years of amazing discoveries, fascinating maps, and the world's best photography with The Complete National Geographic. Access all of the maps, photos, and magazine issues found on the DVD collection in one external hard drive. Windows:-Intel Pentium III 1GHz or faster processor, 512MB of RAM-Windows 7, Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise including 64 bit editions, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 and SP3, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows 2000 SP4, and Windows 2003 Server Mac OS X:-Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor; PowerPC G4 1GHz or faster processor-Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5 or Mac OS 10.6-512MB of RAM

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30 Drinks Every Bartender Should Know So I have a new hire who is about to bartend her first bartending shift and I was about to e-mail her 30 drinks every bartender should know and looking for a list (so I wouldn’t have to make it) and almost every list I found was absolutely ridiculous. For example, one site listed the Bocci Ball (don’t know what it is, probably never will as in 12 years no one has ever ONCE asked me for one). Or the Freddy Fudpacker (aka The Cactus Banger) – once again NEVER HEARD anyone order either of these ever ONCE. I’m not naming any drinks on this list where the ingredients are the name i.e. vodka tonic, amaretto sour, or gin and juice. 1. How To Make the Top Cocktails Every Bartender Should Know Apple Martini I hate to even put this on the list, but it is a cocktail that I get an order for at least once a weekend. 3 oz Apple Pucker, 2 oz Vodka, (can add 1 oz fresh lime sour if you happen to have something like that in your bar) shake and serve up with a bright red maraschino cherry Rusty Nail

Lofted Space-Saving Furniture for Bedroom Interiors Tumidei is more than just a furniture company – they construct modern and relatively inexpensive (no, not cheap) pieces of furniture that they also create compositions from – interior design photos that you can use to shape your own space. These lofted bedroom interiors are brilliantly varied and are great space-saving solutions for cramped bedrooms. A lot of these lofted interiors are clearly designed for children and teens in terms of sizes, colors and material quality. They incorporate elements needed for a student office, plenty of clothing, game and toy storage and stairs that older people might not be as eager to climb. There is nothing to say that adults could not use this furniture as well and there are certainly more ways to put these sets together than are suggested by these photographs, but they do provide some ways in which you could coordinate colors, materials and forms to create a composite design that looks planned and organized ahead of time.

Playboy Magazine releases every issue from 1953 to 2010 on a hard drive | Technology | Los Angeles Times Playboy Magazine is on magazine racks, on the Web, on iPad, and now it's also on a hard drive. The iconic publication, which has struggled a bit as the world goes increasingly digital, is offering every issue of Playboy, from 1953 to 2010, on a 250-GB drive described as small enough to fit "inside a briefcase or jacket pocket." "Why would you let more than 650 of your favorite Playmates celebrate the holidays in a damp garage, stashed under your bed or crowded together in the basement, when you can bring them all together beneath the mistletoe this year?" Playboy said in a statement. The USB hard drive sells for about $300 and has more than 650 issues loaded on the device. The drive is being released by Playboy and Bondi Digital Publishing, a company that makes the archives of print magazines available in digital formats. Playboy isn't the first magazine to release its archive on a portable hard drive. Richard Branson to launch iPad magazine -- Nathan Olivarez-Giles

Imaginative Package Designs - Design Imaginative Package Designs Packaging is a very important marketing strategy to glamorize a product in order to attract the consumer's attention. Here I have compiled a selection of beautiful packaging designs, some conceptual and some that made it to the shelves but all great examples of the designer going the extra mile to ensure that all important first impression is a positive one. Enjoyed This?

Michelada the Best Way to Drink Your Beer » Growing Up Bilingual photo credit: briancolella via:photopin Michelada The Michelada or Chelada is a beer cocktail which is popular in Mexico and in my home country of Guatemala, there are also similar versions of this in Colombia and other south American countries. In my opinion this is the best way to have a beer and it’s great for hangovers. So the next time you are thinking of having a beer considers giving it some sabor and making it into a Michelada. Michelada Recipe Ingredients 12 oz beer non-dark beer (preferably Mexican like Corona or Dos XX)juice of 2 key limes1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce2 dashes Tabasco® sauce1 pinch black pepper1 pinch sea saltice Mix all ingredients except beer in a shaker and shake briefly. You can add 6onz of either V8, tomato or clamato juice. Some people also add half a shot glass of Tequila. ¡Salud! Related posts:

Bento Laptop Tablet Hybrid by René Woo-Ram Lee Bento is quite an exceptional and forward thinking concept by René Woo-Ram Lee. It’s quite a plausible scenario that most of use/own a tablet, a PC, external hard drives and a smartphone. Now combine the power of these to have fully customizable Bento Laptop! The Box accommodates all the gear to work as one whole unit or individually; as you see fit. Features Laptop with 15″ OLED screen11″ tablet and 4″ phone sit in shallow depressionsSolar powered lithium-ion battery1TB SSD drive Designer: René Woo-Ram Lee The Fujitsu branding is evident and rightly so, the concept is a part of the Fujitsu Design Award that is organized by Designboom. Why Do 15,000 People Care About a Missing Cat At JFK? One Word: Facebook. By Guest Post 10/18/11 10:16am Share this: The story of Jack the Cat, lost by American Airlines baggage handlers at JFK International Airport, continues to captivate public attention six weeks later–as evidenced mostly by tweeting, clicking the Like button on Facebook and commenting on Facebook. I logged onto Facebook August 29th. We need your help. Few people can sit down and write on Facebook something that propels strangers to care; act, or even keep reading. And stick with them we did; for almost five weeks–until day 35 rolled around–until the ticker clicked 15,000 likes on September 29th. HOW was it possible that this one little cat could draw this assembly of fans? What is so special about a long-haired debonair cat who looks as if he could be in show business? Another photo of Jack. I’ve been around the internet for a while; am familiar with websites, news blogs, social media. Maybe it’s because we don’t get honesty a lot. Follow Guest Post via RSS. Tags: CATS! by Taboolaby Taboola J.

Creative Advertisements Modern advertising developed with the rise of mass production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mass media can be defined as any media meant to reach a mass amount of people. Different types of media can be used to deliver these messages, including traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, television, radio, outdoor or direct mail; or new media such as websites and text messages. In 2010, spending on advertising was estimated at more than $300 billion in the United States and $500 billion worldwide. from your own site.

Want To Recreate Sterling Cooper Or Just Be On Mad Men? Get Bidding. Um, awesome. I’m a huge fan of the AMC show Mad Men. I’d argue it is the best show on television right now, but that will just lead to a flamewar with the Breaking Bad people. Anyway, as the winner of the past two Emmys for best drama, the show has a lot of fans. And it has plenty of people who wish they could live in that moment of time (New York City in the 1960s). Now, thanks to eBay, you can get pretty close. And, if you’re willing to act a little bit — and spend a whole lot of money — you can get very close. Currently for sale on eBay are dozens of pieces of furniture and outfits from previous seasons of the show. As the show is still very much alive, doesn’t AMC need the set furniture anymore? Anyway, this is all being auctioned off for charity. 10 percent of the final sale price will go towards the City of Hope nonprofit. Smartly, the eBay page for each item includes details about how it was used in the show. They also include a video clip from the show showing it in action.

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