Today’s things we like are brought to you by Crikey’s intern, Michael Griffiths, in association with coffee.
Streamline your stalking. Just when you’d finally decided that there was no point to twitter at all, along comes a new way of visualising your twitter friends’ updates. Click, drag and make pretty friend wheels. Strangely addictive …
Gattaca becomes reality. For those who have been waiting for the genetic manipulation industry to finally do something useful, DNA tests have been developed that let you know your child’s natural athletic strengths. So if little Shane has taken up durries and harbours a strange attachment to his mobile, the folks at Atlas Sports Genetics may be able to confirm him as Australia’s next world class leggie. Or baseball pitcher if the test is culturally biased.
Xma$ carols. Hey festive billionaires! Looking for a way to celebrate your biggest loves – money and Christmas carols — simultaneously? Just get your hired help to print out this handy song sheet and get singing, stupid!
Specialty toys. Thunderdog describe themselves as a “Creative Agency and Toy Brand” who produce limited edition “Designer Toys” for a fancy client list including Absolut Vodka, Carhartt, Def Jam and Selfridges. The talk is lofty, but the toys are cool. Remember Burger King’s creation, the subservient chicken?
The real bike hero. Most people with an internet connection would have seen the Bike Hero video that was released on YouTube a couple of weeks ago. It turns out that it was actually a piece of viral marketing put together by Guitar Hero makers Activision, but “professional Guitar Hero player” Freddy Wong one-upped them with his own vid playing the toughest song on expert while riding a bike no-handed. Rockin’.
