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All Airports Should Have BannerXpress Kiosks

Dec 11. 2011

Last month, Amsterdam's Schipol Airport became the first airport to install a BannerXpress kiosk and the banner printing machine couldn't be more popular. Installed at the airport's arrivals area, BannerXpress allows friends and families of passengers to create and print "welcome home" banners with custom fonts, graphics, messages and background images. The kiosk accepts debit and credit cards and charges from around $5.30 for a small banner, to up to $20 for the largest option which are printed on a canvas material in just a couple of minutes. BannerXpress has gotten so popular, in fact, that users began to seek it to print banners for parties and sports games. As a result, the company plans to expand its target locations to sports stadiums as...

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Art/Design, Funny, Logos/Branding

The Comic Sans Project (Tumblr Blog of the Day)

Dec 10. 2011

Despite the flack that Comic Sans has been getting in the recent years, I think that it may be making a comeback! Exhibit A: The hilarious essay titled "I'm Comic Sans, Asshole." Exhibit B: The Comic Sans Project, which takes famous logos and replaces their proprietary fonts with — you guessed it — Comic Sans. Because, as their motto states, "Helvetica is sooo 2011." :-D Here are some of my favorites from their front page, and be sure to follow the Comic Sans Project on Tumblr for more. Via Flavorwire....

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Asian, Entertainment, Movies, Personal

Help Fund “Chink” — The First Asian American Serial Killer Movie!

Dec 10. 2011

The last time we visited LA, we stayed at the lovely home of our friend Marcia and her screenwriter husband, Koji. There are two things that stand out to me most about that week-long trip: (1) it rained almost the entire time we were there, further adding credence to the theory that I bring bad weather with me wherever I go; and (2) being impressed — and a bit star-struck — by Koji's latest project, The People I've Slept With. My first reaction at watching the full-length movie that the guy sitting a mere 5 feet away from me had written: "Ohmigosh you know Ricky from 'My So-Called Life'??!!!!???" But once I calmed down, I managed to enjoy the movie — a lot....

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Entertainment, Personal, Relationships

The First Kiss

Dec 09. 2011

I always have a television show on queue to watch whenever I get some downtime and need to zone out, or when I am having trouble falling asleep. And these days, that show has been The Wonder Years. (image source) (Never watched The Wonder Years? Go do it now. It's on Netflix streaming!) I have watched and enjoyed the entire series when it first aired between 1988-1993, and re-watching it now, twenty-or-so years later, I still love it the same for its nostalgia, sentimentality, humor, and ageless themes of love, friendships, and family. I have rooted for Kevin and Winnie as a couple since I watched my very first episode, and remember being sorely disappointed to discover that, on the very last episode, they ultimately...

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