Because social media is such a gas, we’d like to pass this special segment onto you for your viewing pleasure. We’d like to thank Saturday Night Live for giving us a great laugh. Enjoy!

Today is the official launch of the Pepsi Refresh Project. Good Magazine and Pepsi have partnered to give away $20 million in grants over the next year. Users can submit their ideas to do good online, vote for them and share them with others. It’s like the American Idol for Good. The Pepsi Refresh Project is accepting 1000 ideas a month so get ready for March - I think February filled up in under a minute (I have no statistics to support this claim but I am sure it was super fast). Now hurry up and go share your idea or vote for your favorite. And it may not hurt if you are downing a Pepsi product while clicking the mouse. I would drink Pepsi but I was born in Atlanta and I’ll always be a Coca Cola girl no matter how “good” Pepsi gets. How about you? Are you more likely to purchase a product if the brand is known for doing “good”?

I was first introduced to this video last month and the production of it is truly remarkable. Not only is the video shot backwards, it is also done in only one take.Having been on several video shoots myself, I recognize the amount of coordination and effort it takes to make something like this possible. The importance of timing and placement of each and every individual in every part of this video is nearly impossible to make happen in one take.

Every high school youth in the video did everything in reverse. That included the lip-syncing. The students all had to listen in reverse to the Hall & Oates song, “You Make My Dreams” played in the video and then learn the words in reverse.

It is quite amusing to watch the erratic movement of the various teens in the video, as they make their way across the school grounds. This is actually the second backwards dub video, a challenge to another high school who did one previously to the song, “Hey Ya” by Outkast. I definitely have a soft spot for anything involving a little H & O:)

-Meg

Stewdio.org is the website of Stewart Smith, a designer from NYC that has done some great work. I was particularly amused by his Browser Pong app….basically the classic computer game Pong done with browser windows. Super fun!

It was 1963. The Beatles permeated the airwaves with “I Want To Hold Your Hand;” To Kill a Mockingbird was the Oscar pick of the year; State Mutual Life Insurance invented the Smiley Face; women wanted to look like Jackie-O and men wanted to look like John F.; and everyone drank and smoked, regardless of the time of day, location and health.

The nostalgia of 1963 is the inspiration for AMC’s Mad Men, and like many of you, we’ve been obsessed. To pay homage to our favorite television indulgence, we decided to setup a wet bar and break out the Lucky Strikes for Kirsten’s birthday party at Sol. We evoked Don and Betty Draper with perfectly quaffed hair, double breasted suits and A-line skirts, and we threw back cocktails in the conference room. If you haven’t seen it yet, we highly recommend you check it out! And check out all of us looking oh so debonair…

We spend loads of time researching Socially Responsible companies and how they creatively market to consumers for the better good. Kirsten found this today and I think its brilliant and most importantly, fun. http://thefuntheory.com/. LOVE IT.

Just when you thought facebook wasn’t wasting more of your time already, along comes polyvore. It’s a site that allows you to put together inspiring outfits that you wish you had the time and money to buy. Most articles of clothing are linked to online retailers, generating them a little revenue on the side.

polyvore.com

FL909 drumcomputer - make some beats!

The first time I saw this I thought it was just a picture of the original drum machine that defined early house music. But no, it’s actually a fully functional clone of the beat machine created in flash. It even looks like it’s from 1984 with coffee stains and such (is that blood??). I was in love with Daft Punk’s album Homework which has the TR-909 all over it. Their latest effort Alive 2007, is a mashup of all their songs and it totally has me pumped about electronic music again. So if you’re like me & one of your goals for 2008 is to make more hot beats, lay down some high-hat & drop that b.a.s.s bass!

The 5th Indie Craft Experiance in Atlanta is this Saturday June 2nd & It’s FREE this year!!!

There will be a 100+ local crafters and designers there with cool / cute / amazing handmade stuff to sell. This year there is going to be workshops to help you sharpen your crafy chops. What more? The Lasch (the rock band i’m in) is going to be playing at 3pm. (ice-atlanta.com for more info)

I also helped sew in the sweet shop preparing merch for Heiss-Threads. Her website is built on Solo (Sol Designs content management/e-commerce system). Check out her booth at ICE!

It’s at Centennial Olympic Park. If you need more culture in your life, Creative Loafing named ICE as one of the top 5 cultural events of the summer! ooooooo.

Blinkies, Throwies, & Interactive Sewies (The Workshop)
I’m teaching an easy workshop at 2pm called . It’ll cover making simple throwies and then show you some other crafty uses of LEDs to get you glowin. I am also going to explain how to make crazy lasers and take photos that are even cooler than this!

Not sure how singup works, but people registered for the class will get to make their own throwies to take home. Everyone else can watch and hopefully get inspired.. After that, mozie on over to the stage for our show at 3pm!

stay crafty atlanta.

It’s a refrigerator and a stove! This is cute. http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com/

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