Welcome to a weekly digest of web links I think are worth checking out. These items include articles, images, and video. Please comment on what you find interesting. If you have something to share, please submit links of interest to mike@kineticshift.com.
British TV Ad for Christmas
This week sees the Christmas installment of the British store Halfords ad ‘ That’s Helpful, That’s Halfords’ campaign, with a 30 second Bike TV commercial, designed to encourage parents to come to Halfords to buy bikes for their children’s Christmas presents. The young girl is shown riding and enjoying her new bike in all seasons and weather. So take a cue from her and get out and scream while you are at it.
httpv://youtu.be/Gn1MyOzN6Jg
Murmuration
bySophie Windsor Clive
A short film that follows the journey of two girls in a canoe on the River Shannon and how they stumble across one of nature’s greatest phenomenons; a murmuration of starlings.
Inventor of road center-line receives posthumous honor
Edward N. Hines of Michigan, invented the highway centreline, one of the world’s most important road safety features. He died in 1938 but was honoured with the first Paul Mijksenaar Design for Function Award. The presentation was made at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands with Michigan’s State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle accepting the award on behalf of Hines’ family via a videotaped message.
http://vimeo.com/31553686