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The waves of baby names

I just discovered the baby name wizard – explore the sea of names, letter by letter…watch the waves of trends rise and fall , and dive in deeper to see a name’s place in the historical tides. You start with nearly 5000 names of babies born in US. The names are displayed over more than [...]

I love the “sipping-an-espresso-that-unfolds-like-a-lawn-in-your-mouth-sensation” of a shot of wheatgrass. Unfortunately I’ve never been able to find the healthy shot of green in Denmark…untill today when one of the new juicebars that are popping up like mushrooms in Copenhagen these days. The juice-and-smoothie-trend has finally hit Denmark with a 5-10 year-delay. And combined with the health-awareness [...]

The environment is all over us again. Global warming is so hot that Paris Hilton will probably become an environmentalist before long. The Man Who Would be President gets the star treatment all over the world. But this is the really interesting thing about this trend: Environmentalism is becoming a right wing value. Don’t change [...]

To me dandelions are like the rip tide of desire. I find the delicate, intricate snowballs absolutely irrestistable. To me they represent ideas, waves, trends and themes that are about to burst. That sublime moment just before something big, new and uncontrolable is about to happen. Explode. Spread in unpredictable patterns. They are just waiting [...]

Zefrank on waves. The beginning of the movie may appear sort of strange. But hang on. It gets quite profound. Seriously. Click To Play Transcript

A new wave of ‘republican architecture’ has hit Denmark. ‘The association for a crown-free-democracy’ has been lobbying for several years to be allowed to rebuilt, remodel og redecorate several of Copenhagen’s landmarks. The idea is that all royal details and symbols on the buildings associated with democracy should be replaced by more suiting symbols. The [...]

We all have our everchanging ups and downs. The ups and downs of one person might only be a ripple in the vast ocean of mother Earth’s inhabitants. But when all of our ups and downs are compiled they form interesting waves of moods, happiness, sadness, fear and optimism. Tjeck out the emotional barometer of [...]

The phonograph… is not of any commercial value (Thomas Edison 1880) Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote (Grover Cleveland, president of US 1905) Who the hell wants to hear actors talk (Harry Warner, Warner Brothers Pictures 1927) I think there is a world market for about five computers (Thomas J. Watson, IBM, 1943) Â