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We love Trendwatching's email newsletters. Their latest tackles 15 tough questions about trend tracking from readers. But it's no longer enough to track trends or jump on them late in the game. To stay competitive in this highly designed world, you have to create the trends yourself. It's a tall order, but expert trend hunter and setter Matt Mattus provides the inspiration and insight into how to do just that in his HOW book Beyond Trend: How to Innovate in an Over-Designed World.

The white cover, with a subtle spot gloss design, evokes the blank canvas of true innovation, while the colorful interior captures visual inspirations from around the world. Learn how to find your own inspirations and combine them in unique ways to stay ahead of the trends.

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At last, mean what you say!

And say what you mean, isn't that how the saying goes? Old Tom Foolery is a beautiful, and really witty, line of letterpress cards that, well...don't beat around the bush. They say what you might be saying in your head (like in a Woody Allen movie), only their cards really say it! And honestly, I just love that. If you can't give your friends a card that says what you really mean, who can you give them to? As their tagline says. Old Tom Foolery's cards are "unsappy, uncrappy letterpress greetings".

Featured Retailer: Orange and Pear

Orange and Pear makes gift giving a breeze with beautiful gifts ranging from home decor, stationery, sleepwear, and even tea! And with the holiday season coming up so soon, we’re delighted to hear that their website has just launched, making it easy to find stylish gifts for everyone, all in one place.

Their products are from small companies and designers known for their chic modern design and fresh approach to craft. Beautiful selection!

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Happy shopping!

Best Buy tests new logo at Mall of America

Best Buy is trying out a new logo and brand image aimed at classing up the joint a bit. I know, it's hard to imagine anything classier than a two-story, canary-yellow price tag, but apparently it's possible. The new logo first appeared in August with the opening of a new Best Buy location in Minnesota's Mall of America. For now, it's just a one-store test. "Our intent is to get learning in an open way, not necessarily to 'roll out' anything in that store," Best Buy CMO Barry Judge writes on his blog. "I need to emphasize that we have not decided to iterate our logo." According to Brand New, the font is a modified Klavika, if you care about such things. If response to the new look is positive, maybe Best Buy will consider a few more ways to go upscale. A good start might be to quit badgering me about extended warranties like I'm some rube from Glengarry Glen Ross.

—Posted by David Griner from AdFreak

Bocca di Bacco (Restaurant)

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828 Ninth Ave., New York, NY 10019
nr. 54th St. See Map | Subway Directions
212-265-8828 Send to Phone

• Price Range: $$$$
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• Cuisine: Italian

Profile

Brothers Enrico and Robert Malta own over a dozen midrange restaurants in Manhattan, most of them clustered in the theater district. They've expanded their holdings with Bocca di Bacco, a collaboration with chef-partner Roberto Passon, whose eponymous restaurant down the street is also a Malta brothers production. Bocca calls itself a wine bar, which explains the 40 selections by the glass, the mixed olives, the meat and cheese plates, and the little nibbles like rice balls and marinated sardines. But its identity as a full-fledged, neighborhood-friendly Italian restaurant is substantiated with pastas like chestnut lasagnette with chickpeas and sausage, entrées like lamb osso buco, and prices that top out at $20. — Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite

Hours

Daily, 11am-midnight

Nearby Subway Stops

1, A, B, C, D at 59th St.-Columbus Circle

Prices

$16-$20

Payment Methods

American Express

Special Features

• Lunch
• Notable Chef
• Notable Wine List

Alcohol

• Beer and Wine Only

Add internet radio stations to Front Row

by entertainmac.com

FrontRow was released over a year ago. It plays full-length movies, music, pictures, and even trailers off the Internet. Yet with all these great features, it still doesn't have an option to play Internet Radio. iTunes has an extensive list of Internet radio stations to listen to, but FrontRow doesn't see them. This also includes most MPEG Audio Stream Internet radio stations not in included in itunes.

Here's how you can get those Internet Station into FrontRow and start listening to Live Internet Radio in style.

1. Find your Internet Radio Stations: Navigate through the iTunes Radio stations or find any M3U stations out there on the Internet.
   
   
2. Add them to the Library: Simply drag these radio stations to your iTunes Library. This will save the m3u file locally as an iTunes Track.
   
   
3. Organize: Finding these stations in FrontRow can be difficult, especially with larger libraries. Create a Smart Play list, based on 'Kind', and looking for 'MPEG audio stream.'. This will find all your Internet radio stations. Now in FrontRow you simply have to pull up the correct play list.
   

If your looking for some alternates to the iTunes list, I would recommend Mike's Radio World. It is probably the most extensive collection of internet radio links on the net. Look for the WinAmp stations for iTunes compatability.

In future releases of FrontRow, I hope Apple will add the Internet Radio Stations under the Music category in the next release, and adds it to AppleTV, for those going with that route.

UPDATE: Some readers have pointed out a few suggestion refining your Smart Playlist.

• Ed Kohler suggests setting Smart Playlist to find any track over 90 min. This may not be good for Movies, so filter that out accordingly.
• Rodzirra via Digg, suggests adding "Playlist URL" to your Smart Playlist as well.

CyberNotes: Add Shoutcast Radio Streams to iTunes

Written by Ryan from CyberNet

I’ve always enjoyed listening to Internet radio stations because I don’t have to worry about putting together my own playlists of music. iTunes has a decent selection of these radio stations available, but Apple has full control over what appears in that section of the media player. Fortunately that doesn’t mean you can’t add some of your own favorite radio streams to iTunes.

There are two caveats to the trick I’m about to show you:

• The radio streams that get added to iTunes won’t appear in the Radio section. Instead they’ll be showing up under the Playlist section, which may or may not be something that you want. Personally I like not having to go to the Radio section because it can be time consuming trying to find a particular radio station. This method will give you fast and easy access to your favorite stations.
• In order to add online radio stations to iTunes the stream will need to be available in a playlist (.PLS) format.

This makes Shoutcast a perfect example since they use the PLS format for their radio streams. Here are the needed instructions for setting up one of those streams in iTunes:

1. Visit Shoutcast.com and find a radio station you want to add to iTunes.
2. Right-click on the Tune In button, and choose the option to save the link/file to your computer.
   
3. Now you should have a .PLS file saved somewhere on your computer. Find the location of the file, and drag it into the sidebar in iTunes.
   
4. The radio station station should now appear under the Playlist section, and it can be renamed to anything you like. To start enjoying the streaming music all you have to do to is select the playlist that was just added, and choose from one of the available connections.
   

See, it’s easy. The only trick is finding the radio stations that are available in playlist (.PLS) format. Shoutcast is one of the only sites I know of with a vast directory of stations in this format, but I’m sure some of you probably know a few as well. Let us know about any of these sites in the comments, and enjoy listening to your favorite radio stations in iTunes!

veerle's blog: illustrator Pucker and Bloat Effect and more

There are lots of hidden secrets in Illustrator. Even I have the feeling I only use only a part of the application. That’s probably because I’m sometimes stuck in my old habit of doing things. If you’ve been working with the application since version 3 like I do, then you know what I’m talking about. It’s good to explore new and better ways. Ways to do things faster and in a more flexible way. Today I’ll show you how to use the Pucker & Bloat Effect.

iBackup Schedules Advanced OS X Backup [Featured Mac Download]

Lifehacker 10/23/08 12:00 Adam Pash Featured Mac Download Backup Downloads Mac Mac OS X System Preferences

Mac OS X only: Free application iBackup is an advanced backup utility featuring support for everything from run-of-the-mill files to application preferences. That means backing up important files or Dock settings is as simple as checking a few boxes. The application can connect to a server (AFP or SMB) for off-site backups, and it makes it simple to schedule your backups with advanced functionality. (For example, you can have iBackup run scripts before a backup starts and after it completes.) Yes, Time Machine is probably the simplest backup solution out there, but iBackup is a great option if you want more control over how your backups are handled. iBackup is freeware, Mac OS X only; donations are accepted.

iBackup [via Cool OSX Apps]

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