Being a bit of a shoe freak..I can never have enough shoes in my closet. I was rather intrigued with the unusual collection of shoes over at The Virtual Shoe Museum. Started by Liza Snook in 2004, this online musuem has a huge collection of designer and experimental shoes from around the world. Visitors may view images of over 500 shoes accessible by time period, designers, brands, countries and ethnicity. Many images feature a “3-D” option that allows visitors to view objects from a rotating 360 degrees. The site also provides brief biographies of shoe designers with links to examples of the designer’s work in the collection.

What is funnier? This USB Necktie Cooler or the translation of the original Japanese website by Altavista’s Babelfish? Who doesn’t love some Engrish (that is of course only if you’re not flipping through a manual looking to get your gadgets going)

When I came across the very first Apple (Mac) logo this evening, I was quite surprised to find out that it was created by Ronald Wayne, the often forgotten “third founder” of Apple Computer. This old logo depicts Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. Almost immediately, though, this was replaced by the “rainbow Apple,” logo, created by Rob Janoff.

But, what was even more interesting and rather painful was to learn how Ronald Wayne, early on, made the most stupid decision to let go of his partnership and stake with the company, not knowing that Apple would become one of the biggest corporations in the world. Wayne worked with Steve Jobs at Atari before co-founding Apple Computer on April 1, 1976. He was given a 10% stake in Apple, but relinquished his stock for $800 only two weeks later because legally all members of a partnership are personally responsible for any debts incurred by any of the other partners.

It is reported that 50% of people in London are worried about security and sleep with some form of self-defence to hand, for use against intruders.

We’re laying low for the rest of our trip here in northern Germany, just enjoying the warm weather, hanging out with family and doing lots of shopping. I can definitely say I won’t be needing to go clothes shopping for a awhile as we’ve been spoiling ourselves plenty.

Thanks to Lars’ profession, we’ve spent a lot of time in different nightclubs in the US and around the world during our travels. T-O 12 is a nightclub that was recently built in Stuttgart, Germany’s notorious “party mile, Theodor Heuss-Strasse. I’d love to visit this club on a future trip simply for the thought, detail and style that went into the sleek design.

Like the street, the club is also named after the late Theodor Heuss, a fun-loving, dashing man and the first person elected for a full term as the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Clubbers call the joint either Theo (T O sounds just like Theo in German) or Theo Zwölf (=Theo 12 in German).

To create the three-story club, the owners hired two Stuttgart-based firms: Architecture and communications firm Ippolito Fleiz Group, and graphic designers i-d buero. The result is a sleekly mysterious, pitch-dark space with white furnishings and massive black-and-white murals. The all-black walls, ceilings and floors together with the huge mirrors and tiny light spots produce an effect that is vertigo–inducing and fun.

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Lastly, for your listening pleasure, the latest mix for download by Lars Behrenroth from his show Deeper Shades of House. This mix is one of my personal favorites.

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A child of the 70’s, I’ve always been intrigued by pretty much everything from that groovy generation. The music, fashion/style, art, technology and interior design. Here’s a collection of European interiors from the early 70’s that really stand out. Love it or hate it…you be the judge.

It appears that matching everything was a popular design choice back then.