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May 17, 2012
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He was thrust into the spotlight when Fairfax bought Trade Me—the site he created in his spare time while working as a technology consultant—for $700m. But far from resting on his laurels, Sam Morgan has been a busy man since then. As Peter Griffin finds out, Morgan has put his fortune to good use, investing in Kiwi startups, philanthropic ventures and even lending a hand to environmental initiatives close to home.
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With an increasingly mobile workplace becoming the norm, Bring Your Own Laptop—NZ’s only Adobe-authorised training centre—offers a new approach to learning. Now you can brush up on Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator or InDesign, all on your own familiar setup. And for the next two weeks, Idealog readers can take advantage of an exclusive 10% discount on any of the BYOL courses, from week-long BootCamps to one-day classes. Just select your preferred session dates and type in the promotion code “idealog” at the checkout stage. Easy as pie.
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In a first for Wellington’s CBD, artists and property developers are working side by side to fill empty commercial sites through a new project. Pop-up works by leading Kiwi artists will appear in vacant spots around the city—outside of traditional gallery spaces—this April and May, with the opening installation by sound artist Dugal McKinnon kicking off on April 18 on Willis Street. Following that, Kim Paton will display at a site owned by Foodstuffs, using surplus produce that would otherwise have been deemed as waste.
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Handmade masterpiece
In the summer of 1995, bookmaker Johnny Carrera found a tattered Webster’s 1898 International Dictionary under his grandfather’s favourite chair. Enthralled by the countless intricate engravings, he proceeded to spend the next ten years recreating the book by hand using a Linotype machine.http://vimeo.com/5228616
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Looking to personalise your mail and make sure it reaches its destination? These Google Maps concept envelopes, to be printed at the touch of a button in Gmail, display the route to the intended address. Stationery need never be boring again.
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Don’t forget, next week marks Meet an Angel Day (a joint venture between Idealog and Escalator) and a rare opportunity to meet some of New Zealand’s smartest start-up investors and mentors. There’s also the chance to pick the brains of an angel over coffee; speakers and mentors include Bill Payne, one of America’s leading angel investors. But don’t dawdle, numbers are limited, so mark April 15 in your planner and click here to register online.
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The all-seeing, all-knowing Google Earth lets us search the entire planet from the comfort of our living rooms, from the depths of the ocean to the icy peaks of the Himalayas. Among some of its most unusual images: a heart-shaped island, Firefox crop circle art, the man-shaped lake and the world’s largest fingerprint.
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Most painters create portraits on canvas or paper, reproducing 3D scenes in 2D. But Alexa Meade does things all backwards; she applies paint to live subjects, making them appear to be a part of her paintings. Check out more examples of her work here.
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Deadly maze
Following on from last week’s amateur Tron trailer is this brilliant fan-made teaser for Pac-Man: The Movie, where pharmaceutical CEO Michael Pacman is forced to take his own dangerous medications in order to survive a maze designed by a sadistic patient out for revenge. http://vimeo.com/10603337
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