Ever wonder how a candidate’s stature effects his chance of getting into office?
To help evaluate that question, The New York Times put together a fantastic chart of the presidential candidate pairings to see if there are any trends, and found some interesting results.
According to the chart, taller (17 to and heavier (18 to candidates generally do better than their shorter and lighter counterparts.
It’s not an exact science, but it does show some interesting insight into what we see in a leader.
Face Your Manga is the current craze in the Twitter world, as it allows you to quickly and easily create a face from an almost endless amount of options that you can then use as your avatar.
It also works on forums, social network profiles, and anywhere else you need to put a face to your name, so check it out and see what you can do.
The ‘80s were definitely filled with their fare share of flair, and the automotive trend of installing digital gauges into new automobiles was no exception.
The victim of the desire to find uses for new technologies that were being developed, the digital gauge cluster might have looked flashy at the time, but now they just look silly and outdated.
Motive has put together a list of 12 fantastic examples, so if you’re ready for a trip down memory lane, then click the link and get ready for a digital revolution.
As the “ultimate mark of distinction” for a company, a lot of thought goes into logo design. It must be unique yet familiar, and at the same time somewhat timeless.
Because of the temporal nature of logos, there are often trends in logo design that many companies follow as they go through the rebranding process.
For a glimpse of what the future holds in logo design, check out LogoOrange’s list of 10 Trends That Will Define Logo Design In 2008.
Continuing the trend of rings thatcan kill, Anneke Van Bommel’s Antler Rings “celebrate on of Canada’s most famous and iconic silhouettes.” The rings are available in either the Moose, Caribou, Elk, or Whitetail Deer variety, and are each hand cut and polished from sterling silver.
They’re a limited edition though, so if you want a set, be sure to get them while you can.
When Digg added an Images category to the site, they also added a new program to their Digg Labs called Pics.
As images are submitted or Dugg, they move from the left to the right of the screen in columns by category.
Though, as with all Digg Labs products, it’s of limited use in terms of speeding up the Digg process, it does give an interesting look into the always changing, evolving, and updating world of Digg, as well as Digg trends in real time, so it’s definitely worth a look.
Though it probably makes peddling a bit harder, these mobile sound systems put the party on wheels.
A new trend in Queens, bike stereos give those that are too young or can’t afford an auto a chance to rock out on the go, with car batteries powering thousands of watts of amps, subs, and speakers.
It might not look pretty, but it gets the job done.
and heavier (18 to 
