You Khan do it

Get your wow on
Creativity's 50 most influential and inspiring creative personalities of 2009 http://adage.com/creativity50/

Half-pipe potty
A Japanese canned coffee-milk-sugar beverage company transforms stalls at ski resorts. Probably dangerous if you're tipsy or over-caffeinated, but very groovy otherwise. (source: Ad Age, 3/11/10)

The most fun you'll ever have learning about shoe technology
Part of a series from Vasque.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ibC2k7_NdQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id1nzmw9CdU

North Korean comic books
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/south-korea/100225/comic-book-north-korea (source: globalpost.com)

It's not who you'd expect
Booz & Company's annual endangered industries list: chemicals, retail banking, consumer packaged goods, engineered products and services, oil and gas, technology. Find out why http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00022?gko=2c2d5&cid=enews20100309&pg=all#consumerpackagedgoods (source: Strategy + Business, 3/8/1/0)

So that's a sine wave
After helping his young nephew improve his math skills, hedge fund manager Salman Khan quit his job to teach the world math online through short, low-key YouTube videos. From basic addition to calculus, the "Khan Academy" has been a huge hit, with one algebra lesson garnering over 150K views http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy . (source: PBS News Hour, 3/9/10)

Yay gizmo
The Dow's down 400 points? Who cares when a blinking, wiggling, programmable wi-fi bunny breaks the bad news. http://www.nabaztag.com/en/index.html (source: Murilo. Tx, Murilo)

Here comes the...yikes!
According to Urban Outfitters, the average wedding costs $45K, with the bride spending an average of $4,5K on clothing and accessories. That's why UO and its sister retailer Anthropologie are getting into the business. The company will be launching a new wedding brand by Valentine's 2011. (source: Philly.com, 3/5/10)

Hospitals make you stupid
At least if you're old. A new study shows that patients over 65 who were treated at hospitals for serious and non-serious illnesses were more likely to develop dementia or lose cognitive ability versus those who didn't spend time in a hospital. I'm sure there are lots of caveats to this story, but my grandmother only saw a doctor 4 times in her 90 years (4 babies) and swore avoiding doctors was the secret to her healthy old age. Maybe she was right. (source: NY Times, 3/8/10)

Your briefs are showing
An agency's creative scribblings go public as part of the E*Trade vs. Lohan case http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/10005982/etrades-ugly-creative-process-on-lindsay-ad-shows-that-even-agency-jokes-dont-remain-secret/ (source: bnet, 3/11/10)

Life a little dull?
Always wanted to be kidnapped? Hunted? Or maybe experience life as a high-seas drug smuggler? Ultimate Réalité can make it happen (safely) for 900€. (source: Springwise, 3/10/10)

Changing demos
This year, for the first time in the US, there may be more non-Caucasian babies born than Caucasians. (source: WHEC.com, 3/11/10)

Conan's new gig
"The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television" tour kicks off April 12.