Last summer, my friend/insurance liability Justin nearly got into a physical fight with a Palestinian man in downtown Calgary over his wearing of a Keffiyeh-like scarf. The Keffiyeh-like scarf has become an ubiquitous accoutrement on and off the scenester dance floors. It is now an impulse item at the check-out tills in self-conscious anti-culture retailers [...]
Is Rachel Ray a Terrorist? [Indie Rock Scarf Scandal] 05.31.08
Modern Vintage Ads 03.18.08
Worth1000’s photoshopping contest remixes modern products into vintage ads.
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In Defense Of Complaining 02.25.08
The esteemed Cory Doctorow — digital rights activist, novelist, blogger, Canadian — defends complaining in a recent Information Week column.
Companies aren’t charities. They’re businesses. It doesn’t matter why they’re offering an unacceptable product — all that matters is that the product is unacceptable. Companies aren’t five-year-olds bringing their fingerpaintings home from kindergarten. We don’t have [...]
Suicide, middle age, and modern life 02.20.08
Heath Ledger’s passing seemed to re-ignite a wide interest in the causes, treatment, and perception of suicide. Emerging research in the U.S. suggest the interest is long overdue and tremendously misunderstood.
Ledger, it has been revealed, accidentally overdosed. Nonetheless, he sparked a discussion and highlighted the media and society’s obsession with youth suicide.
However, new [...]
LINKS 00005 02.13.08
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New Wave in Yugoslavia at Wikipedia? Fantastic.
Totally Spent: New York Times
The only way out of the recession? Give lower and middle income earnings more buying power, permanently.
Potomac Primaries: Obama Steals Clinton’s Base
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