January 2008
40 posts
Getting Medieval on Your Ass (whatever that means) →
Anthropologist Grant McCracken writes an interesting post about new media vs old - read my psfk post about it! and let me know what you think about my cheeky extension of McCracken’s metaphor plz!!!!!
If Dave Attell hosted "Who Wants to Be a... →
pdf-mags, pdf-mags, get your pdf-mags here →
If you don't really know how the Bloggydome... →
Midday Crisis
Redacted: hardly
Redacted: ugh
Redacted: i have no humour left
Redacted: aaaaaaaaaahwr9 13568120 V7R24907
Redacted: this is so awful
Redacted: but i think i'm going to quit my job
Redacted: go camping alone for a few weeks
Redacted: come back
Redacted: and write a play
Redacted: i have officially lost my shit
Me: DITTO
Idea: Spherical aromatherapy candles that look like the Earth - “Global Warming Votives” (Urban Outfitters would eat this shit up)
WatchAmir had a fake surprise birthday pizza party and we were all invited. I’m not too hard to find, just look for the Asian
A great slidecast re: "The Pirate's Dilemma," the... →
"There Will Be Blood" script, free downloadable... →
The New Influentials →
There seems to be a bit of a witch hunt that’s been generated by this article in Fast Company against theories about Influentials suggested by thinkers like Malcolm Gladwell. ‘They don’t exist!’ explains the author Clive Thompson and this idea seems to be supported by a bunch of ‘toldyouso’ bloggers who would traditionally not be cast as traditional Influencers. Inferiority complex, anyone? Or...
MAD Leads New Generation of Chinese Architects →
CScout has an interesting profile of MAD, a Beijing-based architectural agency that is at the forefront of creative industry in China. MAD is the first Chinese architecture studio to win a design competition outside of China with the Absolute Tower, also dubbed the “Marilyn Monroe building.”
MAD was started by Ma Yansong, a young, Yale-educated Chinese architect, who believes the new generation...
Why The Kids Love Amy Winehouse →
In the Observer, 17 year old Jemima Owen from the UK explains why the young folks love the drug fuelled, bruised and troubled rock and roll star Amy Winehouse:
In the same week she was rushed to hospital after a reported drink-and-drug overdose, her Back to Black was confirmed as the biggest selling album of 2007. Front-page photographs of her patrolling the streets in blood-soaked ballet shoes...
The Secret Life Of Mobile Phones (The Video) →
You may remember that we highlighted the recent piece in the New York Times magazine on the impact of the mobile phone market. Now the guys behind the article have produced a video that summarizes it.
Secret Life Site
[via Inhabitat]
Where's Your Head At? Uhh I mean what's happening... →
What I was working on at work...
Yesterday the NY Times shed some light on the case of the million or so iPhones that had been sold by Apple since its release seven months ago but remain off the radar, activated on neither AT&T nor Apple’s European carriers. Of the 3.75 million iPhones that had been purchased through the end of December, less than 2 million of them have been registered by AT&T. The article explains...
“I’ve been around this block twice now. Looking for something. A clue....”
– this guy.
Idea: I think instead of using quotation marks, we should follow ironic statements with (i), and sincere ones with (s) when there’s a chance of ambiguity.
Saarinen’s Renaissance Continues with New Exhibit →
Eero Saarinen is a Finnish-American architect and designer of the 20th century whose work has experienced a resurgence in recent years. Now an exhibit devoted to his works, “Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future,” will be launching in his hometown of Bloomfield, Michigan at the Cranbrook Art Museum and traveling nationally for the next two years.
Both praised and maligned in his time for his lack of...
Saarinen’s Renaissance Continues with New Exhibit →
Kidrobot for the Masses →
Microsoft Surface and IBM Sensory Box leading us... →
Teaching How to Give Back: Philanthropy Lessons... →
If you're looking for a good place to eat in San... →
2007 wasn't easy. →
A 2 Girls, 1 Cup Parody Worth Watching →
jakoblodwick: This was amazing! My favorite parts were the intro, Cup’s mouth, and when they looped the audio. Reblogged from erockappel, who said: Parodies of “2 Girls, 1 Cup” are SOOOO played out, yet people keep on making them. When I saw the title of this on the ballot at last night’s Channel 101 screening, I cringed. I was so ready to hate it. Unfortunately, it was...
on the job learning
goodriddancetobadnews: + there’s a men’s magazine in China called ‘mangazine’ (see danwei for more details + The China Cricket Association is run by the Multi-Ball Games Administrative Centre, State Sports General Administration, Small Balls Department … i just wanted to “reblog” so i could “remind” myself to catch up with this dear lady, Miss...
First motumblr
Hello new blog audience. Hearts. Love, Christine’s iPhone
Thanks to Ian for re-introducing me to Matthew...
three very intense gentlemen. →
User-Generated IPO: Current TV →
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SH Magazine: The Rise of Contemporary Art in...
Christine Huang investigates whether contemporary art in Shanghai lives up to its growing reputation. (This article was originally published in SH Magazine.)
The world of contemporary art is not invulnerable to economic forces, and this is nowhere more apparent than here in commercially minded Shanghai. What was once limited to the purview of elite artists and culture vultures has become an...
