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On shortsighted advertising schemes and the power an arbitrary number assigned to products could have on the decisions of consumers.

Just like the good old days.

A variety of homespun video presentation software for all your art installation needs.

"I’d go so far as to say that the majority of the Web design field, by and large, is too easily motivated by technique, that the majority of us are thinking tactically far more often than we’re thinking strategically."

Up to 2GB storage, pretty good battery life, stylish and very useful design. Gift idea: buy one, put a personalized mix on it before giving.

It's all right to hate sports and food, but music a whole different animal. Probably a wolf, these days.

Green, simple healthcare. "Our packaging is made from 100% recycled materials and it is compostable, which means one day, it will probably become a part of a large tree. Maybe you can cut down that tree and make it into a speedboat."

"The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system."

Because I always want to find this ridiculous quote and keep forgetting where it is and who said it.

The world's last feudal state. "In 1991 an unemployed French nuclear physicist named André Gardes attempted a singlehanded invasion of Sark, armed with a semi-automatic weapon. He was arrested by the Island's police officer while sitting on a bench."

An excellent playlist that subtly funhouse-mirrors each track of "In Rainbows", exploring and expanding on themes, influences, and directions. This is awesome.

Badges for when discussion goes foul.

An interesting poetry event to which I went and at which I read and took a few photos.

"History News Network’s poll of 109 historians found that 61 percent of them rank Bush as 'worst ever' among U.S. presidents." "I'm sure he's a great guy," right? Okay, maybe, but that's an irrelevant argument when your job is US President.

On the stress of full-time blogging.

On the price of software.

Beautiful paintings of city spots at night.

What my friends are doing lately. "i punched my friend in the face and she got a nosebleed. we were drunk. i did shrooms and went to a rave. i taught max to braze. i learned to hop freights. i helped run an alleycat race."

What to do if you're robbed.

Excellent and impressively expansive studies of the human form in space, lead, terra cotta, steel... The "Fields" and "Quantum Clouds" projects are a good place to start, but you could spend hours here.

Spectacularly awesome homespun sprite-anime disco gore apocalypse. With happy metal hardcore soundtrack to boot.

"Now, it's very uncool to fall out in someone else's pad."

In case I ever need this.

In case I end up wanting to make Firefox 3 look more look like Safari.

On why entrepreneurs and health food nuts are living right, and cubiclones are missing something. "In an artificial world, only extremists live naturally."

"desire paths... the imprints of 'foot anarchists', individuals who had trodden their own routes into the landscape, regardless of the intentions of government, planners and engineers..."

Explanatory stills from (and a link to) the fantastic new Spoon video.

A go-to source of information about bicycle maintenance, repair and customization

Andy Rutlege on the difference between creativity and self-expression, and the importance of a professional approach to creativity in design.