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Hangover Anatomy

2009-11-10T06:03:09Z

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I Am Free

2009-10-24T06:34:53Z

"go to work, send your kids to school, follow fashion, act normal, walk on the pavements, watch T.V., save for your old age, obey the law, Repeat after me: I am free"

Amazing graffiti on Philip St, Bedminster in Bristol, UK (opposite Windmill City Farm).

Photo by pshab on Flickr.

David Hlynsky's Communist Era Store Windows

2009-10-23T02:39:22Z

Between 1986 and 1990, I made approximately 8,000 color, Hasselblad images on the streets of Communist Europe. I purposely avoided dramatic moments and newsworthy events. In a cityscape without commercial seduction, banality seemed to signify everything. At first I was interested in simple pedestrian traffic. Later I doggedly documented store windows. These seemed to signify the real difference between East and West. Without the garish ad campaigns of the West, these streets felt more neutral... devoid of trumped up and pumped up urgency.

I shop: Communist era store windows [davidhlynsky.com]

Jack Peñate, Pull My Heart Away

2009-09-30T03:20:36Z

Jack Peñate - "Pull My Heart Away" [XL Recordings, 2009] [Buy]

Linkage: Lamebook

2009-09-16T03:09:39Z

Lamebook is for fun and the name says it all: We post lame and funny pictures, status updates, and other gems found on your favorite social networking site.

Lamebook

Wells Fargo Executive Caught Partying In Foreclosed Home

2009-09-16T00:22:54Z

For an executive at the US bank Wells Fargo, a repossessed $12m beach house in southern California proved just too tempting. The financial institution has fired a top loans officer for using a luxurious Malibu property for a series of family getaways, culminating in a summer party at which guests arrived by yacht. The beach house, in an exclusive gated development where neighbours include the Hollywood actor Tom Hanks, fell into the hands of Wells Fargo when its owners lost their savings to the Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff, leaving them unable to service loans on the property.

Talk about adding insult to injury...

Wells Fargo fires executive who partied at repossessed Malibu mansion [Guardian]

Popular Websites In Their Early Days

2009-09-04T05:00:34Z

Ever wondered how some of the most popular websites such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook, MySpace or Twitter looked like when they launched? Guardian has put together a collection of screenshots displaying how some of today's biggest and busiest websites looked back in the early days. If that's not enough, you can satisfy you retro fetish over at WayBackMachine where you can browse over 150 billion web pages archived from 1996, including this blog.

WWF's Controversial 9/11 Ad Campaign

2009-09-04T00:57:03Z

There is a lot of controversy going on about the print and video ads from DDB Brazil for WWF (World Wildlife Fund), comparing the events of 9/11 terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and tsunami disasters in Asia. To me, this ad campaign doesn't make any sense. I mean, comparing a terrorist act with a natural disaster? Hello! Don't you have any compassion or what?

WWF today issued the following statement in response:

"We deeply regret that the information we provided, while given in good faith, may not have been completely accurate. We stand by our earlier statements that the ad was utterly inappropriate and should never have seen the light of day. It does not in any way reflect the thoughts and feelings of the people of World Wildlife Fund. Again, WWF-US strongly condemns this ad and offers our sincere and heartfelt apologies."

Full statement here.

Linkage: People of Walmart

2009-09-04T00:33:49Z

This photo blog made my day. Hilarious!

People of Walmart was founded in August of 2009 by three friends and roommates after an inspirational trip to WalMart. Let's face it; we all have seen the people who obviously don’t have mirrors and/or family and friends to lock them in a basement, and they all seem to congregate at Walmart. It's not everywhere that you can shop for milk at 10 a.m. next to a 400lb mother of 6 wearing a pink tube top, leopard tights, and hooker heels.

I've been to WalMart only once while on vacation in North Carolina. We went there to get some beers and snacks since it was the only place open at 1am. The store itself was massive, almost the size of a small stadium, and packed with almost everything you could think of. No "interesting" creatures though :-(

People of Walmart [Via FriskyGeek]

Resume Epic FAIL

2009-09-02T07:05:49Z

This is an excerpt from a hilarious resume that some random person dropped off at my job yesterday. Just read the last paragraph... epic! BTW, sorry for the image quality. The pic was taken with my iPhone.

Facebook for iPhone 3.0

2009-08-27T21:50:43Z

The long-awaited upgrade to Facebook's iPhone app, version 3.0, is now available for download from the app store. I love the new interface: it's fast, simple and easy to use. Also the ability to add links to your favorite pages is really cool.

Video: Social Media Revolution

2009-08-19T00:46:27Z

Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the World of Socialnomics.

It's amazing to see how massive the Internet social boom has been over the course of last couple of years. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube... it's mind-blowing.

90 Percent of U.S. Bills Carry Traces of Cocaine

2009-08-18T08:57:04Z

Research presented this weekend reinforced previous findings that 90 percent of paper money circulating in U.S. cities contains traces of cocaine. [...] A hundred percent of the sample bills collected from major cities such as Miami, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts; and Detroit, Michigan, tested positive for cocaine, but samples collected from smaller cities such as Salt Lake City, Utah; Niagara Falls, New York; and Dearborn, Michigan, had 87 to 67 percent.

WOW! That should really boost the dollar exchange rate through the roof.

90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine [CNN]

Quote: Albert Einstein

2009-08-14T00:14:21Z

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

—Albert Einstein

Twitter needs to scale. ASAP

2009-08-10T07:28:23Z

Yup, down and unstable once again. I think Twitter needs to scale and re-design its IT infrastructure ASAP before its too late and users get even more frustrated. Such downtime and slow response is simply unacceptable. Period.