December 28, 2012
I am in full support of Idle No More and Chief Theresa Spence’s now perilous hunger strike in a tipi across from Canada’s Parliament buildings in Ottawa. Chief of the beleaguered town on Attawapiskat in Ontario, where inadequate housing has led to a level of misery that attracted even UN censure, Spence is engaged in a desperate gambit to force PM Harper to speak with her.
December 24, 2012
Animation from a kinder, gentler, classier time. Designed by R.O. Blechman and animated by Willis Pyle, 1996, for CBS Christmas station identification.
December 21, 2012
On this strange, shortest day of the year, when the world of course did not end but nevertheless continues its alarming drift into polar melt, I just hope that miraculous creatures like the Venezuelan poodle moth are managing to survive.
December 19, 2012
I like both approaches, preferably in combination: Anonymous’ no-nonsense takedown of the WBC’s internet presence and cell phones, and Russell Brand’s charming, friendly, tolerant yet devastating mockery of some really obnoxious religious extremists.
December 8, 2012
Above is the Eiffel Tower 3D-printed shoe by Continuum via Architizer. Below, 3D printed working models of Theo Jansen’s beachwalking strandbeests. I bought these for my nephews and am still trying to figure out how to assemble and attach the propellors.
December 6, 2012
Other perhaps some other pagan holiday options? Perhaps we could consider Saturnalia. Or, if it must be organized religion, then the Flying Spaghetti Monster whose mockery-loving followers are known as Pastafarians.
December 2, 2012
Unless you’re Howard Moon, zookeeper in the zooniverse, please take the moustache off. Or grow a beard to match. Movember is over; it’s December now.
Unless you’d like women everywhere to grow body hair all over until January.
November 23, 2012
Buy Nothing Day was launched by Vancouver’s Adbusters Magazine.
“The journey towards a sane sustainable future begins with a single step. It could all start with a personal challenge, such as this: make a vow to yourself to participate in Buy Nothing Day this year.
November 22, 2012
An article on fashions in appliance colours (stainless steel vs. white) on oveninfo.com (a kitchen appliance website) quickly leads to a flame war in its comment section. Stainless steel is pitted against avocado and harvest gold, bellbottoms against video games and Vietnam vs.
November 17, 2012
Very nice map of surveillance cameras in downtown Vancouver, by the Vancouver Public Space Network.
Disturbing content aside, it’s a very attractive map.
