September 2009
“You wouldn’t expect much Chris de Burgh or Barry White to come floating...”
– How the iPod became an instrument of war | Science | guardian.co.uk (via @janchip)
WatchIt might be because it’s 4AM and it might be because it’s really that funny, but I just spit sparkling water across the hotel desk.
Planet F*cking Earth
“When the government killed all the pigs in Egypt this spring — in what public...”
– Belatedly, Egypt Spots Flaws in Wiping Out Pigs - NYTimes.com
Watch“Promotes recreation (especially under nighttime lighting) as the answer to boredom, juvenile delinquency and social pathologies.” Oh, and it just happens to be made by GE. ( A Chance to Play )
WatchInternet Archive: [Amateur film: New Orleans Carnival Week, February 22, 1941]
“Seeking Adult Drunk Clown For 30th Birthday Party
“We need an Adult Drunk Clown...”
– Funny Craigslist Ads
WatchWeiden + Kennedy / W+K New York for EA, would have been nice to work on this but we didn’t. Looks good.
“Cerf was skeptical […] he suggested to Dorsey that what Twitter might do...”
– Civics Lessons for and from Silicon Valley at the Gov 2.0 Summit | GOOD
WatchProject M builds Horseshoe Park in Detroit. I can’t even remember how many times I cited their work when I was talking to folks there.
“A “livable city” means vastly different things for many people. In...”
– David Byrne’s Perfect City - WSJ.com (for DC, and thx to kthread)
“expensive, complex, delicate, intrinsically useless, created for some obscure...”
– Faulkner on the Automobile, 1935 from Inventing Green by Alexis Madrigal
“Recently, Amy Utzinger, a mother of four in Tucson, Ariz., let her daughter, 7,...”
– The Walk-to-School Fight - NYTimes.com (for Picnic, 300 Yards, et al)
“I pretend to sleep whilst the driver pretends to be humble to the soldiers who...”
– Six Rules for Off-Roading in China - Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect
Gadabout. King Midget. O-We-Go. →
“Today’s British children are growing up in the ‘information...”
– (In part, for Lisbon talk.) WILLIAM REES-MOGG: This is the age of billionaires - and feral children | Mail Online
