Mar
31
a monthly design showdown
11:29 pm | 2 Comments
A nifty feature on the website of independent (read: not owned by Corbis or Getty) stock photo agency Veer is their monthly “Lightboxing” showdown, which pits two designers against one another in a competition to create the loveliest design based on a theme and six images and/or fonts.
What a great concept. And the results are […]
Mar
29
stickering it to the man
1:09 pm | 5 Comments
(Ed. note: This post was written yesterday, but technical problems prevented me from posting it.)
One of my best birthday gifts this year was from my dear friend Jess, who bought me a bunch of anti-RIAA stickers from downhillbattle.org, which look a lot like what is shown here. Actually there are two versions, this one and […]
Mar
20
Here’s a wicked little game: try to stump the computer by thinking of a TV character or a dictator, and answering a series of yes/no questions generated by the site. (It says TV sitcom character, but the definition of sitcom is very loose.) I couldn’t beat it with Mike Seaver, or Ellen, or Cliff Claven… […]
Mar
19
it was a shameless party
7:37 pm | Leave a Comment
Took in last night’s fundraiser for Shameless magazine last night, co-hosted by the one and only Incognita. It was a fun little bash, with hot indie rock bands, b-girls doing the hip hop thing, and a even a kissing booth! (I didn’t pay to kiss anyone — but it had its share of customers.)
Shameless is […]
Mar
16
a better budget
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Today, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released its annual Alternative Federal Budget, an under-reported research document that reconsiders the spending priorities of the federal government and offers a realistic budget from a new perspective.
This is the 10th annual edition of the AFB, as an important a policy document as you will see come out […]
Mar
13
chomsky was right
12:50 am | 4 Comments
Pro sports are a diversion to help keep the masses from noticing what’s really happening to their world, Chomsky wrote (or something like that). The following press release is the proof, and it’s so absurd I don’t know whether to laugh or cry:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11 MARCH 2004
CANUCK FANS TO PROTEST MEDIA, SHOW SUPPORT […]
Mar
8
When I first heard about “Women Make the News,” a UNESCO campaign to get women to take over male newspaper editor positions for a day, it seemed like an okay idea. Further reflection tells me it’s another condescending, token offering to try and let women be equal one day of the year: March 8.
As Shannon […]
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