Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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StarShipSofa stories, volume 2

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 02:12 AM PDT

Tony from the Hugo-award-winning sf podcast StarShipSofa writes, "Hugo winning StarShipSofa launches her second anthology collection, StarShipSofa Stories Vol 2, featuring works by among others China Mieville, Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow and a host of others. There are six different editions to choose from, starting at £3.99 for plain text epub, to editions containing extras, personal effects donated by all the writers, right up to a collectors' hardback special edition including extras and original signatures for £89. There's only 25 copies of these." (Thanks, Tony!)



IKEA Heights: covert soap-opera shot in an IKEA

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Minecraft creator earns $350K in one day

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Eight-mile long Minecraft highway

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:54 AM PDT

Wagner James Au sez, "Working 20 hours over a few weeks, a young art student made this awesomely long Minecraft rail, and a hypnotic video to go with it."

Other World Notes: Man Makes 8 Mile Minecart Rail in Minecraft & Beautiful Timelapse Machinima to Show It Off (Thanks, James, via Submitterator)



Mushroom LED lamps + driftwood

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT


These beautiful Japanese "mushroom lamps" use mushroom-shaped LEDs and found bits of driftwood and salvage lumber to make something that balances on the knife-edge between kitsch and sweet.

Mushroom Lamps (via Red Ferret)



Depressing million-dollar London homes

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Here's an Oobject gallery of "Depressing million-dollar London property" -- houses and flats for sale at or above the million dollar (£650K) range. It's true that London's residential property hasn't fallen as precipitously as the US equivalent, but commercial property is sure down a big notch; today I'm signing the lease on a new office in the same building as the London Hackspace, next to a train station and a public bicycle lockup, with a loading bay, lift, balcony, sink, etc, that's twice the size of my old office in a shitty Clerkenwell building -- and paying the same as I've been paying to date for all those extras (added bonus: it's only 10 minutes' walk from the (grotesquely overvalued) flat!).

Shown here: "Near the Arsenal football club, this utilitarian looking squat box was originally designed for blue collar workers, now it probably contains a lawyer."

Its October 2010 and Chinese property booms while most of the Western world's houses have shrunk to more realistic levels. In the US, homes have ceased to be ATMs to buy oriental barbecues, but in Britain, a crowded island with a cultural attachment to carving out a personal defensible space Englishmen's homes are still castles, with prices to match.

As US housing prices adjusted, UK ones, faltered then regained their losses smack in the middle of the recession. This time things look different, with last month seeing the largest dip in housing prices in history. Perhaps prices in Britain will go up forever, or perhaps Britain will be like Japan, another crowded island which had the same phenomenon and where eventual capitulation resulted in a crash where property is worth less than a decade ago?

One way to judge judge this is to look at what a million dollars gets you in London and its hinterland - a place where an apartment recently sold for a quarter of a billion dollars during the biggest downturn since the Great Depression. Click through each item to read the justification for inclusion.

depressing million dollar london property (via Cribcandy)



3D dino skeleton pancake

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:14 PM PDT

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Genius pancake dude Jim (of Jim's Pancakes) raises the bar for pancake virtuosity with this 3D dinosaur skeleton puzzle made of delicious pancakestuff: "During our recent trip to New York we visited the Museum of Natural History. We got to see some really cool dinosaur skeletons. Allie thought they were pretty cool, so I thought I'd see if I could recreate one in pancake form."

3D Dinosaur Bones Pancake (via Make)



Russia's inflatable tanks, jets and radar installations to fool the "enemy"

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:11 PM PDT

Russia has invited the BBC to inspect its new inflatable arsenal -- a complete range of decoy weapons and entire military installations made of inflatable plastic, intended to fool radar and satellite spy-systems and confuse the "enemy" (um, Belarusian gas pipeline hardcases? Chechen guerrillas? Kleptocrats who've lost Putin's favor? Gangsters?) whoever that might be.
On goes the pump, in goes the air and the plastic sheet begins to rise and take shape. A turret appears, then out pops a long plastic gun barrel. This is an inflatable Russian tank.

When the men pump up their next piece of plastic, this one expands into a S-300 rocket launcher, complete with giant truck and inflatable rockets. It is a cross between a ballistic missile and a bouncy castle.

And waiting to be blown up are inflatable MiG fighter jets - even entire Russian radar stations...They are also very realistic. They are made of a special material that tricks enemy radar and thermal imaging into thinking they are real weapons.

Russia inflates its military with blow-up weapons (via Neatorama)



John Waters narrates tiny dollhouse murder doc

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:06 PM PDT

Ohsolazysusan sez, "John Waters narrates the tiny world of big time murder in Of Dolls and Murder, a documentary film about dollhouse crime scenes (the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death), real life death investigation, and the body farm. Of Dolls and Murder just won best documentary film at the ThrillSpy Film Festival."

Of Dolls and Murder Documentary Film Trailer (Thanks, ohsolazysusan, via Submitterator)



Library of Congress: Copyright is killing sound archiving

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:03 PM PDT

In 2000, the US National Recording Preservation Act mandated the Library of Congress to conduct an in-depth study on the state of audio preservation and archiving. The Library has finished its study and one of its most damning conclusions is that copyright -- not technical format hurdles -- are the major barrier to successful preservation. Simply put, the copyright laws that the recording industry demanded are so onerous that libraries inevitably have to choose whether to be law-breakers or whether to abandon their duty to preserve and archive audio.
"Were copyright law followed to the letter, little audio preservation would be undertaken. Were the law strictly enforced, it would brand virtually all audio preservation as illegal," the study concludes, "Copyright laws related to preservation are neither strictly followed nor strictly enforced. Consequently, some audio preservation is conducted."

While libraries supposedly have some leeway in preserving audio recordings, they find it "virtually impossible to reconcile their responsibility for preserving and making accessible culturally important sound recordings with their obligation to adhere to copyright laws". The problem is that the current provisions in law for audio preservation are "restrictive and anachronistic" in our current digitial age.

There are more problems. While the recording industry undertakes some preservation, they will only preserve those recordings from which they think they might profit in the future (what a surprise). For instance, consider a researcher working on vaudeville who may be interested in vaudevillian recordings on cylinders.

"These performers may have been headliners in their time, but today their names are virtually unknown," the study details, "While scholarly interest in these recordings is high, their economic value to the property holder is negligible. However, legal restrictions governing access to a cylinder produced in 1909 are the same as those governing a compact disc made in 2009, even though it is highly unlikely that the 1909 recording has any revenue potential for the rights holder."

US Library of Congress: Copyright Is Destroying Historic Audio (Thanks, Dwiff!)

(Image: Historic Recorded Sound Demo May 12, 2010, a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (2.0) image from esteemedhelga's photostream)



A sweet, funny, random "Coming Out Day" testimonial

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 08:52 PM PDT

"It's ok to be yourself and love twirly buff men that get slapped lightly in the face with feathers because it's your life and don't let anyone tell you how to live it. Do your best and don't worry. Happy Coming Out Day!"—El Rich. (via Sean Bonner)

CycLAvia attracts over 100,000 cyclists to car-free Los Angeles streets

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 08:17 PM PDT

Beginning of CicLAvia

If you'd told me a year ago that the City of Los Angeles would close off almost 8 miles of primary city streets to let cyclists have free rein for a day I never would have believed it. If I hadn't seen it actually happen with my own eyes yesterday, I'd still be suspicious. But it's true: thanks to the amazing efforts of the die-hard volunteers behind the project, yesterday the first ever CycLAvia (a riff on the South American Ciclovía idea) took place and some 100,000 residents took to their bikes and got a glimpse of what the city might be like if at least some parts of it were car-free.

As an avid cyclist living in LA, I've long said this is an amazing city to bike in and that it takes on a whole new life when you see it from a bicycle. But most often the reaction I get from non-cyclists is that I must be crazy to ride a bike in LA. I'm not, and judging by the photos on flickr and reactions on twitter a ton of people now see the city a little differently. With any luck this is just the first of many upcoming bike-friendly events in the city. I know I can't wait to see where this leads! (Follow @Cyclavia for future details)
CicLAvia

Photos by Tara Brown and Jory Felice

Die Antwoord's $O$ album drops Oct. 12, the Amazon description is somethin' else

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:08 PM PDT

So, Die Antwoord's $O$ album comes out Tuesday October 12. The item description over at Amazon is hilarious. You have to read this. I'm guessing Ninja typed this in himself, and is having the time of life fokkin with everyone, in what's become a spectacularly epic media hack of grand scale. (thanks Sean, fok!)

I don't care if you're my boss, I refuse to attend your naked lawyer vision quest dildo party

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:31 PM PDT

Attorney Steven Eggleston is suing his employer, saying the top partner at the law firm pressured him to participate in a weekend all-male retreat that amounted to a New Age self-discovery/male bonding sausage-fest—or a naked lawyer dildo party, depending on your point of view. Participants were sworn to secrecy, says Eggleston, and that was what he saw as the first sign something hinky was afoot at the "The New Warrior Training Adventure." Snip from AOL News:

Men would be holding hands and walking naked, blindfolded, through a forest. Then they would sit nude in groups of 30 to 50, passing around a wooden dildo and giving lurid details of their sexual history. Eggleston said he found out that the men will grab each other's penises if they wish.

Eggleston didn't like what he read and refused the invitation. Now he's suing the firm and his bosses, saying he was badgered, yelled at and ultimately had his pay slashed to zero for not attending the retreat, held at a Santa Barbara, Calif., mountain campground and sponsored by the ManKind Project, according to a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court.

The AOL News article goes on to detail the response from ManKind Project (Wikipedia), the organizers of the "bonding retreats. Their website describes the events as "a modern male initiation and self-examination. We believe that this is crucial to the development of a healthy and mature male self, no matter how old a man is. " And, "You will see men mentor other men, support each other, play together and form a safe, authentic container where men are free to be exactly who they are, without defenses or masks. During your training you will stand shoulder to shoulder with an immensely rich mix of masculinity, with occupations and ages as wide as masculinity itself."



Eggleston said in the complaint that he was contacted several times by ManKind Project officials who tried to convince him to attend the event. Part of his research revealed that attendees are told to carpool so they would not be able to leave the event once they got there. [Organizer Marshall] Krupp said the men were told to carpool in groups for their "safety." He also confirmed the nude walks and sit-downs with the dildo.


My take: Hey, look, I've been around the block. While nekkid lawyer dingdong-grapplin' ain't my cup of tea, I have participated in other gatherings that would make "The New Warrior Training Adventure" sound very tame indeed. Vision quest or grope fest, who cares what this thing is as long as they're consenting adults, right?


But if it's true that some element of coercion was involved on the part of Eggleston's employer, that would be A Very Bad Thing.


Years ago at a job-job (before I became a freelance journalist, and before my Boing Boing days), I objected just as strongly to being coerced into doing Meyers-Briggs testing by one employer, and to what I learned later was the testing procedure associated with a particular cult, by another.


Common sense says that being pressured into participating in any kind of alternative therapy, spiritual seeking, religion, cult, or new-agey-self-help stuff by your boss is at the very least, totally not cool. And sometimes it's against the law. The "woo" factor isn't the problem I have with it, the coercion by your freakin' boss is.

What Do You Say to a Naked Lawyer? Here's a Suit

(AOL News, via BB Submitterator, thanks Antinous!)

Photograph showing the untimely fate which befell a too inquisitive rat

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT

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From Strand, July 1908

I send you a photograph showing the untimely fate which befell a too inquisitive rat. It had managed to force its way into an ostrich egg, but then found that getting out was quite another matter, and so perished in the miserable manner shown in the following picture, which was sent to me by Mr. William Fisher, Mahalapye, B. Bechuanaland. — Miss G. Gardiner, 78, Guilford Street, W.C.
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Nearly 200 Pentagon cybersecurity regulations, all on a handy, 2-foot-long chart

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Here's a mindblowingly complex and exhaustive info-chart outlining the 193 documents that govern the activities of the Pentagon's geek squads.

Developed by the DASD CIIA (that’s the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber, Identity & Information Assurance), the goal of the chart is to “capture the tremendous breadth of applicable policies, some of which many IA practitioners may not even be aware, in a helpful organizational scheme.” And what a breadth it is: dozens and dozens of directives, strategies, policies, memos, regulations, strategies, white papers, and instructions, from “CNSSD-901: National Security Telecommunications and Information Security Systems Issuance System to “CNSSP-10: National Policy Governing Use of Approved Security Containers in Information System Security Applications to SP 800-37 R1: Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems.

The chart is two feet long. More at Danger Room, where you'll also find a larger copy of the image.

(thanks, Noah Shachtman).

Nobel Prize winner Andre Geim: Awesome? Or Really Awesome?

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:26 PM PDT

Remember the recent Nobel Prize winner who had previously been a recipient of the IgNobel Prize? Turns out, in 2001, the same Andre Geim published a paper in the journal Physica B that was co-authored with his pet hamster, Tisha. (Thanks to Dr. Paul Tinnemans for the tip!)

Blow Your Mind Monday

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:13 PM PDT

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By 1964 there were 1.5 million mobile phone users in the US.

No, really. That's not a joke. It comes directly from a report by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. (And got to me via Atlantic magazine technology guru Alexis Madrigal.) In fact, the first landline-to-mobile service was offered in St. Louis in 1946! Now, granted, we're talking about a radio-based system of car phones which were such energy hogs that headlights noticeably dimmed when people used them. But still. Mobile phones.

That bit of history seemed like a nice way to lead into this equally mind-blowing collection of astounding facts from Reddit—in which we learn that Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid, and other tidbits certain to be a hit at your next stoner gathering (or just make you feel a bit like you're already there).

Fair warning: Not all these facts come with sources. One I really, really want verified: "Duck Hunt is two player. A controller in port 2 controls the ducks." (!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!)

Image: Some rights reserved by stallio

Too much light at night may lead to obesity, study finds

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:25 PM PDT

"Persistent exposure to light at night may lead to weight gain, even without changing physical activity or eating more food, according to new research in mice. Researchers found that mice exposed to a relatively dim light at night over eight weeks had a body mass gain that was about 50 percent more than other mice that lived in a standard light-dark cycle."

The Happy Teeth of Los Angeles

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:11 AM PDT

For reasons I cannot fathom, many dentists in neighborhoods on the East side of Los Angeles advertise their services with large sculptures or signs of grinning molars. Eric Spiegelman has gathered photographic evidence.

Footbike

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 01:09 PM PDT

FootBike Track Bike - Pearl White.jpeg I have used this scooter for three years. I use it to commute to work, about eight miles each way, and it takes about 35 to 45 minutes. It gives an all-around workout much like cross-country skiing. It works the core, glutes, quads, hamstrings, calves, shoulders, and arms. It's different than the previously reviewed Xootr in that it handles and reacts more like a bicycle - and it brakes more safely than a smaller-wheeled scooter, too. I own the more expensive and higher end Track model. It is made with aluminum and is lightweight at 14 pounds. I chose it originally because of it's efficiency and performance. They do make a more affordable Express model which is almost a third of the cost but comes with lower end components. As far as sizing, it's pretty much a one-size-fits-all type of design. If you're shorter than about 4'8" or taller than 6'2' or 6'3" you can adjust the size somewhat by using a different stem for the handlebars. So they accommodate a pretty wide range. I carry it in my car just by taking off the front wheel with the quick release. It's a lot lighter than a bike and doesn't have any of the associated grease from a chain, gears, or pedals. Because of this it easily allows for multi-modal transportation: on the days I do drive to work in my car, I park over a mile from my office and take the scooter in from there. When I go out on the recreational trails, people often want to know what it is and how it works. I have found that it's a great way to meet people! People often call it a "scooterbike" by many when they first see it. I recently joined the FootbikeUSA racing team. We are amateur racers and we do it because it's something that's fun and healthy. While racing the marathon distance (26.2 miles), I've averaged 16.3mph, and in a sprint, I've reached 22.6mph. -- Gary Schmitt [Note: For those looking for a more utilitarian version you can find one at Amish Scooters. They are made in the USA by an Amish family and come in three different sizes with a variety of different colors. Prices range between $170-$250.-- OH] Footbike Express $130 Available from Amazon Footbike Track $370 Available from Amazon Comment on this at Cool Tools. Or, submit a tool!

What not to ask a cop

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:15 AM PDT

Selma Elmore, 44, of Lockland, Ohio, flagged down a police officer at 2:30am on Friday night to ask him two questions: Is there a curfew for adults? No. Is there a warrant for her arrest? Yes. Ooops. From Cincinnati.com:
(Officer Dan) Lyons had discovered Elmore was wanted for allegedly failing to pay a fine as a result of a drug-related conviction, said Sgt. Patrick Sublet.

Elmore took off running, leading the officer on a brief chase that ended when she shoved him into a building, injuring his elbow, Sublet said. Lyons radioed for backup. Other officers apprehended her. She faces a new charge of resisting arrest.

"Cop hurt chasing suspect after odd encounter" (Thanks, Charles Pescovitz!)

Aleister Crowley's rice pilaf recipe

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:17 AM PDT

Make some magick in the kitchen tonight, with an original recipe for rice pilaf by none other than The Great Beast 666 himself, Aleister Crowley. This archival document appears to be missing the page where he instructs you to drizzle virgin's-blood over the completed dish.

New Zealand: The milk ad that big dairy would rather you not see

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:43 AM PDT

Greenpeace produced this clever (and grotesque) "ad" for milk to draw attention to the destruction of South East Asian rainforests to sustain industrial-scale dairy farming in New Zealand. (thanks, Nick Young)

My virtual swag bag for biodiversity and Nagoya COP10 includes Zhu Zhu pets.

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 02:44 AM PDT

So this Nagoya COP10 conference is coming up in a week, and at these events what tends to happen is that all the delegates will receive a "swag bag' of sorts. Actually, the term "swag" is probably over selling it a bit, since what they actually receive is probably better described as a portfolio of resources. In other words, it's less about gadgets, gift cards, and bling, and more about documents and materials that will attempt to inform them on the various issues at stake. Anyway, the teacher in me is also wanting to put together a virtual swag bag of biodiversity things to look at - especially for those who want to quickly get up to speed on the whole thing. Of course, you can read my "Star Wars" jargon infused primers on the conference itself (see parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and a sidebar; or here as a single post), but why not take a gander at a few other things available on the web. You should start with the above panel discussion video. In my opinion, it is excellent - I'm going to get all of my students to check it out. Involving five experts who obviously care a great deal about biodiversity, it's a good and pragmatic overview of all the pertinent issues at stake. Admittedly, it's a little close to homework at times (especially the first few minutes where intros are made), but in terms of packing in a lot of great information, it's well worth a look. Best of all, once the questions start (culled from forums and twitter) it gets engaging and lucid pretty quickly. I loved the bit where the entomologist, Dr. Chris Lyal, defends the weevil, and in doing so, you learn just how kick ass weevils are! The embedded YouTube video just shows the first 8 or so minutes (which includes the introductions), but I highly recommend giving yourself some time to watch the full length version here (think of it as a much more palatable alternative to reading 50 pages of text to stay informed).

However, if reading is more your cup of tea, there are two places in particular where you can dive into the subject. There are many others (for instance, the Guardian's Biodiversity 100 series is great), but I can vouch for two in particular since I've happen to have written pieces for both.

First, if you're more the "I've got an e-reader/iPad and I want to download something" type, the award winning Kyoto Journal (an Asian affairs general interest/academic journal) has just published a special Biodiversity issue. Its awesome, with pieces from a wide variety of experts, writers, educators, and advocates. This specific issue will actually be one of the things provided in the delegate's swag bag. More interesting to us, however, is the fact that the vast majority of the journal has been made available as downloadable pdfs complete with lush graphics, all the more notable since the non-profit magazine has often been applauded for its graphic design. Although you'll have to download articles individually, as oppose to just downloading the journal as a single file, it's definitely well worth a look (in fact, if anyone wants to go to the effort of compiling the pdfs into one, let me know - I can certainly pass that on).

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A second good read is the collection of posts hosted at the "Big Nature Debate" blog (this is actually the same place that hosted the panel discussion above). I've quite enjoyed the posts there, and as an added bonus, there's also a forum where you can weigh in on various discussions. Moreover, this site is the bit where my odd reference to Zhu Zhu pets comes in. The fact that the Boing Boing Shop sells Zhu Zhu pets as sacrificial test subjects is awesomely fitting to me, since the piece I contributed to the site happens to involve these toys:

I just noticed, with some amusement, that the 2010 Toy of the Year is something akin to a cute robotic rodent. Specifically, they are called Zhu Zhu Pets, a mechanical universe of furry and mobile hamsters, expandable with a hamster-like ecosystem complete with wheels, balls, and see through tunnels. The fact that this was announced during the International Year of Biodiversity seems deliciously ironic but maybe also informative? (Read more here)

zhuzhubiodiversity.jpgAnyway, this talk of Zhu Zhu pets has made me think an odd and potentially amusing thought. That is, what if the Nagoya COP10 delegates receive a portfolio that is less about intellectual reading and more about being visually emotive - maybe even a little humorous? A "swag bag" that is less about documents for homework, but more about items that symbolically reference or even heckle the often messed up relationship between government policy, corporate culture, and biodiversity. For instance, how about for every delegate, we supply a Zhu Zhu pet with a little note that reads:

"2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. The 2010 Toy of the Year is a Zhu Zhu pet. What is up with that?"



Armless pianist wins on "China's Got Talent" TV show

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:31 AM PDT


Liu Wei, 23, has won "China's Got Talent"f or his piano playing. He has no arms. From Reuters:

Liu Wei... who lost both his arms aged 10 when he was electrocuted during a game of hide-and-seek, defeated 7-year-old standup comedian Zhang Fengxi at the final on Sunday at the Shanghai Stadium, the Shanghai Daily reported.

The pianist, from Beijing, who taught himself to play the piano at age 18, impressed the audience with his performance of "You're Beautiful," singing and using his feet to play the piano.

He also reported won over the judges by commenting: "At least I have a pair of perfect legs."

"Armless pianist plays with toes to win "China's Got Talent" (Reuters)

Short video profile of Liu Wei with subtitles here. (YouTube)

Stop Lookin' At My Moms

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:29 AM PDT

Video Link. "Stop Lookin' At My Moms" [sic], by The Astronomical Kid (Twitter / Facebook)

Buy the song, or the album: Amazon

Etymological note: "moms" is used to refer to one mother, singular; a regional slang term of familiarity and endearment like "pops."

(via Luke Hoverman / Sean Bonner)



Inside the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:56 AM PDT

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BB pal Mark Dery points us to this glimpse of the "Anatomical Unconscious," a sculpture of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man by the talented Jason Freeny/Moist Productions.



Devo hot dog cycling jersey

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:44 AM PDT

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My 4-year-old son wants to be Devo (specifically, Mark Mothersbaugh) for Halloween, so I visited the official Devo Store to find him a suitable Energy Dome. While there, I noticed this sharp Hot Dog Fresh Cycling Jersey! Unfortunately, spandex doesn't, er, suit me very well.

And for more than you ever wanted to know about Devo Energy Domes, I urge you to visit Devo Obsesso!

People and their desks - a short film

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:45 AM PDT


How do creative people set up their desks? Aaron Trinder visited several offices to find out. Some are messy, some are fastidious. Alfred Stadler, director of Vitra home, likes to keep miniature designer chairs on his desk. I like Kurt Andersen's desk. He tears out small newspaper articles and keeps them under a paperweight. I wish this video had been longer.

Desk - Music and Sound Design (Via Doobybrain)



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