[Sponsor] Demigod designer Philippe Starck has perfectly deconstructed the wristwatch by completely eliminating the center of the dial. All that is left is a big hole where traditional timekeeping has been flushed down the horological toilet. Surrounding the negative space where a watch once seemed to be isn't quite digital and not really analog but both do seem to co-exist in the perfectly designed Starck O-Ring Watches. Minutes are seen as liquid crystal segments growing clockwise around the donut shaped LCD display. The digital representation of hours show through the blocks either positively or negatively, depending where the minutes are located. Simply put, it's revolutionary. See all the Philippe Starck Watches at Watchismo
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 01, 2012 08:44 am Etsy seller Tracy Widdess's "Brutal Knitting" project features a number of truly remarkable soft, knitted monster masks. Brutal Knitting (via The Mary Sue)
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 01, 2012 02:37 am The UK Home Secretary has announced changes to the "Life in the UK" immigrant test. Instead of containing information on human rights, the nature of the political structure of the UK and the EU, and who has the legitimate right to access benefits, the test will focus on useful things that everyone in Britain really ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 30, 2012 02:50 pm This WashPo column by Marion Brady ("veteran teacher, administrator, curriculum designer and author") enumerates reason after reason to oppose standardized testing, the major educational technique in use in much of the world today. It's such a good (and depressing) list that it's hard not to quote it in its entirety: Opposition to the present orgy ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 30, 2012 01:52 pm Before I read this memoir, You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations, I'd never heard of the author Michael Ian Black. After reading it, I still know little about his career, because he barely mentions what he does. Black was on a comedy show on MTV in the early ...
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