September 2008
18 posts
I'm mildly quotable →
Irina Aleksander and Doree Shafrir of the New York Observer had a funny/illuminating piece yesterday about first-time economic-crisis sufferers in New York City. They were kind enough to quote me without making me sound like the unintentional mess I occasionally am:
“I’ve known a handful of people who talked about Joan Didion essays as a reference to wanting to live in New York, move to New York...
Microsoft's New Ads Created On a Mac →
Look, I know it’s contemporary to hate on Microsoft. I mean, through no fault of their own, they’ve become symbolic of the endemic deadness and mediocrity at the heart of Corporate America. But if you look back at their history as a company, you could easily make the case that their near-monopoly in the mid-90s singlehandedly standardized computer interfaces in a way that made the...
Polar Ice Not Doing so Good, Surprise →
If you aren’t already nervous enough about the upcoming election, here’s a nice tidbit about climate change courtesy of this ‘science’ thing that apparently only half of the country believes in. According to a piece by ArsTechnica, as ice continues to break away from Polar Ice shelves, the region is continuing on a trend towards having no summer ice cover whatsoever:
The...
Bisphenol-A is the new Asbestos, maybe →
My Stupid Neighborhood →
According to the New York Post:
Leaders of South Williamsburg’s Hasidic community said yesterday that bike lanes that bring scantily clad cyclists - especially sexy women - peddling through their neighborhood are definitely not kosher.
The red-faced religious sect is calling on city officials to eliminate the car-free lanes on Wythe and Bedford avenues, and to delay construction of a new...
I made this song sketch this weekend (while my...
RIP David Foster Wallace →
A Fool and His Money: Fractional Song Ownership
The WSJ has an interesting/mildly horrifying article today about a start-up called SongVest that will be auctioning portions of the rights to big-name stars’ songs. According to the article:
Starting next month, Madison, Wis.-based SongVest plans to auction on its Web site portions of the rights to 18 songs recorded by Garth Brooks, Aerosmith, Cher and others. People who buy the songs will...
The Next Big Thing: You Telling Marketers What the...
A long time ago, in the 90s, some savvy entrepreneurs figured out that big companies like Coca-Cola and Nike wanted desperately to know what was cool with the kids in order to stay one step ahead of a culture increasingly at odds with mainstream marketing. Thus the trendspotting revolution launched to prominence companies like Look Look, the Zandl Group, Trendcentral, and many others all dedicated...