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Monthly Archives: September 2003
Substance of Style
I’m reading a very interesting book by Virginia Postrel called The Substance of Style. Her central thesis is that we have entered the “Age of Aesthetics” and “look and feel” (along with design) is assuming ever-greater importance. Ms. Postrel managed … Continue reading
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New Toothbrush Makes Other Toothbrushes Look Like Worthless Shit
I went ahead a bit the bullet and bought an Oral-B CrossAction toothbrush yesterday. It is a milestone in the evolution of toothbrush design. The cross-hatched bristles and extra-long PowerTip bristles really seem to get into all the nooks and … Continue reading
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WaR, huh!
I’m working on a new site for a research organisation called “Working Against Racism” (or WaR, unfortunately…). It’s coming along now, so I would like to offer it up for any comments and critiques: www.mememachine.net/war/ I’m quite pleased with the … Continue reading
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El Duderino
Go to Lab360 and you can listen to the soundtracks of numerous movies. Splendid idea. I’m listening to The Big Lebowski, which is great even without pictures. Nice one. Tweet This
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Friday Afternoon Links
Fairly self-explanatory: George Bush portrait made out of arseholes Brown Bear on a trampoline (QuickTime). Tweet This
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Tallulah
This is a cat called Tallulah, who was sunbathing on a garden wall in Cambridge. In Cambridge the cats are invariably friendly and approach you expecting to be stroked; in London the cats are wary and run a mile before … Continue reading
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Streatham in beautiful website shock
Well, at least Streatham cemetery is, in the wonderful Afterlife by Jonathan Clark, a truly beautiful photo documentary, enhanced through a subtle and nuanced use of Flash (not often you hear those two adjectives applied to Flash, eh?) I must … Continue reading
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New Kid on the Blog
My wonderfully clever and talented wife Adrienne has a blog. Hoorah! About time. Go now and read about the Marquis de Sade and Geoffrey Boycott. It’s worth it, believe me… Tweet This
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Radical bikes.
Project Laufer is an amazing reinvention of the tandem by some very clever German engineering types. Projects like this give me hope for mankind. Less radical, but still pretty fly is the BigHa Recumbent. Hmmm…maybe I will do a bike … Continue reading
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