Indigo Arts presents a collection of painted signboards from barber shops and hair-dressers in Ghana, Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, and Togo . Brightly painted in commercial housepaints on plywood or masonite, these signs are a colorful, humorous, and sometimes outrageous contemporary African folk art. Indigo Arts Gallery | African Barber Signs
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Impatient TV viewers turn to BitTorrent
«If TV companies were to offer episodes for download at a small cost at the same time as they air offline they could generate revenue in the same way that Apple’s iTunes does. However, they must be aware of the dangers of losing their core audience to a delivery method that is free, unregulated and… Fortsett å lese Impatient TV viewers turn to BitTorrent
A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer!
«I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later.» I’m listening to a recording of recently deceased comedian Mitch Hedberg (February 24, 1968 – March 30, 2005), incredibly funny and original material. Most comedians use the same shit that Richard Pryor, Eddie Murpy,… Fortsett å lese A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer!
Arbitron’s Portable People Meter
Engadget: Arbitron’s Portable People Meter Engadget writes about the Portable People MeterPeople Meter, «a pager-like two-inch by half-inch gadget that is supposed to be able to track all the media you’re exposed to throughout the day. Volunteers in Houston who have agreed to test the Portable People Meters are expected to wear them during all… Fortsett å lese Arbitron’s Portable People Meter
Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Flies
ABC News: Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Flies NEW HAVEN, Conn. Apr 8, 2005 – Yale University researchers say their study that used lasers to create remote-controlled fruit flies could lead to a better understanding of overeating and violence in humans. Using the lasers to stimulate specific brain cells, researchers say they were able to make the… Fortsett å lese Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Flies
The Blair watch project
Image via Wikipedia Introducing the Blair watch project from Guardian Unlimited: Election 2005 «Devoted Guardian readers will have read Oliver Burkeman’s account of trying to keep track of Tony Blair in Dorset South yesterday, in which he describes how misdirection sent reporters scampering across southern England, in a ‘meandering day-trip’ in search of the prime… Fortsett å lese The Blair watch project
Can you have too much ease-of-use?
Photo: Snooze, from Flickr (CC) Stipping things down to the bare minimum is Apples mantra. But isn’t easy equal to boring? Excerpt from an interesting article on the subject: Think about it… skiing, dancing, chess, photography, flying, dressage, gardening, dog training, environmental activism, religion… when people are into any of those things passionately (as opposed… Fortsett å lese Can you have too much ease-of-use?
Smileplastics
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Smileplastics has created a solution that gives hard plastics a new life as building materials. On their website you can see interesting uses for this mixed plastics material. I’ve been facinated and frustrated with plastic for years. It is a beautiful material with endless uses, strong, and colorful, but we usually… Fortsett å lese Smileplastics
Seven mile boots
The project SEVEN MILE BOOTS is a pair of interactive shoes with audio. One can wear the boots, walk around as a flaneur simultaneousy in the physical world and in the literal world of the internet. By walking in the physical world one may suddenly encounter a group of people chatting in real time in… Fortsett å lese Seven mile boots