Consumerism

All I want (and this and these and this and this funky thing and this and these ingenius things and this awesome mug and this and this clever thing and this beautiful thing and this ) for Christmas… is a lot of money.

December 22, 2008 · 1 min · karan

Essay Question

The objectification of women starts young and is inspired and codified by dolls such as Barbie. Discuss.

December 18, 2008 · 1 min · karan

Firefox 3.1 Supports Mac Multitouch Gestures

Firefox 3.1 (from b2) supports Mac laptop “multitouch” gestures. Firefox brings the sexiness now for sure - the three-finger back/forward swipe is just so natural. Additional support includes pinch-to-zoom, and the rotate photo gesture to flip tabs.

December 13, 2008 · 1 min · karan

Tow Truck Towed

This lady had her car clamped - so she drove off with the tow-truck in tow. That could be an awesome on-the-sly ad for that car. (via Jack, who has just redesigned funkily.)

December 12, 2008 · 1 min · karan

Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak

Kanye follows up Graduation with a brilliant album that you will almost certainly not get on the first listen, if you’re expecting anything like Graduation or Late Registration. Kanye is of course reknowned for his hip-hop, but he takes a turn towards left-field here, experimenting with synth-pop style beats, and heavy on the synth-drums - indeed, half the name of the album, 808s, is for the drum machine used to produce the all-pervasive thumping drum line. ...

December 8, 2008 · 2 min · karan