Jan 31, 2010

Alien hellbeast Miles Melman likes his Raisin...

Jan 30, 2010

Jennifer Ward writes in The Atlantic: In the 18th century, when Haiti was still a French colony, the country grew a grand cru of its own: beans of the original arabica typica varietal, the first species of coffee to be cultivated, far superior to the other major commercial varietal, robusta. Consumers in France and Italy coveted the island’s distinctive...

Jan 29, 2010

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Jan 28, 2010

In a recent Newswipe segment, Charlie Brooker poked fun at the tediously derivative visual language habits recycled ad nauseam by reporters in their news packages by putting together a news package using every single one of those tediously derivative visual language habits.  (via...

Jan 28, 2010

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Jan 27, 2010

One of my favorite Protestant bloggers talks about Confession: Some Christians love to talk about the sins of Obama or gays or the mainstream media, but get really animated when I suggest we need to talk about our own, even if they are listed in the Bible dozens of times. If the Gospel isn’t grabbing you by the real sins in your real life, just exactly what is...

Jan 27, 2010

Vijay Anand wanted to do something about widespread bribery in India. He came up with the idea of printing zero-denomination notes and handing them out to officials whenever he was asked for kickbacks as a way to show resistance. Anand took this idea further: to print them en masse, widely publicize them, and give them out to the Indian people...

Jan 26, 2010

via boingboing: The presenters from British TV channel ITV’s Toonatik were filming in London wearing safety gear and brandishing hairdryers. Of course, this presents a danger to Queen and Country, so the ever-vigilant Met held them and issued them a warning under the anti-terrorism act. And Londoners survive another day! “Jamie and I were kitted out in fake...

Jan 26, 2010

Time for Daddy to make some...

Jan 25, 2010

Capitalism only works when it operates in the service of productive activity. Trading mere paper certificates in ever more "innovative" ways is not a substitute for making goods.