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Jul 23

very small array » The Little Trans-Mongolian Railroadvery small array » The Little Trans-Mongolian Railroad

oobject - Lists of things. Usually design-related. Curation of classifiable objects.

How City Kids Run Their Sidewalk Lemonade Stands -- New York Magazine - As if gas wasn’t bad enough, lemon prices have risen 35 percent over the past year, necessitating new insights into consumer behavior for sidewalk-stand proprietors.

BBC NEWS | Politics | Campaigner 'glues himself to PM' - “There was no stickiness of any significance.”

Jul 22

Big Contrarian → Tacky. - “Whether their strategies work or not is slightly beside the point. It’s cheap. It’s marketing driven, instead of content driven. It’s the type of thinking that leads to a sequel to the movie…

Holy Headlines, Batman!Holy Headlines, Batman!

The Five Dollar Comparison - To explore the relative value of five dollars we are collecting examples from around the world by asking people to submit photos of objects or services that cost the equivalent of $5.

Beijing 2008 Preparations - Three Weeks to Go - The Big Picture - Boston.com - Incredible photographs of the preparations for the Olympics in Beijing. I think the most staggering thing is all the new architecture….though the costumes for the opening ceremony look pretty…

Favtape.com/lastfm/meish - Ooh. Muxtape + last.fm (or Pandora) = Favtape. Listen to 10 of my recently loved last.fm tracks, muxtape style, with links to buy etc. And please forgive the Avril Lavigne - blame the heat.

Jul 20

swissmiss: Renewable Clothing by Fernando Brizio - By placing colored felt-tip pens in the pockets of the dress its appearance changes over time. Within an hour - to one and a half hours the colored ink bleeds into the fabric and creates a one-off…