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Monday, February 11th, 2008
A couple of days ago, I finished reading Walter Kirn‘s hilarious article, The Autumn of the Multitaskers, in the current issue of The Atlantic monthly. I suppose part of “successful” multitasking (if you grant that multitasking actually exists successfully in any way shape or form) is having a clear vision of what exactly it is […]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Very fun site — tons to explore, much to hear. I have one invite left… Fairtilizer – Track 3898 – Chungking – Love Is Here To Stay (Kissy Sell Out’s Own Private Idaho)
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Friday, June 8th, 2007
An amazing ad for Nike on YouTube, must see. (Click through — I can’t seem to be able to embed YouTube videos here.) (found via if! from PSFK, who got it via Buenos Aires Spotting. Thanks, guys!) (PS/edit: in particular, if you want more background information on the ad, click through to Buenos Aires Spotting […]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
MIT Technology Review blogger Simson Garfinkel just posted an interview with Brian Shuster, CEO of Red Light Center, a virtual reality site for, well, red light type activities (or what a homogenised and American-centric perspective believes to be red light reality). I watched the introduction (which you can view without having to open an account […]
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
This is interesting — via cultural blah blah: the sexy mobile home. Did I say sexy? I meant sexy! This isn’t your hick cousin’s trailer park trailer: this is tasty…. Called the Loft Cube, it’s currently making the rounds in Europe, according to Men Style. The design is by Werner Aisslinger. It’s 400-550 square feet, […]
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
I think I must be getting old or something, or else maybe it’s Carneval… Ok, I don’t know what to say. Must be the hair down my throat… Click on the link: The Hole – video powered by Metacafe What is on his chest, though? (via Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion, via Regine.)
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
I was going to write “that was easy,” but realised that while it was “easy,” it wasn’t easy. “Clean” more appropriately describes the procedure: surgical, “that’s it, then,” as they put it. I just deleted my flickr account. Now I’m off to the theatre. Am going to see something called [storm], by battery opera of […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria has an exhibition centered on “the Baroque” currently on view. There are a few “old master” paintings (nothing first-rate), some prints & etchings, and then there’s the “Contemporary Baroque” piece of it, featuring the work of a single local artist (not well-known) as well as the (infamously known — […]
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Friday, January 12th, 2007
On Jan.8, J.C. Scott, a local designer who has “an upcoming role promoting arts and culture through Tourism Victoria,” mused in the local paper about how Victoria might go about being “in search of our cultural mark” (that was the title of the article). He used the article to think out loud about how we […]
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