'excesses of capitalism'

Maybe you shouldn't buy that
[Bifurcated Rivets]
Posted by jenett on 05/06/09

'A History in Postcards'

The Changing Face of Southern California [lii]
Posted by jenett on 04/16/09

Tokyo's film cameras

tokyo camera style

We are at the point where people who shoot film do simply because they choose to, and the Photo Culture of Tokyo is full of film camera users. When I meet them out on the streets I'll ask to photograph their camera, and post it here.

Posted by jenett on 03/30/09

'Salon owners... expressed relief'

New Jersey backpedals on proposed bikini waxing ban
Posted by jenett on 03/21/09

'thinking outside the box'

EDAR – "Everyone Deserves A Roof"
[surfstation]
Posted by jenett on 03/19/09

a 'school with no curriculum'

The Public School
[Social Design Notes]
Posted by jenett on 03/16/09

'examines the diversity'

American Journal Magazine
[Ample Sanity]
Posted by jenett on 02/21/09

public domain audiobooks

LibriVox – "acoustical liberation of books in the public domain"
Posted by jenett on 01/30/09

'by and for the street community'

Homeless Nation
[a delicious indulgence]
Posted by jenett on 01/26/09

a new day

a new day

Posted by jenett on 01/20/09

more 'hyperlocal'

The Motor(less) City
[Bifurcated Rivets]
Posted by jenett on 01/15/09

'a hyperlocal blog'

fitzroyalty
Posted by jenett on 01/13/09

international photojournalism

Photo Gallery: 2008 -- The Year in Photos
Posted by jenett on 01/02/09

'Isotype' symbols

Gerd Arntz Web Archive
[inspire me]
Posted by jenett on 12/19/08

'a collection of things'

today and tomorrow – "The most frequent topics are advertising, art, design, fashion, music and sneakers."
Posted by jenett on 12/15/08

'hip-hop video blog'

ill doctrine
Posted by jenett on 09/07/08

Indie = Low self-esteem?

Music tastes link to personality
Posted by jenett on 09/05/08

extensive Dylan resource

Bob Dylan: Chords and Lyrics
[anarchaia]
Posted by jenett on 08/10/08

'Look at you!'

Faces of Bellingham©
Posted by jenett on 07/27/08

opening access to archives*

NPR API is Live on NPR.org

*some content excluded (see follow-up)

Posted by jenett on 07/16/08

true number could be higher

Blogger arrests hit record high

More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report.

Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report...

Posted by jenett on 06/16/08

NYC's Livable Streets movement

Streetsblog
Posted by jenett on 05/17/08

middle of the road activism

Pedestrian Satyagraha
[Social Design Notes]
Posted by jenett on 04/20/08

Japanese matchbox labels

Match World Virtual Museum
[pica + pixel]
Posted by jenett on 04/08/08

cultural archetypes

Beer Emotions – "For every culture - the body language that passes for full-on satisfaction."
Posted by jenett on 03/20/08

'independent WebTV'

Counteract.tv – "films where people and not politics are the headlines" [Ample Sanity]
Posted by jenett on 03/03/08

public art program

no longer available
Posted by jenett on 03/02/08

'most acceptable rodent'

Hamster prices triple in China
Posted by jenett on 02/12/08

life's many predicaments

Sausage shortage looms for Swiss

Swiss butchers have raised the alarm over a shortage of the Brazilian cows' intestines used to wrap the nation's favourite sausage, the Cervelat....

A joint "Task Force Cervelat" composed of scientists, bureaucrats and industry representatives has been formed to tackle the sausage crisis.

Posted by jenett on 01/15/08

the 'Intellectual YouTube'

Big Think - We Are What You Think
[Beet.TV]
Posted by jenett on 01/13/08

hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

US town escapes 666 phone prefix – "A town in the US state of Louisiana is to be allowed to change its telephone prefix so that residents can avoid a number many associate with the Devil...."
Posted by jenett on 12/29/07

a look at 'ancient history'

The Psychedelic '60s [lli.org]
Posted by jenett on 11/08/07

advertising in public space

The Anti-Advertising Agency
The steady normalization of invasive advertising dulls the public’s perception of their surroundings, re-enforcing a general attitude of powerlessness toward creativity and change, thus a cycle develops enabling advertisers to slowly and consistently increase the saturation of advertising with little or no public outcry.
Related project: www.PeopleProducts123.com (see coolstop review)
Posted by jenett on 11/07/07

'Arts in the Parks'

Boaz Vaadia's Sculptures at Morningside Park, NYC
Posted by jenett on 10/08/07

police remove 'offending loo'

Row over Italian toilet artwork
Posted by jenett on 10/06/07

a different era...

Just another brick in the wall?
Posted by jenett on 10/02/07

'under surveillance'

Small Print / Large Print
Posted by jenett on 10/01/07

'modern self-portraits'

Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism
...Social networking websites may make relationships more reliable, but whether those relationships can be humanly satisfying remains to be seen.
[Justin Blanton]
Posted by jenett on 10/01/07

in search of a national slogan

1,000 mottos for the UK
National mottos have been around almost as long as nation states, yet the UK has been characteristically demure about committing a spirited slogan to paper....

...So, in the interests of representing Britain in all its rich diversity, below, we present not 10, not 100 but 1,000+ of the best mottos for the UK, submitted by our readers.
Posted by jenett on 09/25/07

more 'air guitar'

Air Guitar III
Posted by jenett on 09/24/07

teaching the wrong values

On teaching artists' rights
[EFF]
Posted by jenett on 09/21/07

'collective portrait'

Get Lost: Artists Map Downtown New York
[Squandrous]
Posted by jenett on 09/16/07

contemporary culture

Self Selector – "articles on design, art, music, architecture, books..."
Posted by jenett on 09/12/07

age of the 'the Prozac defense'

Mindset List 2011
Most of the students entering College this fall, members of the Class of 2011, were born in 1989. For them, Alvin Ailey, Andrei Sakharov, Huey Newton, Emperor Hirohito, Ted Bundy, Abbie Hoffman, and Don the Beachcomber have always been dead.
[unalog]
Posted by jenett on 08/31/07

'master, not mister'

Weird Sex Laws
[Squandrous]
Posted by jenett on 08/22/07

'Design and Social Change'

Reduce & Reuse Gallery – "How might you encourage people to use waste, and/or consume less? Invent a creative way to reuse something, or invent a device or object that uses waste in a meaningful way." [Swikiri]
Posted by jenett on 08/13/07

thin-skinned King

Malaysia cracks down on bloggers
Posted by jenett on 07/27/07

'communication in public spaces'

urbanarchives.org
[unalog]
Posted by jenett on 07/23/07

experiments and demos

Face Research – "psychology experiments about preferences for faces and voices"
Posted by jenett on 06/20/07

'to complexify small things'

The Institute for Infinitely Small Things – "a research organization whose mission is to invent and distribute new practices of political engagement in everyday life" [unalog]
Posted by jenett on 06/17/07

'forbidden exposures'

US town set to ban saggy trousers
Posted by jenett on 06/15/07

about culture...

tinyways – "This is not a blog. tinyways is about culture, and this is said because a wider term was not found. All of this is because music is not just music, a book is not just a book, a movie is not just a movie and a play is not just a play, but tinyways is just tiny, yet it does pretend to show a way."
Posted by jenett on 06/13/07

'money changing hands'

Sounds of the City
Posted by jenett on 05/22/07

'perfect place'

Immersed in Japan's media pods
[pixelsurgeon]
Posted by jenett on 05/21/07

unusual street posters

First Responders
Posted by jenett on 04/30/07

'mixed views'

Brazil rainforest internet plan – "A move to provide free internet access to native Indian tribes to help protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal logging has been announced in Brazil..."
Posted by jenett on 03/30/07

Ukranian street art

graffitizone
[Ireneo's Memory]
Posted by jenett on 03/29/07

digital collection

Cities Around the World – "presents over 6,100 photographic images from the slide collections of the American Geographical Society Library" [lii.org]
Posted by jenett on 03/14/07

'lifelogging'

On The Record, All the Time – "Researchers digitally capture the daily flow of life. Should they?" [randomWalks]
Posted by jenett on 03/10/07

a favorite...

15x15 (Flash)
Posted by jenett on 02/19/07

gallery of unused objects

the 'best before project'
[Guerrilla Innovation]
Posted by jenett on 01/30/07

interactive Java applet

Genealogy of Influence – "a visualization of the connections between the most influential writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians of Western culture" [Ireneo's Memory]
Posted by jenett on 01/25/07

to provoke thought...

Le Grand Content (Quicktime)
[NOTCOT]
Posted by jenett on 01/21/07

blog plus fashion mag

Istanbul Street Style – "a collection of symbols and characters, images that celebrate avant-garde style and individualism as witnessed on the streets of Istanbul"
Posted by jenett on 01/17/07

'thriving street art scene'

Yogyakarta Street Art
Posted by jenett on 01/14/07

local music scenes

tourfilter
Posted by jenett on 01/02/07

'Godfather of Soul'

Soul star James Brown dies at 73
[pixelsurgeon]
Posted by jenett on 12/25/06

the 'new India'

Mumbai
Posted by jenett on 12/17/06

'new vision of the city'

Naive Questions - Mobile Phone Cameras and Video
Posted by jenett on 10/29/06

'compulsive internet use'

US shows signs of net addiction
Posted by jenett on 10/20/06

woodblock prints

Japanese Print Virtual Tour
[lli.org]
Posted by jenett on 08/05/06

graffiti in Iran

Irangraffiti [A.R.T.!]
Posted by jenett on 08/02/06

'from innocence to experience'

The New Settlers of New Mexico
Photographs by Irwin Klein
1967-71
[Space and Culture]
Posted by jenett on 07/23/06

in photos...

US Air Guitar Championships
Posted by jenett on 06/24/06

'vibrantly multi-cultural'

Thursday afternoon in Singapore
Posted by jenett on 06/18/06

'bands coming to your town'

Podbop
[Ample Sanity]
Posted by jenett on 05/08/06

first issue...

Superman, June, 1938
[robot wisdom weblog]
Posted by jenett on 05/07/06

food for thought...

Dance, Monkeys, Dance (Flash)
[Talideon.com Linklog < The Community At Large]
Posted by jenett on 04/24/06

Exploring Underground NY

NYC24: The Underground Issue
[blog.bsing.net]
Posted by jenett on 03/21/06

Domino's Pizza founder...

Tycoon to build porn-free town – "Ave Maria will be run on strict Catholic lines, with no selling of porn, condoms or birth control pills, and a ban on X-rated cable TV."
Posted by jenett on 03/08/06

strengthens social ties...

Internet serves as 'social glue'
[IFTF's Future Now]
Posted by jenett on 02/25/06

a photoessay...

Toronto Posters
[Space and Culture]
Posted by jenett on 01/19/06

Detroit area graffiti

Eastern Market Graffiti
Posted by jenett on 12/29/05

independent films

Folkstreams.net – "The mission of Folkstreams.net is to build a national preserve of documentary films about American folk or roots culture. Produced by independent filmmakers, these hard-to-find films give voice to the arts and experience of diverse American groups. They are streamed on the website together with background materials that highlight the history and aesthetic importance of the traditions and the films." [lii.org]
Posted by jenett on 10/13/05

'exploring cultures'

artist-at-large.com
[plasticpilots]
Posted by jenett on 09/17/05

science and culture

Ingenious – "seeing things differently"
[del.icio.us/]
Posted by jenett on 09/16/04

London

:: s c i c u l t ::
"bridging science & culture through contemporary art"
[del.icio.us/tag/art
Posted by jenett on 04/25/04

"art, music, literature and film"

Flashpoints  [newthings]
Posted by jenett on 01/09/04
random ageless
Less Than Useless
daily pointers
In association with
AORTAL - the anti-portal,
here's today's daily pointers:

07/04/09
Positively Melancholy
Justin Walker
Roland Allen

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