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Musical lunch! The latest mission from Improv Everywhere.

November 17, 2009, 5:33pm  Comments

» The Poverty Trap

Until you get past $40,000 a year, any raise or higher paying job you get might actually sink you deeper into poverty.

http://trueslant.com/megancottrell/2009/11/13/dont-fall-in-the-poverty-trap-you-might-never-get-out/

November 16, 2009, 3:36pm  Comments

thedailywhat:

Kickass Clock of the Day: The Catena Wall Clock by Andreas Dober utilizes copper digits and an upcycled bike chain to “harken back to traditional mechanical clocks.”

Look, ma — no hands: The figure closest to the central gear reflects the present time.

[via.]

November 11, 2009, 3:01pm  Comments

Vintage Sesame Street was the best, but this is pretty cool, too.

A song about the letter “T” sung by the Plain White Tees to the tune of “Hey There, Delilah.”

November 11, 2009, 2:14pm  Comments

Why the Pursuit of Innovation Usually Fails

From Forbes Magazine

Excerpt:

The answer seems to be innovation. Yet few businesses are any good at innovation. For all their brainstorming exercises and “open innovation” programs, they mostly just come up with reformulations of existing products, new pricing plans and basic updates—the same old things just a little cheaper, faster or better.

Businesses ask their “strategic customers” where to innovate and get little advice. Those customers are usually strategic only in that they are large, not because they have any particular market insight. They too just want more, better and cheaper, which are hardly recommendations for true innovation.

November 10, 2009, 3:53pm   Comments

This is brilliant. The guy took dozens of clips from tv shows/movies and edited them into an original song.  Keep watching…it gets really good about 30 seconds in. (Via kottke.org)

November 09, 2009, 3:48pm  Comments

This basically sums up my views as well. Smart explanation of some of the underlying issues around immigration.

October 20, 2009, 11:28am  Comments

» 20 Food Rules

This is so cute.

I have waaaay more than 20 food rules, personally.

October 09, 2009, 12:22pm  Comments

September 23, 2009, 3:29pm  Comments

This is a STUNNING fan video for Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear. Note that: this is NOT even the official video!

August 25, 2009, 4:02pm  Comments

This is HILARIOUS.

JD’s girlfriend was not a good listener. He was leaving on a trip to Europe for two weeks. She wasn’t aware he had left. Then the emails started.  (via kottke.org)

(the audio is not an issue but there are some printed curse words if you don’t like that sort of thing.)

August 17, 2009, 5:23pm  Comments

Youth MiniSTARZ!  This is SO funny.  Courtesy of Shelly!

August 17, 2009, 3:23pm  Comments

An amazingly beautiful graph.

http://www.xach.com/moviecharts/2009log.html

August 10, 2009, 3:11pm  Comments

Deadline.

I love the creativity that can emerge when you realize that a digital pixel is really just a square.

July 24, 2009, 10:00am  Comments

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Heartbeats (originally Performed by the Knife) by Scala & Kolancy Brothers.

Purchase here:

http://www.scalashop.de/en/cds/alben/itallleadstothis.php

July 23, 2009, 3:14pm  Comments