Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Tropicana Ditches Design



It was pretty ugly. These are the same people that did the new Pepsi symbol and their manifesto for this new look, "Breathtaking" has been circulating, to much laughter, on the web.

Link to the Tropicana article.

You should see the full document linked on this linked page. It is pretty amazingly ostentatious.Link to "Breathtaking".

It reminds me of this funny BoingBoing about some "science bullshitting" by an electronic encryption company. Link.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Twelfth Night or What the...?


If you are interested a link to my paper is here.

What to Expect When You Are Expecting a Les Savy Fav Show



It sounds like it could be a pretty fun show. Link.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Friday, February 20, 2009

Something Terrifying is Going to Happen to San Francisco on 3/20



Link

Second-person in fiction compels you

You sit down at your computer. You blog, "Research published in the journal Psychological Science suggests that, while frequently annoying, the use of the second person in fiction compels readers to form more vivid identification in literature." You save the blog post.

From Boing Boing Boing Boing Boing Boing.

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