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• uh-oh: another rural reeducation campaign in SE asia

  [Nope. Still not ready to post on Mumbai. There are, however, dozens of Indian bloggers who are doing an excellent job of covering it, including our dear friend Shruti Rajagopalan. -ed.] The Thai opposition, which has been staging massive protests in Bangkok since August, and occupied the international airport there last week. They are the [...]

  30 Nov 2008 Politics; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-11-30

  DNA India: Shivraj Patil – dogged by criticism, brought down by terror Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil finally steps down after doing everything except protecting his homeland. (tags: india politics) Cato @ Liberty: The Left Embraces the Shock Doctrine The idea of creating and/or taking advantage of crises is phenomenon that the Right is using [...]

  30 Nov 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• chicken head tracking

  This post is not about Mumbai. I’m trying really hard to avoid frothing-at-the-mouth posts, so I’ll direct you to the live feed at Tweet Grid for information on that. Here, I have something completely different. It’s about the physiology of the chicken. They are weird m*&^%$f@!#+rs.

  26 Nov 2008 & Cetera; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-11-26

  swissmiss: requiem for a tea bag A saucer with a special compartment for a used tea bag, preventing excess dripping. (tags: design food) Washington Wire: Bush Pardons a Hip-Hop Artist With Famous Supporters The Fugee's John Forte is pardoned on cocaine charges after everyone from Carly Simon to Sen. Orrin Hatch (!) appealed on his [...]

  26 Nov 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-11-23

  Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: Are you fired? A flowchart. Helpful advice for those in a corporate environment. (tags: humor comics) DNA India – B’day ‘boy’ Advani gets website BJP leader and PM candidate L.K. Advani gets a fancy new personal campaign site, complete with all the modern annoyances. Choppy flash animations, autoplay audio on the [...]

  23 Nov 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• a study of myopia and hysteria

  I like doing things with Helvetica and the Adobe Creative Suite. I also like infographics explaining why many of you are wrong. This is my latest creation.

  23 Nov 2008 Economics, History; 2 comments. permalink   

• spammer chutzpah

  A recent bit of comment spam that Akismet filtered out: to: Admin – If You want to delete your site from my spam list, please visit this site for instructions: [obvious spam site] “If you want me to stop hitting you, please run into my fist.” That takes some balls.

  22 Nov 2008 Nerdery & Sundry; no comments. permalink   

• saved by zero, the movie

  If you watch this commercial, you will DIE. Savedbyzero! Savedbyzero! Savedbyzero! [via Design Observer]

  22 Nov 2008 & Cetera, Pop Culture & Memes; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-11-21

  swissmiss: It's a red, that's all I know! (tags: humor design food) Sprint: Plug into Now. A meticulously-designed information overload. (tags: design advertising web2.0 tech) The Vigorous North: The Black Belt: How Soil Types Determined the 2008 Election in the Deep South A fascinating look into how the rich soils, developed during the Cretaceous period, [...]

  21 Nov 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• dear minnesota

  I’m sorry, but you’re the new Florida. How many ways can you screw up a scantron ballot? I mean, seriously. . . At this point, I’d rather a representative of the Lizard People entered the Senate from Minnesota than either of the two schmucks who are realistically in contention.

  20 Nov 2008 Politics; no comments. permalink