December 2010
55 posts
Material Honesty
Victor Papanek calls out hipsters in his 1984 edition of Design for the Real World.
In clothing the need for security through identity has been perverted into role-playing. The consumer can now act out various roles by appearing caparisoned in Naugahyde boots, psuedomilitary uniforms, lumberjack shirts, various types of “survival gear,” and all the other outward trappings of Davy...
“We have very few government agencies that the populace views as looking out for...”
– Steve Wozniak to the FCC. I guess the FCC’s wearing a black hat now.
Watchthedailywhat:
Lights Out: Nicholas Gurewitch of The Perry Bible Fellowship fame directs a normal short film about a normal birthday party where normal things take place.
Note: Your definition of normal may vary.
[b3ta.]
pbf was the good shit.
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Fuck Corn, Save the Bees.
The gov’t has known the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder for awhile. Good job dicking over humanity, EPA. From FastCompany.
The world honey bee population has plunged in recent years, worrying beekeepers and farmers who know how critical bee pollination is for many crops. A number of theories have popped up as to why the North American honey bee population has...
WatchOn a nostalgia kick. This is ZeFrank’s advice on Hiring a Web Developer.
rebeccam asked: I was looking at LL Bean and searched through a bunch of stores from ModCloth to Nordstorms and even looked through etsy. LL Bean bags are great, but they aren't cross-body. That's really my big problem.
I just looked through Jack Spade and oh my goodness, thank you for the recommendation. These bags are great. Are there any other brands you like?
I just looked through Jack Spade and oh my goodness, thank you for the recommendation. These bags are great. Are there any other brands you like?
You are a Conformist (that is, you are human)
Noam Shpancer, Ph.D. writes,
“In my class I sometimes do the following demonstration: I ask two student volunteers to step outside. I tell the remaining students in the class that their task is to avoid all contact and interaction with the volunteers. I promise them points on the next test if they succeed. I then instruct the two waiting outside that their task is to do all they can to...
“We’re preprogrammed to reach out. Empathy is an automated response over which we...”
– Frans de Waal, SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
The Homunculus Fallacy
The homunculus argument is a fallacy arising most commonly in the theory of vision. One may explain (human) vision by noting that light from the outside world forms an image on the retinas in the eyes and something (or someone) in the brain looks at these images as if they are images on a movie screen (this theory of vision is sometimes termed the theory of the Cartesian Theater: it is most...
