Yoko Ono, Jim Henson, Ayn Rand and Sidney Nolan walk into a bar…

Dec 13

Yoko Ono, Jim Henson, Ayn Rand and Sidney Nolan walk into a bar…

A transcript of an online chat between Yoko Ono, Jim Henson, Ayn Rand and Sidney Nolan on ARPANet in 1974. Awesome.

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Willful Ignorance: A Literary Drinking Game

Dec 12

Willful Ignorance: A Literary Drinking Game

A thinking person’s drinking game.

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Ancient Domains of Mystery Revived!

Sep 14

Ancient Domains of Mystery Revived!

I grew up playing Rogue-like games. Well, originally, I grew up playing Rogue. My friend William and I pretty consistently picked names like Gimli and Legolas and plummeted towards the big decisions in life: mainly whether or not to put on a ring of invisibility when it seemed to make us need food more often.

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Clinton Speech Live Direction

Sep 07

Editing maestro Dylan Reeve has put together this fascinating split-screen behind-the-scenes look at how the Clinton speech was presented (incorporating a footage posted by Dave Weakly). Seriously, fascinating.

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Marketing Cigarette Packaging

Sep 06

Marketing Cigarette Packaging

So, I saw the British American Tobacco ad against plain packaging last night. I don’t watch a lot of TV, so I hadn’t come across it before. I actually saw it about three times through the course of the evening, assuming it was an ad for some kind of wine label, before my attention was caught by the mention of BAT.

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Wellington Rape Crisis needs your help

Aug 14

With increased demand and decreased funding, Wellington Rape Crisis announced yesterday that they’ll reducing their available hours to four days a week. Additionally, if they don’t raise $55,o00 to meet a shortfall before April next year, they’ll have to close up shop entirely. That’s unacceptable. 350 people giving $20 a month until April is...

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