December 2009
9 posts
UK Consumers To Pay For Online Piracy →
Wowsers writes “An article in The Times states that UK consumers will be hit with an estimated £500m ($800m US) bill to tackle online piracy. The record and film industries have managed to convince…
Believe →
From treehugger.com, via TheMammal’s photostream.
50 Years of Domesticating Foxes For Science →
gamebittk writes “In 1959, Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev set out to breed a tamer fox that would be easier for their handlers in the Russian fur industry to work with. Much to the scientist’s…
Uplifting Mural of the Century →
Continuing the street art theme, this painting by M-City in Moscow is kind of the antidote to murals that paint colorful pictures of utopia. Maybe it’s also a statement about its own…
Hot And Cold (2006) - Dren Maliqi →
Originally via VVORK
Complete Hero →
The Guards Chapel, spiritual home of the Household Division of the British Army, is host to an installation that looks at some of the present-day thoughts on heroes. Complete Hero is a…
Austria: How Social Media Set “Universities on... →
Did you know that at this very moment many universities throughout Europe are occupied by students? Thousands of them are sleeping, cooking, debating and partying in their auditoriums to protest…
Learning from Participatory Advertising →
As the manifesto of the bubble project begins,
“Our communal spaces are being overrun with ads. Train stations, streets, squares, buses, and subways now scream one message after…