Numa Base Jelly Time Rickroll

Someone has done the academe of contemporary cultural study a great favor by creating an interactive timeline of memes on the internet.



August 6th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: memes, cultural history

Free Books

40 places to find free, unabridged books online. Enjoy!

August 4th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: free books

DIY subversion

Here's one way to get off the grid:



August 3rd, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: effing the man

Photoshop Diplomacy

The revelation that Iran manipulated images of recent weapons exercises to include more missiles has predictably set alight the internet meme machine. I like this image in particular. It reminds me of a great Mark Twain quote: "Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its one sure defense."



July 12th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: Iran, international relations, Hello Kitty

Step 2: Put your kid in that box

From the Smithsonian's Flickr stream of historic, public domain photos, a shot commemorating the end of being able to ship your children by postal mail:



Reads the caption: "This city letter carrier posed for a humorous photograph with a young boy in his mailbag. After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples."

Reposted from BoingBoing.
June 28th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: its my kid in a box baby

Suits me

Israeli suit manufacturer Bagir apparently clothes 1 in 6 European men. And now they are going to start doing it with plastic bottles.

Their new line of Eco-Gir clothing replaces wool and whatnot in favor of recycled plastic bottles. It takes about 30 pop bottles to fashion a complete suit that retails for $200. Lining and all.



No word on what happens if you put Mentos in the pocket of a suit made strictly from bottles of Diet Coke.

I do know what the Harry Rosen men's clothing store intends to do. So says Larry Rosen, Chairman and CEO, in response to my inquiry:

"Thank you for your e mail and for your patronage.

We will certainly be investigating the line of Eco-Gir clothing you mentioned, although we have no immediate plans to carry the Bagir line at this time. A new initiative we have undertaken is to ensure the recyclability of all our bags and boxes this year, as we do feel strongly about the environment."

May 27th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: eco-joy, PVC fashion, do want