If you want to write, write. If you want to be a film maker, make films.
Micah Lexier, A work of art in the form of a quantity of coins equal to the number of months of the statistical life expectancy of a child born January 6, 1995, 1995, 906 custom-minted copper coins, each engraved with a number from 1 to 906, two metal document boxes with wooden inserts, wood shelves. One coin is to be transferred on the 6th day of each month until all the coins have been transferred. The work has an active life of 75.5 years. In the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Lovely little guerrilla exchange library in the streets of Bogota.
(Photo by Paola Antonelli)
Here’s to passion…
Caux Collective Redirects: Nextdoor
With the tagline, “When neighbours start talking, good things happen” the private social network for neighbourhoods Nextdoor are aiming to help the people of the USA connect with those who live close to them. By offering a free and secure service, with aesthetics and functionality noticeably inspired by Facebook’s universal approach, Nextdoor give residents the opportunity to create a social network specific to your neighbourhoods.
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Sound Break: Serve with sketchy roads and fast bicycles.
The Rise Of The Suburban Poor
The Rise Of The Suburban Poor. http://goo.gl/mag/ITNw8wB
“Whenever you put your body online, in some way you are in conversation with porn,” writes Ann Hirsch.
Scanning the Heavens: Stop saying "I don't care if you search my phone records, I have nothing to hide."
I don’t know how many times this week I have heard the old standby, ”Well who cares if they look at your phone calls? I don’t have anything to hide.” In the next several posts I want to explore some of this. I am drawing liberally (not conservatively) from Daniel Solove’s wonderful book, …
Sound Break: Serve with heat waves and the occasional breeze.
A Mesmerizing Attack Of The GIF Clones. http://goo.gl/mag/LsR9bCS
