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Mar 29th

“I know its mine because it’s broken”:...

Mar 28th

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Mar 28th

The Quiet Coup - The Atlantic (May 2009) ...

Mar 28th

Apple Store Sydney: Facade of the Apple Store in Sydney.

Mar 27th

Jimmy Fenton: Teaching to myself to use flash to fill...

Mar 27th

“There is an easy formula for doing it wrong: publish...”
— ] John Gruber going and being...

Mar 27th

The Geithner plan, as viewed from Oz

Mar 26th

The Big Takeover : Rolling Stone

Mar 26th

“People are pissed off about this financial crisis, and about...”
— ] Matt Taibii, The Big...

Mar 26th

“Any hope for a seamless transition — or any transition...”
— ] Bob Garfield, Chaos Scenario...

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Garfield: 'Chaos Scenario' Has Arrived for...

Mar 25th

Locus Online Features: Cory Doctorow: Writing...

Mar 24th

“Don’t be so gloomy. After all it’s not that...”
— ] Harry Lime, the Third Man

Mar 24th

Daddy, Make the Recession Stop

Mar 24th

Thriving in the Age of Collapse

Mar 24th

DIY Project: Create A Standing Desk From An Old IKEA Coffee...

Mar 24th

“The creative person basically has two kinds of jobs: One is...”
— ] Hugh MacLeod, excerpt from...

Mar 23rd

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Selling out is harder than it looks. Diluting your product to make it more commercial will just...

Mar 23rd

Bulletproof or delusional as Y pops its...

Mar 23rd

Obama's Climate Challenge: Winning the Carbon...

Mar 23rd

Shell oil company bails on most alternative...

Mar 23rd

“Directing is about waking up every night at 4AM, exhausted,...”
— ] Jon Favreau, via Twitter

Mar 22nd

The Guts of a New Machine - The New York...

Mar 22nd

“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it...”
— ] Steve Jobs, The Guts of a...

Mar 22nd

Worship

Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for...

Mar 21st

Home-grown cinema forges ahead

Mar 21st

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « ...

Mar 20th

Link between body clock and metabolism may...

Mar 19th

Mar 18th

Jodo: Cultural Learnings of America for Make...

Mar 18th

Lawyers, Guns and Money: Why Tom Zarek Was...

Mar 17th

Mar 17th

“It’s not just that I saw the downturn coming—it’s that I...”
— ] Douglas Ruskoff, Let It Die:...

Mar 17th

LET IT DIE: Rushkoff on the economy | ARTHUR...

Mar 17th

Mar 17th

Indian Critic All Nettled that Foreign...

Mar 15th

Mystery Man on Film: Unproduced Hitch:...

Mar 15th

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] The Herd, “2020,” music video by Mike Daly (via BoingBoing TV) High-res here: View...

Mar 15th

Mar 12th

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Mar 12th

“That’s not a good way to live or work. Which is why you have...”
— ] David at 37signals on The...

Mar 12th

Stuwillis: @Emveem There are many parties that will profit from a recession: financially, politically, morally. E.g Reserve switching to the Euro.
Emveem: @stuwillis True. Reserve switching to Euro is an interesting, 4 year old concept. Not sure I grasp the moral benefits of this though.
Stuwillis: @Emveem Its also great distraction from the real coming cyclone: inevitable cataclysmic climate change.
Emveem: @stuwillis Re climate change distraction agreed, in ST. Argument it could also aid in addressing. Guardian 8/08: http://budurl.com/l7m5
Stuwillis: @Emveem Well, what was the moral benefit of switching from Gold to the USD? Part of the GFC is because the USD is reserve and undeservedly.
Emveem: @stuwillis. See your point. Unfortunate the USD was the only currency convertible to gold after 2 WWs- & easier to transact with.
Stuwillis: @Emveem So yes, there were advantages; as there are advantages to switching to the Euro... like Europe not being bankrupt since 71.
Stuwillis: @Emveem BTW there were conspiracy theories during the Iraq invasion that it was due to Iraq wanting to move its oil transactions to the Euro

Mar 12th

raindance.co.uk: 10 Twitter Tips For...

Mar 12th

Circe Films: Fitting Itself Up For...

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Mar 11th

VIDEO: Oscar Winner Chris Dickens: Editor of...

Mar 11th

Larry Elliott: Can a dose of recession solve...

Mar 11th

Wax Banks: Why you don't like Dollhouse.

Mar 11th

My bin powered stand up desk. I am either mad or a genius....

Mar 11th

Ben Walters: Variety's list of the summer...

Mar 10th

“[…] many Americans claim no religion at all (15%, up...”
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Mar 10th

Youthquake: The Current Cinema: The New...

Mar 9th

THE NEW YORKER DISCOVERS MUMBLECORE

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julesoir: ‘Serio’ video - the last project in Sydney before departing. What an exhausting gig to...

Mar 9th

“Cusp-iety: Angst felt by people in cusp ages, like...”
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Mar 8th

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Mar 8th

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Hollywood ASST

Mar 5th

Watchmen Soundtrack Merges History, Money

Mar 5th

Review: Watchmen Film Straddles Line Between...

Mar 5th

Review: Watchmen Actors Trumped by Awesome...

Mar 5th

“Really good fiction could have as dark a worldview as it...”
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Mar 2nd

Unfinished: David Foster Wallace’s struggle...

Mar 2nd

The Coming of The Pale King

Mar 2nd

The New Depression Cinema

Mar 2nd

Comedy pilots reflect recession

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