Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will be stepping down this thusday to pursue his hobby in chemistry and put the finishing touches on his new hair tonic, garunteed to grow a helmet of hair on even the baldest of pinheads.
Looking at his picture, is there any doubt this man has the secret to […]

Call me selfish, but I’ve never been a big fan of charity. I don’t mean things like giving time or money to help find a cure for cancer or to help the EFF to keep fighting for freedom. I’m happy to give a little to the EFF. I don’t like charity that’s […]

As Despair.com says, none of us are as dumb as all of us. The mathematics of group dynamics seems to agree. If I have half a brain, and you have half a brain, and George down the hall has half a brain, that comes to just over 1/10 of a whole brain (.5 […]

Now its clear why technology is so infuriating–its evvl!!

Here is my silly contribution to the now closed thread at YayHorray where people with too much time on their hands, and ready access to photoshop have posted some famous logo redesign work, 2.0-style. Paul Rand has left the building folks.

Here is a brilliant cultural mashup from a jewish girl living in Beijing (and I have it on good authority that her accent isn’t too bad for an American).
And here are some less brilliant examples of east-meets-west cultural mashups. It wouldn’t be so funny if it wasn’t so permanent–silly white devils.

The first stage of my move is complete. After a comfortable road trip, a few cute little towns, and a couple national parks I’ve landed back in my new old home. Here is the view from my living room window. Not too bad. Even on a grey rainy morning its awefully […]

I don’t normally write posts that are just links to other stuff–but there two are so damned great I just have to.
The first is a UN sponsored interactive info-graphic called Human Development Trends 2005. It is a stunning piece of work from both a economic and information design perspective. It is one of […]

Okay, so this list could be practically endless. Here are just a few that popped into my head recently.

I Can’t Stand the Rain
Remake: Missy Elliot
Original: Anne Pebbles
Though not officially a remake, Missy Elliot didn’t just sample Anne Pebbles, she just grabbed the whole song

Downtown Train
Remake: Rod Stewart
Original: Tom Waits
Gaa! Rod Stewart is […]

Ok, this isn’t exactly design or innovation related, but I just have to say something about this
PresentationZen has a great post on one of last week’s Daily Shows where Jon Stewart interviews former DOD PR flack Torie Clarke (check out the clip, its painfully amusing).
In the Usual Suspects, Verbal Kint said “The greatest trick the […]