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Posted by on Nov 17th, 2006 | 0 comments

Credit Card Statement Drawings

Kate is drawing all her credit card statements by hand. It looks like she is having fun doing it. You will probably have fun checking them out. Nice attention to detail Kate. One wonders if this makes her more aware and mindful of her role in consumer culture. Sharing:
Posted by on Nov 14th, 2006 | 0 comments

Kissing boo-boos is back again

The National Academy of Sciences wants you to know that human saliva contains a natural painkiller up to six times more powerful than morphine. If thats not enough for you, it may also be an anti-depressive molecule too proving once again that a good kiss really can make it all better. Sharing:
Posted by on Nov 12th, 2006 | 0 comments

Goodbye traffic lights. Hello manners.

The dutch would rather live in a civil society than rely in electronic signals to mediate their conduct. To that end they have done away with (almost all) traffic lights and replaced them with courtesy. Everyone seems happier as a result. The idea seems that since people can’t rely on pretty lights then they take more care and travel more safely. They also save on electricity, maintenance resources, light...
Posted by on Nov 7th, 2006 | 0 comments

Movie sequel nomenclature science

The Journal of Consumer Research has some findings to publish which are likely to change the way movies are marketed from here on in. It turns out that when it comes to movies in particular, its not so great to number sequels and studios should instead give them surnames to differentiate them. You could also do like George Lucas and play both sides of the fence with both name and numbers but we’d rather you...
Posted by on Nov 7th, 2006 | 0 comments

Peer to peer fashion

Have you ever spotted someone so fashionable you were just dying to know how you could pull of a similar look? Social networking is coming to the rescue and now you can share your trendy styles with the internet while simultaneously checking out those of others and fill up your trend-spotting notebook without the voyeuristic thrill/guilt of snapping camera-phone photos of hipsters on the street as you people-watch....
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