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Friedrich Petzel Gallery - Sarah Morris

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:16:42 -0800

Petzel gallery in Chelsea NYC Sarah Morris show...

New paintings based on paper clips of various manufacture. I wish I saw so much in my office junk drawer.

Nike Livestrong Chalkbot - Cat: Creativity and Technology - Creativity Online

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:46:18 -0800

Real-time, user-contributed graffiti? On pavement! From the page: "A networked robot chalks user-submitted messages onto the course of the premier bike race (Tour de France)..."

Lighten your carbon footprint when shipping a package | Carbon Offsets Daily

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:06:22 -0800

As the holidays rapidly approach, this is pretty useful: a way to offset your carbon dioxide emissions when you ship stuff via UPS, FedEx or USPS, that's certified by a greenhouse gas emissions reductiona agency called BEF. Also, more info via the FTC's Green Guides.

ITV - John Pilger - Breaking the great Australian silence

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:42:50 -0800

From the page: I propose a people's Fifth Estate that monitors, deconstructs and counters the official news. In every news room, in every media college, teachers of journalism and journalists themselves need to be challenged about the part they play in the bloodshed, inequity and silence that is so often presented as normal

Da-Yeh University makes breakthrough with disc recycling technique - Taiwan News Online

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:55:11 -0800

Ok, peeps -- I'm pretty happy to see digital entertainment getting hip to the enviro cause. Two stories...

Recycling old DVDs

And Torch Films, inspired by Marina of the Zabbeleen (a film they released) making new DVDs far more environmentally sensible.

CIA Invests In Social Media Monitoring Technology -- Web Monitoring -- InformationWeek

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:34 -0800

From the page: "In-Q-Tel, the investment firm established by the CIA to support U.S. intelligence agencies, has invested in Visible Technologies, a start-up that monitors social media content on the Web. "

Brandchannel | Can Tiffany Deliver An Ethical Diamond?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:14:49 -0800

From the page: "With increasing global concern over conflict diamonds, it's hard to see how Tiffany & Co. will be able to maintain its once sterling brand image against such reports. Chief Executive Michael Kowalski stated he'd like his clientele's focus "to be on the quality of the diamond ring, not how it came to be."

But as we reported earlier this month, Tiffany understands that luxury consumers now care about social responsibility, leading an industry boycott against the Canadian group Pebble Partnership, a potential supplier planning an Alaska goldmine that environmentalists say will hurt fish."

Marc Yankus & Info

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:39:12 -0800

This guy's photos sometimes look like French landscape paintings, a nice quiet effect. Think Pisarro.

7-Eleven®'s First ‘World-Wine' Release

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:40:45 -0800

7-eleven taking a page from the Trader Joe's playbook will sell "value-priced wines" (read: their version of two buck chuck). Wonder if this can be any good at all.

Elizabeth Peyton on artnet

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:54:22 -0800

The paintings of Elizabeth Peyton. Some of them are portraits of celebrities, society and indie rockers. Others just rock.