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  • BP’s Coffee Spill Disaster

    via @HuffingtonPost The Great BP Coffee Spill (VIDEO)

  • Shrinks Diagnose Darth Vader’s Inner Demons

    As much as I love a good romp down Let’s Psychoanalyze Fictional Characters Lane, can I just point out the incredible waste of resources in a team of psychiatrists (that’s right, not just a guy, or some friends at the bar, or even a single, Star Wars-obsessed psych student) diagnosing Darth Vader with borderline personality…

  • …and in other news: obama kicks bp’s ass

  • Humble Oil (now Exxon) Predicts the Future in 1962 Ad

    “EACH DAY HUMBLE SUPPLIES ENOUGH ENERGY TO MELT 7 MILLION TONS OF GLACIER!” “This giant glacier has remained unmelted for centuries. Yet, the petroleum energy Humble supplies – if converted into heat – could melt it at the rate of 80 tons each second! To meet the nation’s growing needs for energy, Humble has supplied…

  • Empire Avenue: The timesuck that capitalizes on your social media empire

    You are a Twitter addict.  You maintain multiple blogs, connect with friends and classmates on Facebook, are never far from your iPhone to check in to Foursquare and are a frequent reviewer on Yelp.  In short, you are a social networking junkie. In that case, probably you don’t need to read this post, because probably…

  • graduation!

    today was gavin’s graduation from preschool!  we thought we’d take this opportunity to let gavin know just how happy we are: gavin– we are so very proud of all you’ve done this year in your very first year in school.  we were nervous; we didn’t know what to expect or how good (or bad) your…

  • Street Art by BEST | EVER

    BEST | EVER is a street art duo from Bournemouth, England.  Their work combines surrealism with photorealism and addresses issues of human frailty, weakness, disease and death.  As you can imagine, the art of BEST | EVER transcends simple graffiti with their hauntingly beautiful images.  The subversive act of applying paint to public surfaces forces…

  • lala.com closes their doors: a case study in how to alienate your core userbase

    Once upon a time there was a website called Lala.  I think I first heard about them in an issue of Wired as an alternative to filesharing.  Because, when Lala got started, it was all about cd trading — put the cd’s you don’t really care for anymore up in the pool, create a wishlist…