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Give it up, inventors. A better mouse trap was built 150 years ago
In 1861 Colin Pullinger, West Sussex tinkerer, registered his latest invention with the Designs Office (application no. 4373) and called it The Perpetual Mouse Trap. A century and a half later, we’ve learned the man wasn’t prone to exaggeration. The … Continue reading
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Tagged genius, The Museum of English Rural Life, The Perpetual Mouse Trap
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You can get inside Salvador Dali’s head. But do you want to?
It was almost inevitable that the extant coming-of-age of Virtual Reality would, in short order, take us places we should not go. Case in point: the St. Petersburg Dali Museum has produced Dreams of Dali, a 3-D, 360° video for the … Continue reading
On this date…
On January 30th, 1703, the 47 Ronin fulfilled their debt of honor, and claimed their place in history. The 47 had been samurai, loyal retainers of Asano, the daimyo of Akō. Asano Naganori was a powerful and respected provincial lord, … Continue reading
Burns’ Night! “We hae meat and we can eat”
Happy Burns’ Night, Scotland! Haggis, neeps, and tatties for all!
Human trafficking reveals the cracks in our civilization
There are certain flaws in our world, defects and blemishes, that should rightly be recognized but instead become invisible. They blend in with the background, either through the numbing of repeated exposure or through our willful desire not to see. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Basel, human trafficking, Molly Gochman, Red Sand Project
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RIP David Bowie (Jan 8th, 1947 – Jan. 10th 2015)
Actor, musician, singer-songwriter, and latest cancer-stricken hero to leave us—are we in the midst of a rock-and-roll rapture? David Robert Jones, b.k.a. David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust, and The Thin White Duke, died Sunday just two days after his 69th birthday, … Continue reading
First they came for the monkey’s copyright…
To be sure it was not the most uncomplicated of copyright-protection cases. Wildlife photographer David Slater owned the camera that took the most famous (and arguably, the most glamorous) selfie of the twenty-teens. But it was Naruto the crested macaque … Continue reading
Did it come with a data plan?
I want to believe, I really do. But the purported find of this ancient Nokia-esque cuneiform tablet has my BS-meter blaring an alert. Its conspicuous similarity to a twenty-first (or at least, late twentieth) century comm device, albeit with an … Continue reading
RIP Lemmy Kilmister (Dec. 24, 1945 – Dec. 28, 2015)
The toll of the dregs of the year 2015 weigh heavy, with good people dropping like flies, dammit. Today we must say goodbye to a rock-n-roll machine, a man who lived fast and died…not young, perhaps, but certainly too soon. … Continue reading
RIP Ellsworth Kelly (May 31, 1923 – Dec. 27, 2015)
The talented, prolific, and eminently influential artist Ellsworth Kelly died peacefully at home in New York on Sunday. He was 92. Ellsworth Kelly was among the pioneers of the mid-century Abstract Expressionist movement in both Paris and on the U.S. … Continue reading
The devil writes well – a chat with The Devil Strip’s Chris Horne
Alternative newspaper publishing might seem more like an anachronism than a workable business plan, yet since March, 2015 we in the Akron, Ohio area have been blessed with a vibrant, funny, and locally engaged alt-tabloid that is shining a light on … Continue reading
RIP Scott Weiland (Oct 27, 1967 – Dec 3, 2015)
We lost one of the voices that defined a decade yesterday. Scott Weiland, iconic and distinctive vocalist for the Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, and his most recent band, The Wildabouts, died in his sleep while on tour, in Bloomington, … Continue reading
Josh Spero takes on the art$
Sometimes you just have to get yourself kicked out. Writer, editor, and fellow-traveling art blogger Josh Spero calls out the art world’s misplaced values in a guest post this week in Hyperallergic. Do yourself a favor and read it in … Continue reading
A long wait for John Malkovich’s next movie
Neither in business nor in cinema, these days, do we expect the long game to be played. Both seek a fast turnover and a near-immediate return on investments. That makes it doubly surprising that John Malkovich‘s new film, sponsored and … Continue reading
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To rebuild a Colossus
It’s been more than 2,200 years since the monumental statue of the sun god Helios, the Colossus, stood as sentry at the mouth of the harbor of the Greek island of Rhodes. Built of iron and bronze by Chares of … Continue reading
