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High School Musical, cereal?
I’m just curious, who would actually purchase a cereal that’s called “High School Musical?” There’s nothing food-like whatsoever about that name, real or implicit. It’s probably not the first time it’s...
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Gifting: Beware of the doghouse
I hesitate to post this since it’s an ad, but it’s a darn good ad that actually uses the phrase “thoughtful gift.” [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F2md4uGmMU] My wife has actually expressed...
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LinkLuv: Laid off architect takes Lucy approach, & some color theory
A Seattle architect, laid off twice in the last year, set up a booth giving advice for a nickel at the local farmer’s market. Click on the video to watch (will open in a new window). NPR cites new...
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Yellow is more yellow on the truck
For years — and years — I’ve had a fascination with the Yellow trucking company. This stems mainly from the paradox of the business’ name and color of their logo. The name is “Yellow,” but the logo is...
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Do affluence and advertising stunt creativity?
I noticed an article posted to a friend’s Facebook status this afternoon that sounded worthy of reading. It’s titled Letting the Joneses Win and addresses both American affluence and, tangentially,...
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The beauty of the uncommercialized
Last night’s 2009 Big 12 Conference Championship Game was incredible. Yes, the team I root for lost, but hats off to both teams: to Nebraska for coming within one second and one point of beating...
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On Design Theft: Riffing on a sea urchin
This is a response to an article titled Drawing the Line on Design Theft from the Wolfie and the Sneak blog. I know this won’t be a popular sentiment among artists, but keep in mind I’m only exploring...
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What is joy?
Lately the wife and I have been thinking and talking about joy. It was in this context I was visually accosted by certain signage at a local big box store. I found myself at odds with the signage which...
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Christmas III
A CNN story via InternetMonk, a commercialized Christmas is bringing Christ to China: It is even Christmas in China these days. And while we continue to complain here in the West about the...
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Christmas V
A sale on storage containers right after Christmas eh? I’m actually a fan of these plastic storage totes. They keep the mice and bugs out of your Christmas decorations, keep clay wet for quite a while...
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