Not to be confused with Soylent Green or Ubik, Product 19 is a cereal from Kellogg’s that was conceived in the 1960s as a healthy competitor for Total. Apparently the copywriter had one of the largest “fuck it” moments in the history of his trade and named the 19th product pushed through his office in 1967 exactly that. No, really. Though still being produced, Product 19 is being discontinued by grocers, thus providing the scifi/surreal (ce-real?) cart you see above.
[…] a modern economy requires “collective action”—it needs government to invest in infrastructure, education, and technology. The United States and the world have benefited greatly from government-sponsored research that led to the Internet, to advances in public health, and so on. But America has long suffered from an under-investment in infrastructure (look at the condition of our highways and bridges, our railroads and airports), in basic research, and in education at all levels.
In light of Pennsylvania’s genius decision to potentially slash funding for public higher education, the recent Vanity Fair article “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%” was most apropos.
I was watching this almost unforgivably ridiculous marketing video that introduces the new 2012 Tiguan the other day and realized something.
(beyond that it’s silly)
This short ad-like thing was filmed in Long Beach, CA and, at about the 36 second mark, you can see the Hilton where I stayed when I was there this month. Just look for the largest building on the left as the Tiguans cross the bridge from the Queen Mary and I was one to the left.
Goose – Synrise from Punx Sthlm on Vimeo.
ESKMO “Lands and Bones” (Warp) (Official Video) from ESKMO on Vimeo.
Thanks be to Cliptip for both.
Audience Calibration Procedure from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery on Vimeo.
You had better believe I’m going to be all over this. Très cool.
Today brought me to the Altoona campus for three project advising sessions with Heather Eckels’ history courses. One really interesting aspect of her teaching is that she asks students in small groups to find a current event relating to controversial social issues and present it at the beginning of class. The first fifteen minutes of each period are devoted to this presentation and a conversation led by the student group, which prepares questions they would like their classmates to think on.
I was particularly taken with this interview clip presented with questions regarding copyright, artists’ rights and the legality of profiting from a post-modern mashup of others’ works. I have been a Girl Talk fan since for years but had never bothered to actually look up an interview with Greg Gillis, who creates an eloquent analogy: we’d have a lot more painters if paint was being given away on the streets. Does make you think, doesn’t it?
In the current battle for my next leased vehicle, a contender from the sidelines makes its way to center stage:
Volkswagen has updated (or will be updating) its Tiguan SUV for the 2012 model year, bringing along a sleek new grille, tweaked interior and price in SEL trim that undercuts the Audi Q5 2.0T by about $4,000 while also being 400 lbs lighter on its feet. I’m definitely going to be driving both back to back to settle this internal argument of mine.
I attended my first – and last, as it’s now defunct – User Services Conference today with my Media Commons partner in crime (if you define crime as massive caffeine consumption at the complementary coffee bar) Hannah Inzko. Held at the Penn Stater, the event was a chance for those who support the end users of PSU’s technology resources to come together and discuss how services are offered and how offerings can be improved. We broke in to teams to discuss topics like “keeping current with new technologies” and “doing more with fewer resources” after a panel presentation on what support means. It was very back to basics and a good way to spend a rainy (and then sunny) Monday. Big thanks to Hannah for talking me into tagging along!
It’s trying awfully hard, at least at first, but I really do like this video and I would completely drive to this song.
Areas affected by the hovering area comprised the entire “Other” demographic in the 2010 Census, exceeding every socio-economic grouping for highest suicide rates. This means whoever is unlucky enough to stumble upon this 12” x 12” area will almost certainly commit suicide (though will be privy, some say, to unreasonably clear WiFi reception before dying).
Amber sent me the most amazing link this evening. Entitled “Most Depressing WiFi Hotspots in Baltimore, MD“, it is the most sublime bit of inexplicable writing. Go read now!
(Thought Catalog)