The cashless man

2009-12-08

“The morning I finally decided to give up using cash, the whole world changed.”.

“While feeding the stove with broken-up old vegetable boxes, I would watch the moon rise in winter and the sun set in summer for the time it took to prepare my evening’s repast.
Birds in the trees around my kitchen became my new iPod, and observing wildlife taught me much more about nature than any documentary I’d seen on the television.”.
(Mark Boyle)

From The Guardian: My year of living without money, by Mark Boyle.

Categories : online culture

Fashion Face

2009-11-16
Nicola Chapman Samantha Chapman is an accomplished make-up artist.

Along with her sister Nicola she runs fashionface.tv, a unique website which shows how to create fashion forward looks as well as vintage classics.

To date the site and accompanying YouTube page has had over one million hits.”.
(From samanthachapman.com)

Above: Nicola Chapman in Smokey Blue Eyes Tutorial.

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Bank Notes

2009-11-07

“Robbing a bank is as simple as putting pen to paper.
Here are actual demand notes used in successful and unsuccessful unarmed bank robberies, accompanied by a photo of each robber and appended with details about the robbery itself.”.

Bank Notes: a collection of bank robbery notes. By Ken Habarta.

Categories : online culture

Question Suggestions

2009-08-29

Question Suggestions: “small voyages into the collective psyche of humans who ask Google questions.”. By Justin Talbott.

Some examples:

why is my girlfriend crazy
is there anybody out there
do we have a soul
can you take me higher
where is chuck norris….

Categories : online culture

Asian Poses

2009-06-13
“Asians are notorious for their quirky and cute poses and Asian Poses focuses on documenting these poses.”.
For example: surprised, fighting, pleading, nyan-nyan.
Kang Yui

Above: Puffy Cheeks pose, detail. Taken from: anamboy.com. Model: Kang Yui.