SOME RANDOM DUDE

I barely made this week’s links by the skin of my teeth. This upcoming week may see a shortage of posts since my wife and I getting the hell out of dodge for a while. All that being said, I should have some really good content coming up in the next couple weeks.

Enjoy the links.

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The week is definitely heavy on the politics/current events and low on the tech/design. I try to even the areas out, but this feature tends to have a life of its own. Funny enough, there were no iPhone links this week - I have no doubt they will be scattered in great quantity throughout next week’s collection.

Enjoy the links.

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Considering how busy this week was, I am very surprised that the collection of links this week is this big. I would highly suggest looking at each link, but if I had to choose one, I would have a look at the House Switch Off article. I will be dropping the weekly links in a few more hours, so be on the lookout for that.

Enjoy the links.
(more…)advertising, anti smoking, chandelier, design, dissent, energy, falkirk wheel, good, house furnishings, house switch off, housing, interior, lighting, links, lot ek, makoto tojiki, moorman, organic led lamp, poor, power, recycled airplane, recycled bottles, scars, solar cells, solar power, stacking chairs, stairs, storage, tischmich folding table, war weekly

Call me cynical, but throughout the years I have begun to get quite turned off from the holidays. From my observations, this time of the year has turned into more of a consumer/corporate event than anything resembling holiday cheer. Last Saturday I decided to take a couple hours out of my day to try to put things into perspective. We all enjoy our luxuries, and we all enjoy giving certain luxuries to our loved ones. Nonetheless, consider what the money used to purchase a moderately priced luxury such as an iPod could do for the most impoverished in a developing nation. During this holiday season, I decided to design some posters and release printable PDFs on this very subject. My hope is this will get me, and hopefully you, to think about what our money could accomplish if spent elsewhere…
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