11 Years Later, The Brand Called You

How many '10 Years in the Making Overnight Sensations' have you met? Taking in Now for My Next Trick, I'll Turn Brand into Cash by Sarah Lacy (January 3, 2009) brought back to mind The Brand Called You by Tom Peters for Fast Company. I had to check twice that the Tom Peters...

The First Aid: Iceman May Have Dressed His Own Wounds

" The 5,000-year-old Tyrolean iceman may have used bog moss as a prehistoric wound dressing, according to a new analysis of his body’s remains. From Wired Science: Suffering from an arrow wound and a deep cut to the right hand, the iceman, known as Ötzi, may have...

12 More Stunning Examples of Mobile Phones as Art

"Earlier this year we took a look at one dozen amazing examples of how mobile phones can be used as the subject of art. In some cases, the phones themselves were used to create sculptures and 3D art. In other cases, paintings and drawings depicted the mobile phone as a...

DIY tractor culture in Poland

This exhibition happened earlier in the year in Berlin, but I still love the concept."In the '60s Poland it was almost impossible to acquire a tractor in Poland. Agricultural machines produced by the country were available mainly for state-owned enterprises. For private...

Man who beheaded bus seat mate defiled body, police tape says

"TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A police officer at the scene of a grisly beheading on a Canadian bus reported seeing the attacker hacking off pieces of the victim's body and eating them, according to a police tape leaked on the Internet Saturday. ...