stories, endings....and facebook

in an article over at nymag (available here), paul ford discusses how facebook is messing around with the stories of our lives - the chapters don't close; they just keep on going.

girl walk//all day

santa lives in NYC

False Confessions

A really interesting article on NYMag.com, asking why people confess to crimes they didn't commit.

Up There

UP THERE from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

the moral life of babies

A gently provocative article by the New York Times Magazine, it contains the wonderful sentence,
A sympathetic parent might see the spark of consciousness in a baby’s large eyes and eagerly accept the popular claim that babies are wonderful learners, but it is hard to avoid the impression that they begin as ignorant as bread loaves.

eat like cinderella

well, not quite...but try VB6 - Vegan Before 6

pee on them

some really doesn't like Goldman Sachs

visualize

just like Philip Niemeyer has done for the New York Times: the last decade...in pictograms

blink...oh and you missed it

straight from new york magazine, "thirty-five short-lived looks from an attention-deficient decade"

i think my favourite name for a trend has to be the "whale tail". so apt.

WPPD Cream

each year, WPP judge the most creative and innovative advertising campaigns to have been produced by their various agencies.

this short film for the environment defense league shows the power of simplicity

of course there's a random japanese ad in there

...and i guarantee you will not guess what this gymnastics ad from china is really about.

woof

dogs x (NYC + October) = hallowe'en costumes for dogs

shorthair beware

this is why i love elle magazine (but the US edition, mind) so much.

"Do Hairstyles Affect Your Lovelife?"

(the answer is "yes" btw. step away from the scissors...)

dining underground

new york city has seen the revival of the speakeasy . london is seeing the creation of underground dining . metaphorically speaking.

the urban guide to etiquette

life in new york is perhaps unlike life in any other city. so, to help ease the transition NYMag have helpfully compiled The Urban Guide to Etiquette.

men in tights

it's nicknamed "mantyhose". men in tights... yay or nay?
the bbc says.... not so much

potbellies are so hot right now

apparently so ...and we're not talking pigs. No, we are talking hipsters in NYC

sad panda

Sad Panda: The Story Of An Obsession

Sad Panda hangs out near Wall Street in lower manhattan.
why does panda do this?

soda tax

ingenious way to raise some money #74498 - levy a tax on all non-diet sodas.
Brilliant thinking there, batman. You go for calories (which can be burnt off through exercise), you get charged more. Choose the one with questionable chemicals that you don't really know what they do to your brain...bingo!

xylopholks

the quirky xylopholks like nothing better than dressing up in furry costumes and playing the xylophone. ragtime style. in public places. like the NY Subway. Brilliant. Here's an introduction to the group...

and here's a performance they did in the subway.