Citations, sites, quotas and stuff that seem to be non-neglecteble. A more non-conform way to spy on the trends and the world.
Finibus Bonorum et Malorum is a work from Cicero. Chunks of this is a part of the Lorem ipsum - the dummytexts that is used in almost every sketch that creatives in advertising use.

20060220

Bad shit. And a suit filed.

Ananova: "Hans-Juergen Bendt, 52, from Darmstadt, lodged a complaint about his dealer with police after he sold him seven ounces of 'completely un-enjoyable' hash."

Darwin-award.

20060215

Wrecked

FAZED:

Ouch.
And the fun thing is that the woman who ride the bike have discussed it on SoCalSportbikes. (via Fazed)

20060212

Remember to tie your shoelaces

Chicago Sun Times: "''I snagged my shoelace, missed the step and crash, bang, wallop. There were a million pieces of high quality Qing ceramics lying around underneath me,'' said Nick Flynn, 42, of Fowlmere, a village near Cambridge."

The story continues with the Chinese who thinks Flynns wallop was an attack on their culture and history:
IOL: Nick Flynn, 42, said he hadn't meant to cause offence to people in Hong Kong or China when he destroyed the Qing Dynasty treasures after tripping over his shoelaces at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, eastern England.

20060205

Too much money to tax

NEWS.com.au: "MICROSOFT founder Bill Gates, the world's richest man, said today the tax office in the US has to store his financial data on a special computer because his fortune is so vast.
'My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers,"

RIAA sues computerless woman

The Inquirer: "Marie Lindor, a home health aide who has never bought, used, or even turned on a computer in her life, was a little surprised when she got a writ for thousands of dollars saying that she was a using an online distribution system to nick music."

She probably did whistle some song from the Top 40-list...

20060201

DJ:ing the reality

Cool state of the art animation. Should be called "God is a DJ"...