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.

20050627

China 'is more popular' than US

BBC NEWS: "America's image is still so tattered abroad after the Iraq war that China is viewed more favourably than the US in many countries, a global poll finds."

Tough luck for all the right-wing trolls that tries to make some communistic point outta the critic on USA.

20050619

Binary Manicure

Shiny Shiny: Binary Manicure.

Geeky ladies behave.

And some hawk-eyed nerd have read the binary to "Silver".

20050613

Pringles Mom

Exploding Cigar: "Two daughters are suing a synagogue after discovering their mother's remains had been replaced with a can of sour-cream-and-onion flavored potato chips. The incident occurred a year ago and the remains are still missing, according to the women's attorney." (Yahoo!)

20050609

Chips is flameable

Ekot: The national test department in Sweden issues a warning - potato chips are flameable!

You not only get fat but the fat-soaked potatobits can burst in flames...

Brooke Shields disses Tom Cruise

Exploding Cigar: "Brooke Shields Strikes Back at Tom Cruise. In response to Tom Cruise's criticism of her use of antidepressants, Brooke Shields has offered a gift: two tickets to see her perform in the London musical Chicago. Taking a jab at the age difference between Cruise and his girlfriend, Shields is offering the star one adult and one child ticket for the event."

20050601

G-strings verboten?

The Sun Online: German doctors are calling a ban on the G-string.

Those minimalistic thongs which have been on every women-ass for some years can "G-strings can abrade and injure the sensitive skin around the genital area — especially if they are too tight or made with badly stitched material." (via Exploding Cigar)

Nod to the weasel.

20050520

Fainting Goats

Some goats faints automatically when being excited. Look for yourself: Fainting Goats

20050513

1,82,689 SMS

Webindia123.com: "1,82,689 SMS in one month. Deepak Sharma aims to increase the number to 3,00,000 in the coming month. [...] Sharma received a bill of 1411 pages this month, which was sent specially to him by Airtel. He is making the best out of Airtel's scheme of unlimited SMS with 99 paise."

Wowsa...

20050508

I can't hear you

Reuters.com: "Doctors found around 50 maggots in the ears of an 84-year-old Thai man after he went to hospital complaining of an itch."

Sorry, what did you say?

The Museum of Foreign Dept

Reuters: "Three years after staging the largest debt default in modern history, Argentina Thursday opened what may be the first Museum of Foreign Debt to teach people the perils of borrowing abroad."

Educational creativity I say. And the museum director are somewhat a poet: "a golden cart sculpture made out of cardboard..."It symbolizes Argentina's reality: everything's golden, but it's made of cardboard and that reminds us of all those people who today collect cardboard for recycling."

Honecker a bad kisser

Reuters.com: "- Being kissed by East German Communist leader Erich Honecker was "disgusting," former Polish communist leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski... "I exchanged many embraces with Honecker. He had this disgusting way of kissing."

A though call

Reuters.com: "After a fight with his wife, the jobless Nabiullah left his family [...] During his absence, he got himself castrated and became a eunuch, earning money by singing and dancing [...] His wife, Shama Parveen, fainted when he returned home late last month and now wants a divorce."

No more booty-shaking at the game

Reuters: "The state's House of Representatives voted 85-55 to approve a bill that would forbid sexy cheers and give the Texas Education Agency authority to punish schools that allow 'overtly sexually suggestive' routines at football games and other events.".

No more booty-shaking on high-school games in Texas. The games will be pretty lame after this...

Fake ATMs

Reuters.com: "Fake ATMs have appeared at apartment buildings or in areas of the capital where there are no banks, local papers reported.".

The usual suspects place a fake panel on the ATM. Not these guys - they have constructed a complete machine. All to steal peoples PIN's.

20050507

Staged or stage-fright

It might be a prank or the worst stagefright ever seen... Tyrone on the news. Warning on weak-stomached... (via Fast Company Now and panopticist)