ceci n’est pas une pipe.
first of all i am not a handyman so this piece is all about compassion. imagine you have to install a pipe. for what is not important. the requirements are though. especially when that pipe has to pass a wall. what would i do? i measure. x centimetres above the ground, x centimetres from the [...]
deadly drag.
my newspaper fucked up last weekend. apparently there were not enough dead people to stuff the daily death notice page. so the page editor in charge decided to do what is a common habit: complete the page with filler ads. what was the selection at hand? let’s see. what about that german opera the enchanted [...]
public service announcement.
i am beyond amazed. i am simply stupefied. this little amsterdam street sign warns you not to use your cell phone. why? am i entering a hospital? do i walk on a graveyard where respect for the dead is more appropriate than wireless rambling? guess again. dutch police brings this piece of shit advice to [...]
slog.
tivo, iptv, narrowcasting, podcasting… it’s a different world these days. the new kid on the block goes by the name vlog. wich stands for video blog. i’m curious where this one leads to (after all, we still don’t know what the longer lasting value of podcasting is going to be). if podblogs contains audio and [...]
swan slip.
the airline industry is in a wordwide downfall. so i guess smart people think really hard about smart solutions to get more(?) passengers in their seats. would that go along the lines of “what is hot today?”, i “wonder what’s on the news?”… cnn must be klm’s primary source of inspiration. so the company decided [...]
fat type.
understandably every niche can, no should be filled. ask any marketingman. so if there is a potentially large enough volume of people wanting to waste money on disputable disposals, why not cater to their taste? in that light it doesn’t surprise me at all that more and more privat jet airlines are taking off. in [...]
