Category Archive for 'Culture'

Polyvore

Posted in Create, Culture, Design on Nov 14th, 2008

Oh the innovation!
Ployvore is glorious!
I’ve never been one of great skill with fashion as I cannot usually bring myself to spend the $’s it often needs, nor do I seem to have the ultimate knack. But this is a collage making tool. And a tool that lets you share them after you’ve created them. AND [...]

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My first allegiance is not to democracy

Posted in Culture, News on Nov 4th, 2008

I’ve never been very in to politics, I grapple every election to really ‘get it’ and so although interesting, I probably cannot talk very informatively on how to vote. Keep this is mind as you read. Thankfully I’m married to a man who enjoys explaining such things. The United States election should be of even [...]

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Concentration and benefit

Posted in Coffee, Culture, Design, Life, Photography, Uni on Oct 4th, 2008

Last night Geoff mentioned that today perhaps we’d go get that camera I’ve been wanting for about a year and half (probably more) and my mind did the usual flip out about the cost. So we’ll see where the afternoon takes us as I force to recall to mind the small freelancing jobs that I’ve [...]

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Warhol

Posted in Christianity, Culture, Design, Post of the Day, Uni on Oct 2nd, 2008

The Sayers guy has written a post on Andy Warhol - who is of some interest to me as a design student. To be honest, I’ve never really taken much intentional notice of him because pop-art is, well, pop-art, but this accidental ‘history lesson’ has proved rather intriguing. I’d be curious to know where Mark [...]

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Junky cars and coffee messages

Posted in Coffee, Culture, Social Justice on Sep 17th, 2008

I came across Message in Hand today… the full website launches on the 18th but I am eternally getting the time difference between Australia and the US mixed up so lets just go with: soon.
The basic idea is that social justice messages/charities make themselves known on coffee sleeves (Those cardboard things around your cup that [...]

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