From Kottke.org:
RealScoop’s software analyzes statements made by public figures in audio or video and plots the results on a scale of believability that runs from believable to highly questionable.
“For instance [...] here”s Bill Clinton’s infamous “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” statement. The Clinton audio and associated metering is really pretty good…it spikes in all the right places.”
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Yummy: “Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” while periodically taking abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriages. Her exhibition will feature video recordings of these forced miscarriages as well as preserved collections of the blood from the process.
The goal in creating the art exhibition, Shvarts said, was to spark conversation and debate on the relationship between art and the human body. But her project has already provoked more than just debate, inciting, for instance, outcry at a forum for fellow senior art majors held last week. And when told about Shvarts’ project, students on both ends of the abortion debate have expressed shock . saying the project does everything from violate moral code to trivialize abortion.”
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Kellog’s Cereals launched a street wear clothing line. -Not- kidding. Adage is making fun of them, just a bit: “And, yes, the model is wearing a Toucan Sam shirt as well as black baggy jeans sporting Froot Loops branding on the back pockets. I’m finding it really hard to decide between the Froot Loops line and the Honey Smacks line.”
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Sea Cowboys. If you think you’re job is not exciting enough, or not well-paid enough. Don’t read this. And when you thought you knew most of the jobs opportunity …
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Trendwatching.com trend of the month is: Status stories. “As more brands (have to) go niche and therefore tell stories that aren’t known to the masses, and as experiences and non-consumption-related expenditures take over from physical (and more visible) status symbols, consumers will increasingly have to tell each other stories to achieve a status dividend from their purchases. Expect a shift from brands telling a story, to brands helping consumers tell status-yielding stories to other consumers.”
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Johnny Lee hacking the Wii at TED Talks
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Have a great weekend!