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Knight of Resignation

by natecooper | Mar 6, 2008 | aesthetics, art, cool, culture, internet, media, movies, nate

I’ve been taking an online class from Berkeley entitled “Phil 7: Existentialism in Literature and Film” (This link was dead but I found a backup on archive.org 5/6/16). It’s all part of iTunes U podcasts. Mostly I was curious about...

Public Domain Donor

by natecooper | Feb 28, 2008 | art, culture, media, politics

This is fucking brilliant. http://ni9e.com/public_domain_donor.php Kind of like an organ donor but for copyrighted works: “In event of death please donate all intellectual property to the public domain.” seen on...

Don’t Drink the Diet

by natecooper | Feb 22, 2008 | culture, food

A Woman conducts her own experiment with Aspertame I feel better already about avoiding this poison!

Instant Gratification Subsides

by natecooper | Feb 9, 2008 | art, culture, digital media, photography, technology

Polaroid is closing down its factories. A generation of hipsters mourns. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Polaroid-Film.html?ex=1203138000&en=6ad6ca7de02ede1d&ei=5070&emc=eta1 I find myself saddened as well but less for their more recent...

Truck hitch testicles – possible ban in VA

by natecooper | Jan 17, 2008 | culture, humor, style

I feel pretty out of touch here. I’ve never heard of or seen these thing before but apparently they are popular! http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2684454.html