by natecooper | Jun 15, 2008 | cities, cool, culture, politics
Here’s a pretty neat idea. Paint fake obstructions on the road to get people to slow down. [link] I swear there was something like this at UCSC where there was a series of three speed bumps all marked with striped white paint but the third one was just a striped...
by natecooper | May 31, 2008 | culture, humor, media, music, politics
Proving once again that on a rainy day YouTube is your best friend I found this small meme revolving around remixing film footage of Hitler to make it appear that he is singing or dancing along with pop songs. I wont subject you to the sub-meme of Hitler as an...
by natecooper | May 31, 2008 | cities, culture, media, politics
What the hell is wrong with people? Clearly these little Paris Hiltons in training have absolutely no remorse for stealing from a little kid and no other excuse than “I like money”. It’s amazing to me that people like this exist. I’m not...
by natecooper | May 17, 2008 | culture, digital media, media, politics
I’ve been wary in the past about submitting podcasts as blogs because I know its a time investment but I do listen to a lot of them myself and there are episodes every so often that are simply too fantastic not to put out there in the hopes that someone might...
by natecooper | May 8, 2008 | architecture, Brooklyn, cities, culture, new york, politics
A really interesting article about gentrification and how to confront it in new and interesting ways: [link] (via BLAST) What strikes me most about the article is this conception of the influx of young, middle-class into the neighborhood as somehow devouring the...
by natecooper | May 3, 2008 | art, culture, politics
This is a brilliant ad campaign from Surfrider .. those dudes who help protect the environment. Above is pictured “Condom Strips”; condoms found on beaches and packaged as seafood. Ads of the World Describes the project: “To put beach pollution...