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Frivolous Sunday: Famous George(s)
When I take the time to talk to people, they often ask “Georges, how did your mother come to choose your name?” It’s obvious, mother knew I was special, from the moment she knew she was pregnant, she...
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Frivolous Sunday: Train Train Train
In an earlier post, I discussed how no matter what our form of transport, as long as it was the quickest and cheapest, we’d also be satisfied with it being stressful and uncomfortable. My target, of...
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Frivolous Sunday: Malt
It’s still Sunday somewhere. Lately, little Post-Luddites, I have been preoccupied with finding malts. Malts, for those of you who don’t know, are milkshakes with malted powder, giving your drink a...
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Privacy v. Access: Blackberry and the Government
There’s an article in today’s New York Times which reminds me of one of the most important Post-Luddite issues. I’m not going to touch on it at length here — I think it merits a much stronger, longer...
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Frivolous Sunday: Rabbit Ears and OMGimon.tv
Last year, I had the privilege of hearing Jon Cohrs talk about his OMGimon.tv project, an analog/pirate TV station based in New York City. The idea behind the project is/was that as soon as TV stations...
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Frivolous Sunday: The 90s
Do you miss something about the 90s? Share your shallow consumerist nostalgia here! Continue reading →
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Frivolous Sunday: In Defense of Tea – A Manifesto
I gave up drinking coffee years ago when I lived with a caffeine-addled boyfriend and our coffee-drinking hazes lead to increasingly loud arguments over petty issues. For me, those first few weeks...
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Review | Laurie Anderson: O Superwoman
Last time I saw Laurie Anderson, incidentally the first time I saw Laurie Anderson, was for her performance of “Delusion”. I have a lot of opinions about that piece, but the sum of it is that I...
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Frivolous Sunday | A History of the Internet
The Guardian published A History of the Internet (in 2009) to celebrate 40 years since the development of Arpanet, and frankly it’s pretty cool. Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II was the first Head...
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Advertising | P & G reveals new Ivory soap campaign
Proctor and Gamble, which owns the Ivory soap brand, launched a new ad campaign for the product this month, according to an article in the New York Times. Ivory soap has been known for it’s “It...
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