Exhibit 5a | Creative Disobedience

If you happen to be one of those Brooklyn hipsters who wishes they could knit a funky little sock for their iPods but don’t know how to knit, never fear. Keep your hipster cred by carrying your iPod in a tiny little hoodie, complete with thumb pocket, from iSweats. Aww, ain’t it cute…

1. Will someone please, puh-LEASE, tell me why it is necessary for at least one idiot, often more than one, to say “So, is this a new employee?” when someone brings their kid by the office? I mean, is it possible that people have never heard that joke before? Yeah, asshole, that isn’t actually an [...]

Regular readers will no doubt remember my utter hatred of all things Microsoft. I despise their useless browser, their weak operating system, and disgustingly dumbed down software products. Don’t get me started on PowerPoint. But sadly, I’ve gotten hooked to on particular Microsoft product: my xbox. More specifically I’ve been roped over to the darkside [...]

Dear Public Radio Station: I got into the habit of listening to public radio as a kid. My parents listened to practically nothing else – in our house nothing said “dinner time” better than the All Things Considered theme song. I continuted listening to public radio when I moved out and got a job – [...]

Hours of Darkness, a gallery of urban and non-urban decay is quite beautiful, although a bit sad. Apparently the photographer, Amanda, died earlier this year of cancer. This fact makes the photos that much more poignant, and touching. The site features two sets of galleries, Night Photos and Modern Ruins, both of which are amazing. [...]

Yeah, you know, someone over at the Department of Defense is pretty darn smart. There is no better way to win a war that to demoralize your enemy’s troops. You make them feel so depressed and scared that they revolt against the leadership and put a stop to unnecessary violence. To this end, the US [...]

A reader sent me some photos for my Urban Decay obsession of rhte Eastern State Penitentiary which is utterly fascinating. Located in Philadelphia, the Eastern State Penitentiary operated for close to 150 years before being closed and left to rot in 1971. The images in this gallery are haunting and amazing. For whatever reason I [...]

I was sitting around a vendor’s office on Friday flipping through a stack of magazines, killing some time while I was waiting. The selection was dubious – golf magazines, print-industry journals, sports magazine…pretty dry stuff. I ended up choosing a business magazine, New York Crain’s* which was my first mistake – whenever you add the [...]