Archive for February, 2008

Feb 19 2008

Numbers in Pictures

Published by Ben under Consumer Society, Eco-Issues

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It doesn’t look like much, but what you’re looking at is the number of cell phones “retired” in the U.S. every day — 426,000. View a close up, and other similar photo montages of consumption at Chris Jordan’s Running the Numbers.

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(via GOOD Magazine)

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Feb 09 2008

Well, that’s annoying.

Published by Ben under Etcetera

Technical difficulties are cropping up now and again. You may notice the past rearing its ugly head. Hopefully it will all be over shortly.

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Feb 09 2008

Aww

Published by Ben under News of the Weird

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Caption reads: “Louis cuddles his Mr Potato Head”.

(via BoingBoing)

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