Category: Art
Capybara Delivery Service
Earlier this year I discovered that a well-known toy store in Aberdeen Centre, Richmond had very, very many (capybara) kapibara-san plush toys in their storefront…
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Saying Hello with Crowded Teeth’s Whimsical World
Crowded Teeth is one of those amazing fantasy worlds that elicits an explosion of pixie stardust over the everyday little details that we are missing…
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New and Moo in Business Cards
One of the favorite methods I choose to introduce and keep in touch with new acquaintances is sharing business cards. Despite the fact that…
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Peeking into Glitch’s Enchanted Forests
The fine folks at the PlayGlitch community have been rolling out exciting updates to their beta virtual-reality game, and their latest latest feature is a…
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Hop into Spring with Pat the Bunny
One of the most favorite retro-nostalgia items of my (secondhand) childhood is the See ‘Pat the Bunny’ storybooks. And, I am proud to say, that…
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All Art is Autobiographical
Unearth carefully placed and tapered cardboard in the closet. Subsequently sneeze from the dust. Repeatedly. Open sketchbook. These are a few photographs of the sketchbook-diary…
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Give a crap. Don’t give a fuck
How do you know if you’re doing a good job? There’s always an external way to measure quality—being prepared, attending to the details, listening to…
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Date a girl who writes
via ADORABILITY. Date a girl who writes. Date a girl who may never wear completely clean clothes, because of coffee stains and ink spills. She’ll have…
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Understanding Murakami’s 1Q84
The following excerpts below are from two articles that I found extremely useful in understanding Murakami’s 1Q84 and his style of writing. “Early in Haruki…
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Aaron Swartz, Precocious Programmer and Internet Activist, Dies at 26
“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The…
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Cloud Atlas (novel) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cloud Atlas consists of six nested stories that take the reader from the remote South Pacific in the nineteenth century to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. Each tale is…
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Giving Everything It’s Due
Humanity’s great spiritual teachers– Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Gandhi, and others– are models, shining personal examples. They make their powerful impact not merely through the propositions…
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Shopping for Vintage and Thrift in Vancouver is like Trophy Hunting for Extinct Animals
I’m always more than a little horrified when people ask where they should start thrift shopping for vintage clothing and outdated fashions. In fact, when…
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Things to Keep in Mind when Signing an NDA
The most important rule to keep in mind before signing an NDA is, to go over the document with a lawyer first. Since the other…
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Before closing down your Home on the Net
I sent off an email this morning to one of my favorite artist bloggers on the heels of her announcement to shut down her domain….
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Living With Less. A Lot Less. – NYTimes.com
Intuitively, we know that the best stuff in life isn’t stuff at all, and that relationships, experiences and meaningful work are the staples of a…
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Give a crap. Don’t give a fuck
How do you know if you’re doing a good job? There’s always an external way to measure quality—being prepared, attending to the details, listening to…
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Understanding Murakami’s 1Q84
The following excerpts below are from two articles that I found extremely useful in understanding Murakami’s 1Q84 and his style of writing. “Early in Haruki…
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