Archive for September, 2009
Paper-Case
September 28th, 2009 by lifeproof
The recession has forced us to cut down expenses. Even if you want to follow the living standards that you had, now you cannot fully cover all needs as you thought. In situations like these, clever innovators and witty designers come up with humorous designs that would make you buy things just because they are [...]
Tags: Apple, design, economic, economic crisis, economic recession, iPhone, paper case, recession
Posted in PinPoint
Displacement of Historical Artifacts: Altar of Zeus
September 27th, 2009 by lifeproof
Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, Germany hosts a great deal of ancient history. But, does that history belong to Berlin? Not at all. As I have said that I had friends over New York to visit Turkey. A group of them has been to Pergamon [in today's Turkish: Bergama] and the region around there visiting both the [...]
Tags: American Museum of Natural History, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, Babylon, Bergama, Berlin, Carl Humann, German Empire, Germany, Greek Mythology, Ishtar Gate, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Market Gate of Miletus, New York, New York City, Ottoman Empire, Pergamon, Pergamon Altar, Pergamonmuseum, Turkey, Turkish, Turkish Republic, wonders of the world, Zeus Altar
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PinPoint, PoliTickles
Animals of Junkyard
September 27th, 2009 by lifeproof
British artist Ptolemy Elrington is using hubcaps as his material to create art. His artwork is both evoking irony, especially in the age of Global Warming by producing animals from hubcaps and at the same time is proving that junk can be recycled in many forms.
Tags: global warming, hubcap, junk art, Ptolemy Elrington, recycling
Posted in PinPoint, Reminder
Information Society and Family
September 26th, 2009 by lifeproof
It is officially over. The family as we know it has died. In the last century we have seen the transition from the Agrarian Society to the Industrial Society, which changed the family structure from extended family to the nuclear family. But with the emergence of the Information Age and thereby, the Information Society, the [...]
Tags: agrarian society, blue collar, casual sex, extended family, friends with benefits, hooking up, industrial society, information age, information society, new single urban professional, nuclear family, pre-industrial society, single, social structure, sociology, urban professional, white collar
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PinPoint