the pedestrian
...wandering around, finding favorite things...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
personal branding

...finally the grownup world Inc. catches up with what teenagers have known all along: it's all about personal-branding.
Now you can hire a personal image consultant to help you manage your personal brand image in dating, life coaching, job hunting---perhaps even dependency on external definitions of success. Oh wait, it's already on charged to the plastic.

And you thought public relations was hard for coutntries to manage. Welcome to Amerika, Borat. Spin, baby, spin.
Monday, October 23, 2006
The Thing So mellifluous
A robotic hand that gestures the finger points of six Classical pieces--- including Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony", Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer," or Chopin's "Minute Waltz."

Does it glow? That would be nice.


Could I have asked for a more appropriate bit for Hallows Eve season?

you can buy it for me here.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Be a Dirty Hippie for Halloween!
looking to be the best dressed this Halloween? We have a winner.

check it out.








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