This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on March 4, 2009). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
Sometime between February 27th and March 4th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
- Skittles.com: Interweb the Rainbow. Taste the Rainbow.: Bizarre and really interesting — Skittles is crowdsourcing their website. Rather than building their own promotional site, they're pulling in their Facebook fan page, Twitter searches, Youtube videos, and Flickr photos. Nice little experiment!
- What Were Arcades Like?: "I was reading about arcades and how you'd have to queue to play popular games as well as follow rules like no throwing in fighting game or the others wouldn't let you play. This seems rather strange. The money cost must have gotten expensive pretty quickly as well. I'm not old enough to have been to them when they were around so I'm curious about what they were like."
- METAL MACHINE MUSIC: Nine Inch Nails and the Industrial Uprising: "This film traces fascinating and reviews the fascinating history of industrial music, via its 1970s origins, through its enormous rise to prominence in America in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s with NIN as the focal point, to culminate with the current activities of Trent Reznor as he uses marketing and promotional initiatives in a manner just as creative as the music he continues to compose. "
- Thousands in Scramble for Free Books After Amazon Supplier Abandons Warehouse: "The warehouse, whose lease recently ran out, once contained as many as five million books destined to be sold online. After the lease expired, he firm running the secondhand book business moved out, leaving it full of books. Managers of the industrial estate invited people to help themselves so they can free up space at the site."
- It’s ‘Potter’ vs. ‘Twilight’ at Great Literary Debate: "Be prepared for lightning bolts and bared fangs as teens square off to defend their literary faves March 21 in 'The Great Debate: Harry Potter vs. Twilight.' Co-sponsored by Seattle Public Library and TEAM READ, the free event is intended to settle (or not) the burning issue of which mega-selling fantasy series reigns supreme." It's a little disturbing how tempting I find it to show up to this, camera in hand, just to see the sparks fly. And not glittery-vampire or broken-wand sparks, either.