Number one on my list of things happening in your world is this: Hammer Pants are Back. Not because i want to bust out my old Z.Cavaricci's, but because the link EP put up there takes you to a great video from 60 minutes with Wyclef Jean. Now that's worth checking out even if drop-crotch silk drawers aren't your thing.

Layoffs...Layoffs, and still more...Where will it end? This thread is 5 months old and has nearly a thousand posts. Trying times indeed, and what of them? These trying times that is? Confidence is still high for the new prez, but there's clearly quite a bit of doubt over how well, and how fast, this new stimulus package will work. I'm not seeing the benefits add up all that much just yet, but I will say that a few clients who lost funding 4 months ago are back in Benjamins as we speak. Must be a good sign.

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Another good sign: Even after shooting himself in the foot, Hasselhoff got a jay-oh-bee.

What else is going on in our world: Here's a splashy opening, Armani in NYC, by Fuksas. (h/t to PP)

Here's the latest from SpaceInvading:







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Treehugger on what is a zero carbon home.


Small House Movement gaining some traction.

Maybe instead of small houses, or even houses at all, what we need these days are more play structures.
from Designer Pages


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And then: Spray Painted Chocolate Boxes? How about Basil Cube? Sure, why not. Enfant terrible, Laurent Gras, from L2.0 in Chicagoland.






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I'm going to give some personal shout-outs to San Francisco City Supervisor Tom Ammiano for this one. It's about time people got pragmatic about cognitive liberty, even if at the end of the day it's still about the greenbacks. Since I personally know some people who have been getting paid with California State Issued I.O.U.'s, we'll take all the state income and revenue we can get.

Amsterdam meets the pacific? Bring it on!

Have a good week, people...

Mightylittle