There's now some evidence that Dick Cheney managed the process of giving Halliburton their no-bid sweetheart contract to "Restore Iraqi Oil." On a related note, while Iraqi oil seems to be flowing under our control, for some reason it isn't helping to reduce the current obscene gas prices.

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Pretty cool concept... a fairly well-known British designer, Phil Nutley (okay, so I never heard of him either), issues a challenge to 9 other designers in 9 different cities.

• Design a chair in 90 days.
• Budget can not go over 200 clams.
• Has to support at least 200 pounds. (but really, doesn't that rule out about 70% of the population (yes, including me)?)
• Include instructions.

But the really big catch??
• All the materials have to fit in a standard FedEx box.

Once they received all of the entries, they videotaped themselves opening all of the packages, assembling them, and then one brave soul actually sits in the chair. Honestly, half of the ideas were so-so, and a couple were downright pathetic (why even bother doing anything if that is your best effort?). But there were 4 that were pretty cool, including the last one that takes the 'build-it-yourself' mantra to a new level...
And, no, the picture at the top right is not one of the entries...

All in all, a fairly cool idea, especially with the tinie-tiny shipping space constraints.

The designers involved are - [PRACHI MISHRA: New Delhi, MINJUN KIM: New York City, MARK HALES: British somewhere(?), MARIA DUPUIS: Madrid, MADS MANDRUP: Copenhagen, IVANCKA IOTOV: Johannesburg, FABIO RIGHETTO: Brazil, and EMIR URAS: London.]

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In the running for most-color challenged logo of 2004... we give you the Jennie-O Turkey Store Lifestyle Challenge Contest...

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The New York Times (frigging free registration required, blah blah blah) has printed an introspective piece questioning why they (and every other media outlet in America) blindly accepted the Bush administration's pre-war WMD claims. Apparently, the press is starting to wake up to their role as Karl Rove shills and turn on the White House. Good! It's about time.

The role of journalists in a free society is to expose the truth to the masses; ours have failed, but now they're starting to realize it. I hope they turn their embarrassment into investigative blood lust; we have some elections coming up soon.

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Make yourself a list of the ten best things about 80's music. Not the most popular stuff, or the stuff that nobody listened to that keeps turning up on all the "Eighties!" compilations. The ten best elements of songs you remember from good parties, late night mix tapes, and college music. Now, cull this down to the five best things. Got it? Okay, now go check out the Scissor Sisters. Their list is even better than yours. (Edit: Here's an iTunes link for those of you who prefer...)

(FYI, this site comes up playing music, so mute your sound if you need to...)

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I've been fascinated by Area 51 since I was a boy (ironically, I'm not into UFO phenomena - I just like secrets). I'm also watchfully concerned at the government's current disregard for the law and civil rights whenever they run into a "national security" issue. So, naturally, it was only a matter of time before something like this caught my eye. Apparently, the FBI has been monitoring the comings and goings of normal citizens in public places without disclosure, warrants or any public notice. They're also bullying some Las Vegas-area citizens for investigating a hidden sensor network in the desert (on public land) near Groom Lake. Just your tax dollars at work intimidating the curious.

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In order to actually concieve, a childless couple is told to try sex.
Viva la religious morés!!

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Dear gods... I was doing a cursory glanse through our eXTReMe Tracking to get some idea of the traffic we've been getting here (but mostly because I have never looked at the numbers before). Apparently the mighty Chaos Digest came up in a Google search on May 14th at 17:43:56 where someone typed in "teenage mutant ninja turtles official website for the 90's."

So I become torn between asking two question....
First, why the #^%@$*% would CD come up in a search like that?
Secondly, who the #^%@$*% actually did a search like that?

I'm guessing it was Todd.
Or my cousin Joey.

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New, city-related blog Chicagoist, from the people that did New York's Gothamist (which, so far, is much better than the spin-off). If you can stand the dizzyingly self-important tone (theirs, not mine), have a look.

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It will not be released until the beginning of November, but Pixar has a new trailer up for their next feature film, The Incredibles. As always, looks like yet another must see!

On a side note, it is interesting to see that their 'full-screen' preview requires iTunes 4.5... methinks the Jobs-ian road map of Apple might be a lot more long-term (in a good, visionary way) than most people think...

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Just in case you haven't caught the late-night shows lately, here's what they've had to say about "President" Bush recently:

"A new poll says that if the election were today, both John Kerry and John Edwards would beat President Bush. The White House is so worried about this, they're now thinking of moving up the capture of Osama Bin Laden to next month."
- Jay Leno

"It was reported in the paper that President Bush received a 'warm reception' from the Daytona500 drivers. Well sure, the drivers had never met anyone who was sponsored by more oil companies than they were."
- Jay Leno

"Political analysts say that President Bush's re-election strategy is to try and convince Americans that he's a war president. I don't get that, do you think that'll work?
I mean, don't you think that if he tries to convince the American people that we need a war president, isn't he afraid that they're going to vote for the guy that was actually in a war?"
- Jay Leno

"John Kerry said today he wants to debate President Bush once a month. Hey good luck, if Bush couldn't make it to the National Guard once a month, he's not going to show up for this."
- Jay Leno

"On 'Meet the Press' President Bush was asked what he would do if he lost the election and Bush said, ''Phhh, you mean like last time?'"
- Jay Leno

"President Bush's approval rating is now down under 50 percent. So now what he's going to have to do is let Saddam go so we can capture him again."
- David Letterman

"President Bush says he has just one question for the American voters, 'Is the rich person you're working for better off now than they were four years ago?'"
- Jay Leno

"The election is in full-swing. Republicans have taken out round-the-clock ads promoting George Bush. Don't we already have that? It's called Fox News."
- Craig Kilborn

"A Newsweek poll said if the election were held today, John Kerry would beat Bush 49 percent to 46 percent. And today, President Bush called Newsweek magazine a threat to world peace."
- Jay Leno

"The Bush campaign for re-election has officially begun. They're actually running television commercials. Have you seen any of the television commercials? In one of the commercials, you see George Bush for thirty seconds. In another commercial, you get to see George Bush for sixty seconds - kind of like his stint in the National Guard."
- David Letterman

"Kerry is well on his way to reaching his magic number of 2,162.That's the total number of delegates he needs to win the Democratic nomination. See for President Bush it's different - his magic number is 5.That's the number of Supreme Court judges needed to win."
- Jay Leno

"There was a scare in Washington when a man climbed over the White House wall and arrested. This marks the first time a person has gotten into the White House unlawfully since... President Bush."
- David Letterman

"Is it me or is President Bush's life starting to sound like a country song. He's from Texas, his dog just died, and it looks like he might lose his job. Next thing, his truck is going to break down."
- Jay Leno

"President Bush is now focusing on jobs. I think the one job he's focusing most on is his own. The White House is now backtracking from its prediction that 2.6 million new jobs will be created in the U.S. this year. They say they were off by roughly 2.6 million jobs."
- Jay Leno

"President Bush said he was 'troubled' by gay people getting married in San Francisco. He said on important issues like this the people should make the decision, not judges. Unless of course we're choosing a president, then he prefers judges."
- Jay Leno

"President Bush is in the hot seat over Iraqi pre-war intelligence. Remember the good ol' days when the only thing the president was trying to cover up was a stain?"
- Craig Kilborn

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Can you tell this is blog run by adults who still act like kids? As I was listing my TurboGraphx on eBay to see if anyone actually would pay money for it, I did a Google to see if could find a nice picture of the system so I wouldn't have to take one myself (how lazy can I get?) ... I stumbled across this... ClassicGaming.com - The Museum.

My father was a bit of a technology geek, who loved to get new electronics before most anyone else... for example, we were the first family I knew that bought a CD player when the first came out. I recall that he spent about $500 to get one at Radio Shack (of all places).

But even before that, he bought my brothers and I an assortment of videogames/computers over the years... Starting with the Magnavox Odyssey 100 (but ours was white, not red, and I still have it, and it still works!). Along the way, we also had the ubiquitous Atari 2600, and the Atari 800 (complete with tape drive, which took an average of 30 minutes to load a SINGLE game... and then an actual floppy disk drive!!), and finally a Sega Genesis.

Many of our friends/neighbors had other models: Jim had the Commodore 64 (or was it the Vic 20?), Terry had the Odyssey2... I don't recall anyone who had the Intellivision, but it looked so damn cool! And in college, Carlos had the ColecoVision!

One thing that surprised me was the pricing of most of the units. As a kid, you really have no idea of what the value of a dollar is, you just wanted mommy and daddy to get you the newest game out there (I remember begging for Pac-Man when it was released for the Atari)! It seems as though most of the prices for the consoles were right around $200, and most of the games cost between $30-50 bucks. The more things change... eh? And that's not even factoring in 20+ years of inflation.

This whole site was a huge trip down memory lane for me... For those of you too young to remember most of these, you can get a sense of of the history of videogames, and how incredibly far we have come since the [pictured at top] Pong days. And for those of you who, as I did, experienced the 'revolution' as it happened, you will feel waves of nostalgia, and learn a ton 'o facts about each system that you never knew before.

And my faith in the revelance of the content on the internet has been restored again... =;-)

P.S. I did indeed list my TurboGraphx (and 15 games) on eBay, and [on a whim] included a 'Buy It Now' option.... . . . It sold in 15 minutes.

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The "Washington Whispers" column on U.S. News & World Report's web site says that Washington's insiders believe a successful terror attack will occur, probably in the last month before the elections. Of note, the following comment:

"I can tell you one thing," adds the official sternly, "we won't be like Spain," which tossed its government days after the Madrid train bombings.

Tinfoil hat time: Would the administration leverage an attack to drive public opinion in favor of re-electing Bush? Doesn't this sound like the Bush White House has a vested interest in an attack, successful or not? Maybe not enough to let one slip by. Still, until a few weeks ago I thought we were the good guys...

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So, I mentioned that we are moving, but did not mention that we just put our house up for sale. If anyone is interested in a great house (honestly I really do like our house and will be sad to leave) in a great, uncongested neighborhood in Chicago(with super-convenient access to transportation, and soon to be home to a brand-new Borders!), feel free to give me a holla'!

Special discount to loyal Chaos Digest readers, of course =;-)

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I'm seeing more anecdotal evidence of George Bush's planned draft. Here, reference is made to the Pentagon sending out warning orders, and starting to convert inactive reservists back to active status. And, if you thought you'd ended your military career and moved on, the IRS will be helping to drag you back in. I wonder whether Dubya's daughters will be eligible. Feel like 1968 yet?

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I freely and loudly admit to being a tree-hugger. My beautiful wife and I try to recycle almost everything we can (and that the City of Chicago Blue Bag Recycling will allow). To my friends that skoff, sneer, and seem to think that recycling is not worth it, I simply point out that we now put more in the recycling blue bags than we throw out in normal garbage bags. Over time, that is saving a whole heck of a lot of landfill!

So where is this going, you ask? Well, yesterday I ran across one of the coolest ideas I've seen in a long, long time... Cresencia and I are getting ready to move to San Diego, and we're lightening our (okay, MY) accumulated possesions. However, unlike my wife, I hate to throw something out that is still completely usable!

Enter Freecycle! An incredibly simple concept that helps you find people that actually want the things you do not want anymore. The only catch is that it has to be free, with no hidden strings at all. Someone in a city (in my case, Chicago) sets up a group on Yahoo! Groups, and other interested people join (givers and takers). If you are giving something away, simply post a message, and if someone wants it, they will get a hold of you.

It is really that simple. I wish everything in life was this easy. Especially when it is for a (usually) good cause, and does not add to a landfill somewhere. Now hopefully someone will actually want my TurboGrafx and 15 games...

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It's been a busy past few weeks for yours truly, with work, the school semester wrapping up (and students freaking out), a fitness contest and getting the house ready to sell (anyone have any tips on San Diego? Feel free to e-mail me if you do!), and I am just now getting around to my much anticipated 2nd edition of my favorite blogs... (here's the first, in case you missed it)

I admit to leaning towards blogs with a dense 'cool' factor... but not 'cool' in terms of visuals (ha, just look at Chaos Digest!), but in terms of cool content. And since I teach a night class (Graphic Design) at Columbia College, I have been tending to look at issues in visual communications. So for this edition, I wanted to highlight blogs directly related to my chosen profession.

Recently, 2 different blogs have almost become the defacto standards for designers to read, contribute and comment. The first one that I discovered : : Speak Up : : has been around a bit longer, since 10/02. Basically moderated by a single individual, he allows others to post on a wide range of subjects regarding design issues. Very active, insightful and friendly discussions in here.

The second one, Design Observer I have only recently discovered. It seems to be closed to only four contributor (but what names! Rick Poynor, Jessica Helfand, William Drenttel, and Michael Bierut), but the essays seem to be very knowledable and well-thought out. The comment section can be quite lively at times too.

Be warned... the issues that are discussed on both are fairly meaty and dense. It can make your head swim the first time you dive in and wade through the material. However, given the increasingly irrelevance of AIGA (and the sad death of ACD, via inept management), the slow death of Emigre (which I used to worship) over the past 4 years, and the incredible shrinking amount of viable content in both How and Print, blogs like these may be the only way to:

1. have an actual dialouge with your peers, and
2. retain any semblence of artistic community among graphic designers.

Let me know what you think in the comments... I am sincerely interested to hear your opinion on this.

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You may have heard that Roy Disney (Walt's nephew, and Disney's director when Walt died) and Stan Gold resigned from Disney's board to protest of the beleaguered company's current direction. Their beef? Poor management, failing quality and stagnant stock at the hands of CEO Michael Eisner and a handful of torpid board members. According to Reuters:

Although Disney has been forecasting strong earnings growth over the next few years, Gold said Disney's results will deteriorate because the company has "buildings full of suits" but is "bankrupt of creative people."

I’d welcome a shakeup at Disney, and Steve Jobs could be just the ticket. Hell, throw in John Lasseter, too. Under their watch, Pixar has remained not only fresh and creative but also profitable. Apple was smart to bring him back in, too.

I grew up a major Disney fan. If asked where to spend spring break, Disney World was always my first choice. Most recently I wanted to go take a class in conventional animation. Eisner and his cronies have reduced the once-creative Mecca into a production "on the cheap" with offshore production and no more professional or conventional artists. Eisner is was also blocking Miramax's public distribution of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," although it seems that Bob and Harvey Weinstein are going to buy the film and release it themselves, like they did with Dogma in 1999.

If you want to see Disney returned to its former glory, see Roy and Stan's web site and help them convince the press and voting investors to lobby for change.

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(Or, for those of you who don't speak Aramaic, "Down in Front!") Okay, I'm all "passion"-ed out. This still made me laugh.

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I heard the words “you can’t be outraged at the torture of the detainees and the murder of Nicolas Berg at the same time.” Bullshit. I can. I am able to see that both shocking events were the reckless disregard for human life. Would the person who said this be all up in arms if the detainee was a pregnant woman and the treatment caused the abortion of her fetus? Sorry, I know some people who would vote Carrot Top into office if he was pro-life and his opponent was pro-choice, but I digress...

The CIA has identified the man that killed Berg. He is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate of al Qaeda. Proof positive that we should focus less on fearful and defensive Iraqis and more on real terrorists. Being pissed at the Iraqis when a Jordanian performed the act is pointless. Making this a reason to retaliate against the Iraqis reduces us to the level of the murderers. We’re spending billions fighting the wrong people.

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If you're not familiar with the Xprize, look here. It's a contest with a ten million dollar prize. "And what do you have to do to win this prize?", you might ask. Well, the winning team has to:

• Privately finance, build & launch a spaceship able to carry three people to 100 kilometers (62.5 miles) altitude
• Return safely to Earth
• Repeat the launch with the same ship within 2 weeks

So far the leading team appears to be Scaled Composites. They just set a civilian altitude record of 212,000 feet on their third powered test flight. Of course, they're not the only ones trying to get off this rock. The Civilian Space eXploration Team is trying to launch the first amateur rocket into space. They intend to launch from Black Rock, Nevada on May 17. No people onboard, just lots of electronics. On the last attempt, the rocket blew up a few seconds after launch, but for this attempt they have an improved engine. I don't think they've given out the frequencies yet, but if you're a ham radio enthusiast in the area you should be able to receive telemetry and video from the rocket during its flight. Wish them luck.

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Noted author and policy wonk Robert Higgs has written an interesting comparison of the Dubya and JFK presidencies. Apparently, a hallmark of Kennedy's administration was arrogant, half-baked foreign policies leading to foreign relations disasters. Sound familiar?

To read the Bush administration’s “National Security Strategy“ is to appreciate just how much the current government reexpresses the presumptuousness and the hubris of the Kennedy administration. Now, however, we find the earlier interest in preventive attacks raised to a pillar of policy, explicitly encapsulated in the motto “the best defense is a good offense.” Hence, “as a matter of common sense and self-defense,” the president declares in his introduction to the document, “America will act against . . . emerging threats before they are fully formed.”

Wade through it. It's a good place to start gaining an understanding of the "neoconservative" movement that seems to be running the Republican party lately.

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There is increasing evidence that the Bush administration, if elected to a second term, will institute a draft, probably by mid-2005.

The Pentagon can't continue to project power into Afghanistan, Iraq and the rest of the Middle East; maintain our other garrisons world-wide; and meet our treaty obligations with current force levels. The State Department must realize that China, Pakistan and Libya won't maintain their status quos if they think we don't have the resources to back up our foreign policy.

Rumsfeld used to maintain that we could bring democracy to Iraq with about 100,000 troops (many Pentagon officials have quietly called this nonsense). Today, we don't hear those statements any more, regular Army soldiers are watching their deployments get longer and longer, and national guard troops are serving tours well beyond their expectations. Our allies aren't sending troops.

The Selective Service Program is calling for draft board volunteers. Congress won't pay for mercenaries forever.

We need more troops. This leaves two choices: decrease the demand on our armed forces or increase their size. Bush's entire "strong leadership" message is predicated on keeping the "war on terror" going, so don't expect him to bring the boys back home any time soon.

I have a son who'll be just the right age in 2005. I don't want him killed for a war profiteer, a failed "neo-conservative" agenda, and wealthier Saudis. Please vote in November.

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Wooden computer peripherals? You've probably run across this kind of thing before, but this manufacturer, SwedX, has a few new twists. For one, they offer wooden wireless mice. For another, they're selling some fairly exotic woods. The conservationist in me wants to leave the rare trees alone, but the yuppie scum in me wants one in each color, please.

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Depends on the picture, I guess. Worth1000 runs contests for Photoshop artists. Some of the results are must-see cool. Others are...disturbing. Best you judge for yourself.

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With the whole bru-ha-ha that the RIAA is making over rampant piracy over the past couple of years, I've read several articles that reflect on the beginning of la CD revolution... I personally do remember the time when the first CDs came out, and were grossly overpriced compared to tape and records... $15.00 for a CD vs. $8-10 for tape/record.
Of course, the music industry was quick to give a myriad of reasons for the price dispariiy, for what was, essentially, the same product:

1. Higher production costs since records far outsold CDs... once the numbers even out, the prices will drop.
2. The packaging is more expensive (even albums though were larger and generally had more effort put into their packaging, especially in the early days).
3. The sonic quality is much, much higher, and thusly worth a premium.
4. CDs are much more durable, and will never need to be replaced in your lifetime, unlike records/tapes.

Even though the first three have been rendered moot over the years (without a resulting price drop, I might add), the durability has been a stedfast mainstay. Although I had started to hear rumbling of 'CD-rot' from experts I respect about 8-9 years ago, I always assumed it was just the early generations of CDs that were suspect, and manufacturing technology had made sufficient advanced to solve all of those concerns. Alas, this article from CNN says it ain't so, and those of us who have put a ton o' money into the optical media, whether for music or data archival purposes, should be worried. Very worried.

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Once upon a time, "peek and poke" didn't sound dirty, programs were keyed in from magazines and written out to audio cassettes, and you had 16k after the expansion module. Enjoy this goofy musical tribute to those simpler times...

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Scientists (man, I love those guys) have isolated a protein unique to fat cells, and worked out a way to cause them to self-destruct (just in mice, so far). They're cautioning us not to be too optimistic since a number of mouse-fat solutions have failed to translate effectively to humans, but if this one works out, it will basically be the end of obesity as we know it. At least, if you can afford it (I'm sure it'll be very reasonable...yeah).

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The Hollywood Stock Exchange was big a few years ago during the boom, and it seems they're still humming along nicely, if a little more quietly. The idea is that you "invest" virtual money in your favorite stars or upcoming films, and the more popular they become, the more they're worth. After that, it's just your basic buy-low, sell-high thang. If you're right often enough and your fund gets big, eventually someone offers you a studio production deal (I hope).

The coolest thing about this is that you get a chance to review all these movie ideas in early stages of development, so you know what next summer's blockbusters will be. Another neat thing is that if an idea that isn't already being produced becomes popular enough, that may help get it greenlighted for real production. I hear Hollywood actually watches this thing fairly closely. Just to be safe, I put a few "bucks" into the next Star Trek film...who knows?

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What? Exactly.


Also what? Stop, please stop.

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So, it looks like we've been humiliating and abusing Iraqi prisoners on our custody. Our British allies, too.

Last week, I read a quote in the Chicago Tribune from an Iraqi prisoner who made a statement to the effect that he didn't mind being beaten, but that being forced to stand naked with other men in front of a female soldier was nearly intolerable because he was being treated "like a woman."

Where did our soldiers get the idea that these acts would result in anything but a court martial and a stockade trip? Given that there are at least 10 incidents under official investigation, and none of those are the ones that were revealed last week, there seems to be a lot of this going on. In fact, it seems so common to me that I'd guess the commanding officers on the scene at least looked the other way, if not actually approved this behavior.

I'm guessing that our Army has learned a little Arab psychology during our "visit" to the Middle East, and that they discovered deep religious taboos against homosexuality and sexual humiliation, as well as a cultural machismo that's been growing unchecked for thousands of years. Perhaps some local commanders decided that the best way to demoralize the enemy was to start humiliating them; an Arab threatened with a good buggering might be a little more forthcoming with the intel.

This, of course, has had precisely the opposite effect. Iraqis who were sympathetic are now shocked, betrayed and want nothing to do with us. Iraqis who already hated us will now be able to sway their moderate buddies a little more easily. And it's common knowledge that a man who faces capture by an enemy who tortures will fight to the death.

The psychology of this is a nightmare. Take the arrogant, macho hubris of a Texas simpleton; the absolute certainty of a faithful man who's been treating women and social subordinates like servile dirt for his whole life; the panicked ambition of an officer who wants and needs to deliver actionable intelligence to his superiors; the manipulative cunning of terrorists seeking converts for the cause; and mix with a ready supply of weapons, victims and deadline pressure.

Are you starting to get it yet? Whether we were ever right or wrong in the first place to go to war, this is now a bad situation, and no one in charge is trying to get us out of it.

Vote! Changing our leadership probably won't be enough to stop whatever retaliation the terrorists are cooking up, but we might at least stop creating allies for them.

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Heres some highlights from the release notes.

* Windows Installer
* New Default Theme on Mac OS X
* Improved Junk Mail Controls
* New Brand Identity
* Other New Features...

I've been using .5 on my laptop , but not on my primary machine. So far its been at least as stable as Outlook Express and much more secure. Not bad for free software that's still in beta. You can download it here , but you may want to look for a mirror as the servers there will probably be taking a beating today.

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I read an article somewhere about a month or so ago about blogs, and how they liberally swipe info from each other and only give credit to the original blog about 10% of the time. I know that the list of blogs that I truly enjoy reading (besides my own) is growing weekly, and finding one worthy of 10 minutes of my life every day can be tré cool.

So in the grand tradition of narcissism, I thought to showcase blogs that really flip my lid. My initial instinct would be to highlight a blog once a week or so (let's see if the other 3 posters here at ChaosDigest are willing to do the same!!).

For my first offering, I thought I'd start with one that probably betrays my old architecture days... It is a site called MoCoLoco, and their self-purported focus is "Modern contemporary design & architecture." It seems to be updated daily.

I truly love this site... The owner finds some of the coolest shit anywhere for things in life and around the house. A lot of truly innovative pieces (and usually stunningly simple as well). Of course, they are all obnoxiously over-priced (some obscenely obnoxious!), but damn are they sah-weet! Some recent examples are:

The coolest damn faucet I've ever seen...


A bowl made out of melted green army men (don't let any of your kids who loved Toy Story see this!)


A shower that doesn't seem like a shower anymore


The sexiest sink in the world!

Honestly, I find this stuff very creatively stimulating (hey, I said creatively!) and has been ableto get me re-energized in my own creative work more than once (hell, I even write the site a fan letter, and I NEVER do that!)... However, I really wish I could do a lot of this too, so I think I'm gonna throw down a gauntlet to myself to see if I can start inventing some rad things too...! So go visit MoCoLoco, bookmark it, and visit it daily!

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