[twelve] ways to ponce

The Forty Story (by Pentagram)

A boy’s entire life catalogued by Pentagram design.

Now that we’re in the real election season (since that hack Romney is the nominee), let’s remember Obama’s real agenda.

Mos Def - Obama’s real agenda (by ILLigitt)

the most troubling part of all of this is the publisher’s response is a clear sign of what’s wrong. he doesn’t even see that repeating facts without attribution is a bad thing.

btw, I also love this writer’s style.

unwieldy:

As we were all taught in grade school and college, plagiarism isn’t okay. Even worse is attempting to defend it.

Yesterday, I wrote a short article about The $144,146,165 Button. I did the research via several sources, compiling it together to produce this interesting statistic. It was on the…

publicradiointernational:

The Mine Kafon — invented by Massoud Hassani — is a cheap, wind-blown landmine clearance device made primarily from bamboo, plastic and iron. (Photo: Massoud Hassani)

As a child, Hassani’s playground was a field full of landmines. “When we were kids,” he explained, “we used to make these wind-powered toys and play with them on this desert full of explosives, and they’d get stuck out there.”

Those toys were the inspiration for his Mine Kafons. More.