Understanding popular (shopping) culture

A couple of years ago, IKEA opened a Boston-area store. I'd heard of the Swedish giant, of course, but never having been in one, I neither understood the general fuss nor the frustration of a friend whose SO insisted on shopping there. ( And here's our IKEA Saturday adventure... )

Understanding popular (shopping) culture

A couple of years ago, IKEA opened a Boston-area store. I'd heard of the Swedish giant, of course, but never having been in one, I neither understood the general fuss nor the frustration of a friend whose SO insisted on shopping there. ( And here's our IKEA Saturday adventure... )

Yesterday's links today

Thanks to folks on the NESFA email list and my own fascination with great hoaxes, here are some of the best from yesterday (and before):

Museum of Hoaxes

MIT Gallery of Hacks

Google's new TiSP service

Gmail for the Computer Illiterati

Specialty clothing on offer

Space Quidditch -- US beats Russia

Skype for Cows

Yesterday's links today

Thanks to folks on the NESFA email list and my own fascination with great hoaxes, here are some of the best from yesterday (and before):

Museum of Hoaxes

MIT Gallery of Hacks

Google's new TiSP service

Gmail for the Computer Illiterati

Specialty clothing on offer

Space Quidditch -- US beats Russia

Skype for Cows