Thursday, March 11th 2010
unhappy hipsters
This website turns architectural magazine photographs into commentary on the existential crisis’ suffered by the new generation of hipster homeowners. Because being wealthy, cool and artistic needs a dark side. For example, Dean Kaufman’s photograph of a group of people walking in a park wearing sunglasses appeared in the September 2009’s issue of Dwell. On the site, the photograph is reappropriated with the caption “Without the shades, they might have to face the terrifying prospect of actually speaking to one another.”
•Katharine Snider-McNair
exactitudes
After documenting the dress codes of various social groups over 14 years photographer Ari Versluis successfully proves that there is no such thing as being an individual.
•Katharine Snider-McNair
funny exams
funnyexam.com
We’ve all had that test. And yes, I’m talking about that one – the one where the prompt asks you to define the Beer-Lambert law, and all you can come up with is an illustration of a passed out stick figure. Funnexams.com is a collection of miscellaneous pieces of academia gone wrong. This might just be the perfect website for pre-exam procrastination.
•Corrigan Hammond
gnod
gnod.net
Gnod knows. It knows your favourite music, books and movies. Type in an author, and vola, it has a map of dozens of similar writers that you will enjoy. Want to discover music? Just tell Gnod three bands that you like, and it will find a brand new one for you. Its amazing. Try it out.
•Corrigan Hammond
this is why you’re fat
Here you’ll find a collection of shocking, disgusting and sometimes tempting foods that just shouldn’t exist, from “Paula Deen’s Cheesy Ham and Banana Casserole” to “the Dr. Phil.” The title says it all.
•Katharine Snider-McNair
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