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Dark and stormy

By alex | Published: 7/18/2006
The winner of the Bulwer-Lytton prize has been announced: Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you\’ve had your last burrito for a while, whose face said angels did exist, […]
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Great Japanese CM

By alex | Published: 7/1/2006
This commercial makes me cry, but in a good way.
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Buffalo Burlesque

By alex | Published: 6/24/2006
It’s not especially difficult to find burlesque in New York, as the art is celebrating a bit of a renaissance. Clearly, I left Buffalo, a little too soon. Looks like fun; it’ll be interesting to see how it develops.
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Microsoft embraces pain

By alex | Published: 6/22/2006
User-centered design is all about empathizing with your users. When your software causes frustration and pain, it is important that this is fed back to the design team in order to create a virtuous cycle.
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