Archive for September, 2006

RSS the Oprah Way

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Oprah seems to have all the answers to every problem  and she actually may have solved the problem of explaining RSS to the less tech savvy. The Oprah Way, describes RSS  as “I’m Ready for Some Stories”, which is silly and sappy. Her description is actually a really good way to explain it and I’m [...]

Carnival of Modern Man: Fashion

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

If you are the kind of modern man that is "in" on the latest runway styles, Mens Style has posted their trends for Fall 2006.  Of course I don’t want to run around town looking like a big dork, but I’m not going out for a new wardrobe based on the recommendations. Not sure what [...]

Carnival of Modern Man: Interview with Jason Gaylor

Monday, September 25th, 2006

I interviewed Jason Gaylor about his thoughts on modern man this weekend. As I’ve said before he is part design machine, part rock star, all parts modern man one of my partners in crime at Blacksuits Creative. The video was taken after dinner with other conversation going on in the background so you may have [...]

Carnival of Modern Man: Dogs

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Apparently macho men downsizing their best friend for pint sized companions seems to be a trend…er "sweeping the nation". I have two rather large girls that I love yet I can see the advantages of having smaller dogs and would not feel less of a man if we did have a little yapper. Smaller dogs [...]

The Knife, Silent Shout

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Swedish Brother-and-sister duo Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Anderson are the electronic duo The Knife. Their latest release Silent Shout is haunted with dense detail and dark layers. It is a menacing, hooky and addictive mix of
intensity, emotion and elecronic circuitry. It could be the soundtrack for the life of a ghost in the machine [...]