Wayward notes and Comments from the ether in my eyes

Pervasive surveillance is a funny thing, and I wonder how it will affect dress. All those cameras are sharpening the difference between public and private spaces, so how about this scenario: The beautiful people, who feel the most threat from paparazzi, bored security guards, and network-based voyeu ...

Gizmodo has a great gallery of photos from a design book series published by Phaidon called Pioneers, Mass Production, and New Technologies. It's a three-volume set showcasing 333 of the best designed products from the past century, including Lockheed's Blackbird aircraft, Technics' turntables, and ...

Comical legal case-names are pretty damned funny: United States v. 11 1/4 Dozen Packages of Articles Labeled in Part Mrs. Moffat's Shoo-Fly Powders for Drunkenness, 40 F. Supp. 208 (W D.N.Y. 1941) (holding product misbranded because it was not in fact a cure or treatment for drunkenness). I Am The B ...

Fructose can "damage human metabolism and is fuelling the obesity crisis," reports the Times. Scientists found that cheap fructose syrup may cause "the disruption of mechanisms that instruct the body whether to burn or store fat."...

Jacques Vallee is a computer scientist, partner in a venture capital firm, and author of more than 20 books, including Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers, The Invisible College, and The Network Revolution. In our age of rational science the occult has never been more in demand: Ang ...

Sidney Crosby is the winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete.

A spokesman for Oral Roberts says the evangelist who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name has died. He was 91.

Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner finally took to the skies Tuesday, more than two years later than the company had planned.

The Harper government says special breaks may be in store for Alberta's tarsands.

Canada's chief public health officer says Canadians shouldn't become complacent about H1N1 influenza, which is unpredictable and could stage a big comeback in the new year.