19 August 2002

Art-o-mat: art from a vending machine Democratic art-for-all from a cigarette machine [via Metafilter] 11:52:20 PM     comments

Inframince sur le metafiltre Here be links to many fine Marcel Duchamp sites. Eau et gaz a tous les etages... 11:51:26 PM     comments

The Guardian's interactive (Flash) guides Good (rare) use of Flash to present complex or changing information. For instance: the euro across Europe, and raising the Kursk, and this one is confusing: World Bank and the IMF. 11:28:44 PM     comments

Wired: Ebola is beautiful Bioart: pictures of Ebola and HIV (Hunter O'Reilly), fluorescent rabbits (Eduardo Kac), and "genesthetics" (Joe Davis). 3:05:57 PM     comments

Datamonitor: Death bell tolls - 3G RIP Analyst Nick Greenaway says: shelve your 3G plans - the ROI is too far off. Other commentators don't agree though. Elsewhere in 3G-land, Hutchinson 3G, whose consumer brand will be 3, may miss its dates as its handsets won't pass testing in time. 2:47:49 PM     comments

Vodafone to buy out Vivendi's stake in Vizzavi Vodafone and Vivendi have used Vizzavi to make $1bn disappear, and Vivendi's half is valued at E150m. Viv are in a big money hole, and the sale will help a little. The future?: We would not be surprised to see Vizzavi disappearing from view, before being quietly whacked in a couple of years. We hope we're wrong. 2:46:37 PM     comments