[ pulling up the vegetables ]

No flying today. Sick day in bed. Not so bad ‘cept for the sick part.

Sick art by Hutch.

i am missing polaroids. (via nosecontacto)

Just finished a project that brought me around the globe in 30 days. Though it was for work which took up nearly all the time,  I was able to capture some things along the way.

Take a look at some photos from the trip…

On the taxi ride from Malpensa this morning I learned a little history of our neighborhood in Milan.  I asked the driver to take me to Piazza Loreto. About 20 minutes into the ride, the driver filled me in on Loreto’s history, specifically regarding Mussolini’s execution.

According to Wikipedia, Mussolini was executed, firing squad style, up in Lake Como.  Following his death, Mussolini’s body was brought to Milan, hung on meat hooks at Piazzale Loreto and stoned by the public.  Alongside, and also hanging, were his mistress and some peers.

As the taxi cruised into the roundabout, the driver pointed out the exact spot, the scene took place.  About 10 steps away from our building’s entrance.

In my jet-lagged haze, I vaguely recalled seniors in their military bests at this location on Italy’s Liberation day this past April.  It was here that they placed wreaths at the foot of a seemingly inconsequential sculpture.

The wreaths laid there for weeks after Liberation day, increasingly cracked and broken by the sun.  All dried up, save for the piss of dogs walking by, ours included.

The above photo displays Mussolini, 2nd from the left and is from the Italian Wikipedia page on the Death of Benito Mussolini

This image appears on developer.apple.com for Apple’s upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference.

I couldn’t help but notice that it’s multi-ethnic (yay), but appears to reflect only men. Where are the grrlz? You can’t tell me that there are no women developers for the Mac or iPhone which, coincidentally, have enjoyed explosive growth in the past couple years.

I’m fairly certain this was a huge oversight from a company obsessed with design as much as Apple is. Though, scroll down the page, check out the other images. Still no chicks.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been an Apple fan, loyalist, etc. for 20 years now and love the products and at most times, the culture Apple projects.  But this imagery is just perpetuating the stereotype when clearly, if anyone, Apple should be condemning such idiocy and paving the way for change.

Ironically, the advocacy for this kind of gender-based change is happening elsewhere.

a couple posters, one from the god squad, the other for the upcoming EU Parliamentary elections, both seeking believers and new converts.

Stopped at our local Sainsbury next to the tube this morning. On the way out, this bundle of plastic caught my eye as I passed by the newspaper stand.  Very often the Guardian or The Times (or any other local publication) will bundle media with the paper. Kind of like offerring not one but TWO types of dying media, for the price of a newspaper!

Low and behold, today’s Times, has gone the distance and bundled a copy of George Orwell’s classic, 1984, with every paper.  This has to be somebodys brilliant joke. (Nice going, I’d like to buy you tea or a pint sometime)

Now I’m just waiting for a BBC headline “Man caught on CCTV stealing The Times with 1984″.