Pattie Maes delivers a TED Talk centred around the idea of wearable computers that provide network-retrieved metadata in real-world situations. While it's only a prototype, the device she demos gives a glimpse at how we might communicate in the (very) near future.

A sex guide from 1960s Japan, translated and (possibly) misunderstood. Then again, maybe not.

Cliff Maynard of Pittsburgh has blazed a unique trail on the stoner art scene. The 37-year-old creates amazing mosaics using the humble medium of used roach papers from smoked joints.

...As this project progressed and I slowly learned my craft, I became increasingly fascinated with other photographers who had been in a similar situation, those who had found themselves recording their own jobs...

Between 2005-2007, London investment bank worker Hin Chua began practicing his new hobby by photographing his own workplace. Here he shows off his own stuff and the work of others who did the same. [Via Metafilter]

Am I the only one who thinks this practice is kind of weird?

I caught this van sitting outside of my apartment. By the time I returned to fix the URL, t'was gone.

Michael Moore's new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, premieres this Sunday at the Venice Film Festival. In it, the firebrand filmmaker offers an indictment of the entire capitalist system, calling it "an evil, and you cannot regulate evil."

Whether or not you like Moore, his politics, or his films, what's interesting about the idea behind this film is that it's trying (I think) to show audiences that capitalism (an economic model) and democracy (a political one) are not inextricably tied together. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of alternatives he proposes, if any, as well as what kind of smears are leveled at him from his fellow (largely right-of-centre) citizens.

Ah, Bud Light: promoting gender stereotypes and terribly weak beer since 1981.

Oh, and photos by Annie Leibovitz, natch.