links for 2006-05-15
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"The Blackspot is decorated with a rough circle meant to suggest the obliteration of branding." Faux + logo = faux-go?
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"Sufjan Stevens is the Ben Stiller of music. He was everywhere, and eventually it was bound to wear out some of his fans."
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"Although dogs are the most common service animals taken onto planes, the airline has had to accommodate monkeys, miniature horses, cats and even an emotional support duck. 'Its owner dressed it up in clothes,' she recalled."
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"The whole experience suggests that confusion pricing is not really about trying to entangle every customer in an impenetrable web of complex offers. Instead, it's a very simple screening device to spot customers with money to burn."
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"There are some of you that want to spend our money on some made-up war. To you I say: what part of 'lockbox' don't you understand?"
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"Webster Hall's poor sound is caused in my opinion by the balconies, which are very wide. This forces the speakers towards the center of the room and causes many variations between different locations in the hall...."
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In a sleek media lab hidden in a Los Angeles high-rise, some of the country's biggest media companies and their prominent clients are seeking to understand the state of the divided American attention span.
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