It is Happening

Apparently to James Murphy's dismay the new LCD Soundsystem album has leaked and hipsters everywhere have run rampant file sharing.

I am so sorry James, but I couldn't resist and its difficult to feel guilty when your album is so good!

LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening [streamed from LCD's website]

Internet Playground

I applied for a job at Google the other day and in the confirmation email they sent me a link to:

Google Labs

Google Labs is a forum to explore and comment on Google's new products, i.e. a whole lot of beta mode. Anyone who knows me knows how strongly I feel about Google's capabilities and their lab is full of applications to come, answering questions and making life easier in ways you never even knew they could.

My favorite new toy?

Google Reader Play

Where I found these must see vaguely useless/hugely enjoyable posts:

1. How to make Peepshi = Peep Sushi
2. And a study from my very own Uni LSE: Clever Women are the Heaviest Drinkers

I asked Aardvark how to get a job with Google to which Kane in China responded "Send them your resume." The perfect answer? Really?

Desperately Seeking MP3

Bombay Bicycle Club- Dust on the Ground (acoustic)

Any thoughts?

Embracing Voyeurism

"Facebook overtook Google to become America’s most popular website. Figures for the week ending March 13th showed that the social-networking site accounted for 7.1% of the country’s traffic, compared with Google’s 7.0%, the first time it has had a weekly lead. However, with revenues of $23.7 billion last year, Google remains easily the more profitable of the two." -The Economist

Does this mean that we are more interested in each other than in anything else?!

Whole Walmart

I will freely admit that I adore shopping at Whole Foods and despise being in a Walmart park lot, but am equally fascinated by both institutions. The article published last week in the Atlantic is a must read for foodies and economists alike:

The Great Grocery Smackdown

The polar opposites of grocery stores seem to be not as far apart as we might think or maybe the power of perceived quality should never to be underrated. How about Walmarts ability to evolve? This is a strategy whose success is yet to be determined but a move towards sustainability and increased quality while maintaining the lowest price the market, seems to be good to be true.

Saatchi Oil Spill

This is the first Richard Wilson instillation I have seen (or smelled), but I will be keeping an eye out for more in the future. In the basement of the Saatchi gallery this black pool of petrol makes for a fascinating instillation. The perfect black mirror plays with the viewers perception and is powerful not only in odor.

The pictures don't do it justice. Go see for yourself and than tell me how they are going to get all of that oil out of there.

All Crushed Up