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“The next generation of the Ford Mustang could include some previously unthinkable variants including a four-door sedan and a station wagon, according to a report in the magazine AutoWeek.”

Hopefully these plans are scraped. A lazy attempt at a Dodge Magnum clone is just lame.

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Hardy Wines has launched the Shuttle. Kind of neat. However I’m not so sure drinking from a plastic cup is so much better than straight from the bottle. Socially I suppose it is.

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Boingboing posted an article about some coke washing ashore in Hollywood, FL yesterday. Apparently it was 81 pounds and the package was covered in barnacles. When I first moved down here 6 years ago I remember a few packages washing up on Miami Beach at 41st street. Haven’t heard much since though. I guess most are probably picked up or lost in the swamps down in the southern tip of FL.

Check out the full story in the Miami Herald.

On a side note, I noticed wikipedia didn’t have an entry for ’square grouper’ so I added one, we’ll see how that goes. In my quick googling I found that there’s a bar in Jupiter, FL called Square Grouper. Apparently Alan Jackson filmed a music video there. I also came across this amusing fisherman’s tale on about.com.

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Visit the Audubon’s Living Ocean’s site, print out a wallet card and the next time you are at a restaurant or in the supermarket, pick out an environmentally responsible species to eat.

I had seen these ’seafood watch’ cards in the past, but was reminded of them when reading “Uncle Mark’s Gift Guide & Almanac” (page 26). Check out the rest of their gift suggestions and general tips here [PDF].

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Today after many phone calls and over 6 months, Sirius replaced my S50 radio. The first few months S50s were on backorder. Then my claim was cancelled because they said I hadn’t kept it active(apperently I needed to call in more often then every 2 weeks). Finally they ‘lost’ my order in the warehouse. Unfortunately, like any gadget, the value is highest in it’s first few months, and you can now get an S50 for $79 after rebate.

Some new FCC influence on this radio. It comes with an FM Out Plug to “ensure that your S50 radio operates properly and does not interfere with other radios.” It also now comes with a FM Direct Adapter to connect between the radio and the antenna. Like I’m going to split my dashboard open for that.

Leo’s new movie may not be great, but the message is. Thankfully it’s giving some press to the issue

Annansi Clothing Demand Details! campaign:

“Two African-born artists are calling for the end of “Bling” this holiday season. Chosan, the Sierra Leonean-born hip-hop artist whose voice is heard on Kanye West’s “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” video, and G. Kofi Annan of award-nominated Annansi Clothing Co. are spearheading an effort to eliminate the bling culture which helps fund bloody wars in Africa.”

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DogStarRadio is a must use for anyone with Sirius radio. See what’s playing on every station at once in realtime(!!), see program schedules, news, and all available in RSS.

Or if you don’t have sirius, see if the content is something you like.

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“MAC Viva Glam Spokesperson Dita Von Teese Debuts Her Lipteese Burlesque Performance at The Delano Hotel” this past weekend. Of all the parties I missed….

Whatever the fee, MAC got their money’s worth with that sponsorship.

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I didn’t snap many pics at the various art basel festivities last night, or at the main convention center event today, but Critical Miami has some nice photos.

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I listen to David Bowie and Bing Crosby sing ‘Little Drummer Boy’ every holiday season on The Edge of Christmas cd I own, but never knew this song was from a 1977 Bing Crosby special. In addition to checking out this video, I highly recommend getting a copy of the Edge of Christmas.

Not to spoil the song, but I can see how Bing could be the huge asshole he had the rep of being.

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“The chicken is a metaphor for human existence and the egg is a metaphor for the world and the laboratory of the future”
Koen Vanmechelen

Growing up around chickens, I enjoyed “The Accident” Though a little scary and disturbing (largely the cockfighting video).

The below ‘painting’ was made with eggs, feathers (as well as a few other ingredients) and I swear I could smell it.

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I guess Thursday’s opening party at the Paper/Deitch Art Store was a little wild. Arriving Friday I found locked doors and through the window noticed plastic beer bottles strewn around the floor and turntables that themselves looked hungover. They finally opened back up today (Saturday) at 2pm. I’m guessing many of the items were already gone as there were some empty shelves (at least 2 items sold out in the time I was there). Please excuse the photos as I shot most of them through plexiglass.

Also, check out Paper Magazine, their latest issue includes a nice cover shot of Dita Von Teese and an article on Will Arnett.

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I happened upon this exhibit while looking for food in Miami’s Design District. Titled “The Protectors” and “Animal Powers”

“Peter Seidler exhibits an ecstatic presentation of militarized beings, manufactured objects internalize the pre-industrial order and present material instantiations of immaterial systems. The seed vocabulary for this work connects several systems of language, iconography, and technology in a new turbulence: the language of twenty-first-century science fiction fantasy, the wrathful deities of the Himalayas, contemporary weapon systems, and classical statuary. The wrathful deity statues of earlier eras sought to depict enlightened or uplifted forms of aggression in warrior cultures.”

Presented by Foundation 2021

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The 460 Degrees Gallery (Lexus owned?) sent an email invite for an “afternoon of art, music and food” and “the hottest tech toys reviewed by WIRED magazine” from 11am-1pm today. I got there shortly after 11am and the pictured crane was blocking the front door. Finally finding my way inside I was told things have been backed up until 12:30pm. I came back around 1pm (crane still there), wandered around in the chaos again before leaving disappointed.

Seeing Arne Quinze’s wood sculpture (pictured) erected and torn apart was interesting though. A similar structure, Uchronia, was built and burnt at this year’s Burning Man Festival. I believe Arne is third from the left on the roof.

update: moco loco added some nice pictures of TimegatE today

Gamespot took a bunch of identical screenshots from the Xbox 360 and PS3 and compared them. They run through 8 games and show all the comparisons.

“Conclusion
The Xbox 360 had better graphics in almost all the games we examined. “

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