Sao Paulo Goes Advertising Free

"Back in December, 2006, the mayor of the 11-million-person Brazilian city of Sao Paulo banned all outdoor billboard advertising, citing advertisers' unwillingness to comply with the city's rules on what sort of billboards can be placed where. Now the rule is in effect, and Flickr user Tony de Marco has documented the eerie sight of a city stripped bare of commercial visuals."

Quote and Link from Boing Boing

...This picture set is amazing

Internet Clean Slate

Here's an article in Yahoo News about researchers potentially scrapping the internet as it currently exists.

The information about the rebuilding is interesting, but more interesting is the manner in which everyone in the article refers to the internet. It is constantly referred to as an actual physical thing, and the discussion also brings up a lot of how integrated the internet has already become in our society.

Thought you all may find this interesting.

Perhaps a little optimism from a gentleman.

Second Life Memorial for Jean Baudrillard

Ars Virtua, a gallery and new media center located in Second Life, held a virtual wake for the passing of philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard. Very interesting.