One year ago today
Leaked top-secret court order shows that NSA engages in bulk, sustained, warrantless surveillance of Americans: In an explosive investigative piece published in the Guardian, Glenn Greenwald details a top-secret US court order that gave the NSA the ability to gather call records for every phone call completed on Verizon’s network, even calls that originated and terminated in the USA.
Five years ago today
Underground Classics – The Transformation of Comics into Comix: There have been a few histories of underground comics as of late, but this is the first one to really focus on the artwork of underground comics, as opposed to their cultural significance, which most histories cover. That’s not to say the book doesn’t look at the era in which these comics were made — it does, but it’s first an foremost an art book.
Ten years ago today
Scalped: This razor for head shaving is truly a design tour-de-force. It looks and feels really slick and, most amazingly, it works like a charm.