Via Cory Arcangel, a list of service marks that have become generic signifiers. Be sure to read the disclaimer at the bottom.

A Tripod co-founder makes some insightful comments about the business models of Web 2.0 companies that rely on user-generated content, saying "The community, not the data, provides the lock-in."

Pitchfork reports on a forthcoming Kurt Cobain action figure. Sadly it's not an Archie McPhee product like the Jane Austen action figure, but more static and less campy "sculpture."

clever effort by Adidas to integrate grafiti into their marketing campaign

NYTimes piece on art collectives, suggesting that the mode of production threatens the norms of the art market.

oh dear lord... video games about the rapture

oh dear lord... Damon Wayans wants to use a word that starts with "n" and ends with "a" for a retail line.

The point in Manhattan most central for the island's Starbucks stores. No surprise it's in Midtown.