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On Jan. 12 2012, the Internet ushered in a new chapter as organizations around the globe began applying for new domain name extensions and one of the biggest relocations has been targeted at the porn industry with the new .XXX domain being earmarked for the world's biggest content provider.

Critics are seething after Lego announced its new line of toys designed for girls. The super slim, anatomically incorrect Lego Friends figures have been accused of promoting damaging gender stereotypes and body dissatisfaction.

Lego responded to the controversy by saying they were just giving girls what they wanted.

Montreal-based art initiative EN MASSE is best described as an ongoing exercise in irreverent, improvised collaborative drawing — a boundary-blurring cocktail of high and lowbrow culture, pop imagery fragmented like shattered glass in a spontaneous, multi-genre, black-on-white collision. En Masse @ Miami...

For anyone with an interest in the plight of the North American Indians, in this blog I have posted some amazing archival footage.

 Vernelle Noel's visual recipes combine food and art in a fun and interesting way. He takes food recipes from around the world and turns them into pieces of art. In this blog we have selected some tasty treats for your eye and mouth watering pleasure. 

What is beauty? How do you define beauty? What is societies obsession with beauty all about?

Sean Ohlenkamp & Lisa Blonder have discovered a new and creative way to display their collection of books through film. After organizing their bookshelf almost a year ago (http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA), they decided to take it to the next level with this brilliant short video. 'We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books'

Sue Coe is an amazing artist who has a passion for highlighting the plight of animal's treatment in slaughter houses. She grew up close to a slaughterhouse and developed a passion to stop cruelty to animals which is dramatically portrayed in her latest series of illustrations entitled 'Art of the Animal.

Here is a great find for all the font nerds out there.  I am already planning my next Helvetica dinner party. Cutters can be found here

Have you got a car and an iPad? Well it sounds like you need a Wallee Headrest Mount. Thinking about it I would much rather use this kind of solution for my satnav...hmmmm