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Commuters in the US, found out during Wednesday’s morning rush hour that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had ended. Global warming, health care problems were to be solved as well. Some 1.2 million copies of a spoof of The New York Times, dated July 4, 2009, were handed out by the infamous and awesome [...]

With only 2 days left in the longest election campaign the earth has ever seen both sides and their proxies are pulling everything out and hammering home their messages. Step into the fray that wordsmith extrodinaire, Saul Williams. He has put together this little piece as a call to action extolling voters to step up, [...]

If only this were true. He’s right though, he would make america cool again. Brought to you by the good people at GOOD MAGAZINE.

With all the screaming and shouting about The Economic Crisis – or as I like to call it the American Econopocalypse - it’s hard to get away from hearing all the fear-mongering sensationalist headlines and the general chit-chat of people who pretend they know basic economic theory which really they just stole some quote from an [...]

After watching the trailer for the upcoming biopic about the late and great Notorious B.I.G I got a bit nostalgic and wasted time / sought inspiration researched on youtube for an hour or so watching some of his old clips. In order to justify this past hour to myself, my co-workers, parents and the lovers [...]

Keeping somewhat on the limited edition arts book theme, I came across Playboy’s Complete Centerfolds collection thanks to Golden Fiddle. This 730 page behometh recreates every single Playboy Centerfold exactly as they were published. And not only that, it comes in a self-described “handsome leather briefcase lined with velvet”. Why would you want to spend [...]

Okay I’m going to cop a lot of crap from my friends for this post. You see, I have a soft spot for rollerblading. And you kid’s who grew up in the 90′s on Airborne and Mighty Ducks would understand. Back then Rollerblading was the shit. It was fresh, it was stylish, it was aggressive. [...]

Wooster Collective has launched a Facebook application that lets lovers of the nebulous and much maligned concept that is street art send each other Facebook ‘gifts’ in the form of street art photos. Regular DEGOURGET visitors may have noticed a few links from Wooster regularly popping up in posts on Banksy, Above and other great [...]

Those mourning the loss of Muxtape can breathe easy, Favtape another online music sharing platform has been given a rather large update that has turned it into “Muxtape on Steroids” by their own reckoning. The look and feel of the site is very similar to Muxtape with a spartan layout and features in the minimalist [...]

Griffin has just released pretty new toy for you iPhone addicts enthusiasts. Surprisingly one that doesn’t ruin the graceful lines of your beautiful device. The novel design uses acoustics rather than electronics to amplify the sound of the iPhone’s built-in speakers. It’s made of polycarbonate compound which resonates appropriately, increasing the intensity of the sound. [...]

SouthCentral (PART 3 of 4) from ABOVE on Vimeo. Those of you who’ve been paying attention would remember our last post on Above (catch up here). Well the South Central Tour continues and so do the pieces. Check out his latest vid above, complete with funky bossa nova/samba/Latin sounding tunes. Some pretty cool tidbits, look [...]

Keep track of the most important question facing mankind today here. Simple, succint and to the point. Oh yeah, in case you missed it, check out this photo gallery of the greatest gadget ever built. And no, this joke will never get old and DEGOURGET shall remain forever obsessed with it.

The latest in the now global Interesting nights is being held in New York this weekend. The premise is simple – a range of speakers have 3-10 minutes to talk about a subject they are passionate about. The bite-size talks combined with actively encouraged audience participation makes for a rather entertaining experience. Previous events in [...]

Wired has more good news for game junkies – Video games teach you the scientific method. Constance Steinkuehler, who may have the world’s most geek lustworthy job ever, game academic at the University of Wisconsin, just released a paper in the Journal of Science Education and Technology titled “Scientific Habits of Mind in Virtual Worlds”. [...]

I’m going to be posting a few of my favourite video’s from the TED Talks over the next few weeks. Because some of them tend to be inspiring, educational and entertaining at the same time. Which on the internet – is quite rare. This one is by Sir Ken Robinson, a creative culture leader. Sir [...]