The sixth-season releases from Hip-Hop influenced street wear brand Akomplice are just as disappointing as the sub-niche itself. The brand seems to denounce any form of creative integrity by sticking with the overly played out gun theme. While one shirt reads “Point The Guns Down”, several others feature gun use. Their message is confused and [...]

This is Mtera Dam. It is Tanzania’s main source of power, but now, it’s gates are shut.
Global warming is something we have been hearing about for years - my generation has been learning about it since kindergarten. Africa, although so heavily populated, is one of the smaller contributors of pollution and though not innocent, it [...]

I have been a long-time fan of Ryan McGinley’s photography. His photographs capture honest moments of youthful hedonism without ever coming across as tasteless or vulgar. Whether you like the subject matter of his work or not, it is impossible to dispute his skill as a photographer. Rolling joints, tagging the sides of buildings, barfing [...]

Used to reading the typical Canadian newspaper, I find the content in the Tanzanian newspapers to be an interesting change. Take, for example, the article in The African that caught my eye about a week ago. It was about a man that was recently skinned alive in the Mbeya district of southern Tanzania. He was [...]

When it comes to AIDS and safe sex practices, many maintain the hopeful attitude that it will never happen to them. Whether drunk, stoned, or just in the heat of the moment, wrapping up before you drop in can be a hassle. For many that hassle turns into a life long itch, unplanned pregnancy, an [...]

Mike Brodie, a.k.a The Polaroid Kid, is the creator and main photographer behind PLRDS.com - a site devoted entirely to Polaroid photography. His recent body of work is a beautiful documentation of the boys and girls of modern day railways. The Polaroid Kid’s photography is spooky, inspiring, and thought provoking all at the same time. [...]

For those in need of killing time between coffee breaks - Line Rider comes to the rescue. The game originally created in September of 2006 by Boštjan Cadež, a Slovenian university student, has established a cult-like following.
The character of the game: a little man on a sled. The object: draw a track that gets the [...]

Ripple Beta is an Australian company that runs web ads for charity and generates revenue through click and search. Internet users can use Ripple for all their regular Internet activities and at the same time, do something good for the less fortunate. You can choose to give six days access to clean water, help feed [...]

In an attempt to raise awareness regarding the home confinement that Iraqi people are facing, Wafaa Bilal, an Iraqi Artist, is cooping himself up in a studio surrounded by web cams for the entire month of May. Bilal’s installation, “Domestic Tension,” is both avant-garde and challenging to the boundaries of what is politically correct.
Bilal, known [...]