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I'm Andrew. I write about the past and future of tech, music, media, culture, art, and activism. This is my blog.





The Revolution Will Be Playful: Philly's Designer Toy Art Festival

For the last six months, we’ve been elbows-deep in melted plastic, failed molds, and the kind of stubborn optimism that keeps you going when your twentieth test shot comes out looking like modern art instead of an action figure. This weekend at the Designer Toy Art Festival in Philadelphia (August 9-10), we’re finally unveiling what happens when you mix revolutionary joy with a whole lot of trial and error.

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Heroes, dead and otherwise

Terry Gene Bollea, better known as “Hulk” Hogan, was by all acounts a racist pig, a supporter of Fascism, and an all around asshole. He was also one of my childhood heroes, and I’m far from alone in that. He’s dead now, and I guess it is time to think about what it means to find out your heroes are monsters.

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