Linkpile (via Delicious)

• Custom Jewelry Line Celebrates Scars: Company called It’s My Scar renders your scar as a bracelet, ring, earrings or necklace.
• More downturn entertainment: Families compete to avoid financial ruin. And you can watch!
• Retailers play to the faithful: big spenders: “Luxury brands’ exclusive events (and maybe a charitable donation or two) entice elite shoppers more effectively than price-slashing sales.”
• Permanent-change-in-shopping theory questioned.: “Scholarly research has consistently shown that most Americans think their countrymen over-consume, but don’t think they do personally.”
• Mobile Phone Orchestra: I was skeptical. But this actually seems sort of amazing.