Linkpile

• Aleksandra Mir’s Trophy Collection: 2,529 of them.
• Who’s Insulated From the Recession?: Certain high-skilled workers. Welders, for instance.
• Groupons: “Each day, subscribers get an email about a major discount on a local product or service.” That’s a Recessionwire link, even though they refuse to link to my projects. No hard feelings!
• Humans prefer cockiness to expertise: I missed this earlier story on the study Ariely mentioned. Via Mindhacks.
• Cassette Tape Culture: Another of Tom H.’s unconsumption & music posts. “Cassette wallets, a dress made weaving cassette tape, cassette belt buckles, USB sticks and more.” Interesting related notes from Everydaytrash, here.
• Retailers Cut Back on Variety: This is potentially very bad news for upstart, innovative, indiepreneurs.

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