14 Mar
Photographer Jörg Brüggemann peers into the soul of heavy metal

Aaaah, metal. If you escaped the 80s without owning a Pantera album, or something from Slayer, chances are you were kind of a pussy. That’s not a smear, that’s just basic science. But metal has clearly survived the Reagan era, and is an entrenched culture everywhere from the frozen wilds of Scandinavia to the torrid […]


This is the first talk posted from TED2011, which is happening now in Long Beach, California. If you find yourself anxious for whatever reason from the revolutions overtaking once-stable areas of the middle east and northern Africa, fret not — there are many reasons to feel optimistic instead, as is argued by Al Jazeera Network’s […]


16 Feb
3 Fingers, 3 Pyramids, 1 Bronze Ring

We’ve seen rings designed to look like Gotham City and tiny neighborhoods, and now comes a ring inspired by another architectural landmark in history: the pyramid. The bold three-finger ring let’s you rock the oft-imitated Pyramids of Giza look, and incorporates a sort of cartoonish effect via the thickly lined bricks done roughly in black. […]