a word from saul williams...

For those who aren't familiar with this man I highly recommend for you to check out this amazing lyricist if you're into hip hop and poetry. As I've said in my previous post, this guy is just ridiculously talented. Below is a little taste of him from just a fan based email promoting his new album...

My Dearest Friends and Fans,

It is my greatest honor to present to you The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!,
my new album produced by Trent Reznor and mixed by Alan Moulder. The wall of sound that we've created is tagged with such graffiti that a passerby would seek out doors and ways to ENTER. Once inside a world defined by dreams come true they'd find aligned with the simplest act of sharing what we treasure. Most people aren't aware of the world of art and commerce where exploitation strips each artist down to nigger. Each label, like apartheid, multiplies us by our divide and whips us 'til we conform to lesser figures. What falls between the cracks is a pile of records stacked to the heights of talents hidden from the sun. Yet the energy they put into popularizing smut makes a star of a shiny polished gun. The ballot or the bullet for Mohawk or the mullet is a choice between new times and dying days. And the only way to choose is to jump ship from old truths and trust dolphins as we swim through changing ways. The ways of middlemen proves to be just a passing trend. We need no priests to talk to God. No phone to call her. And when you click the link below, i think it fair that you should know that your purchase will make middlemen much poorer...

NiggyTardust!

love,
Saul

His new album is out November 1st. Click

here to support.

if we are what we eat, Americans are corn & soy

So I’m working on a soy product, which means I come across a lot of interesting (and sometimes not interesting) information about soy, its users and the industry. Generally speaking when you ask an average person whether they are a soy user – more often than not they’ll give you a sour look with a passionate “no!” But what I thought was worth sharing with you is the fact that whether you know it or not you are probably eating soy…everyday… and loads of it! Turns out, soy is in 60% - 70% of all processed foods! I know, at first I didn’t believe it either, but on my next trip to the grocery store I read the ingredient labels and to my surprise I think it was in 90% of the processed foods I picked up! From Oreo cookies and chips, to frozen pizza and plain old bread! The FDA recommends 25 grams of soy in your daily diet …but something tells me we are probably consuming way more than that…and that’s when it becomes questionable whether it’s good or bad for you. According to Dr. Joseph Hibbeln at the National Institutes of Health, if we are what we eat, Americans are corn and soy. He estimates that soybeans, usually hidden in the form of oil, ­ accounts for an astonishing 10% of our total calories in the United States. And while plenty of research can be found to support soy’s health claims, through research you’ll find the science to be painfully inconsistent. Some studies find no special effects of soy on health, while others actually suggest that soy foods might cause the very heath problems they are believed to prevent.

The purpose of passing this information to you is to peak your interest to want to empower yourself to go learn and make conscious food choices.

Recommended book: What to Eat by Marion Nestle

because everyone shouldn't watch everything

This video hosting site seems to be preferred by tech trendsetters over YouTube and is thought of as the “Flickr of video,” in that the site has created a community around videos in the same way that Flickr created community around photos. Tons of creativity and fans of this site like it because of its clean design, friendly vibe, and easy-to-use functions such as their privacy settings. Take a peak

here

Apple domination...

This picture was taken from a classroom in some university...not staged!!! It's kinda funny to think about Apple's 1984 commercial after seeing this picture...I wonder if this kinda thing irritates Steve Jobs since in some ways it contradicts "Think Different."