Clothes that kill
An anthropological analysis of why we seem determined to kill ourselves through our clothing choices.
Silent but Deadly
An anthropological tour through the big answers to life's little questions
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Nemeses and nameses
Anthropological reflections on sharing one's name, especially with someone famous.
The eyes have it
An analysis of mutual glances and their sociological significance.
Spam, phishing and Eric Clapton's guitar
An analysis of spam and the question of what it actually is.
Civil inattention and its opposites
How we engage - or, rather, don't engage - with each other in public space in the interests of maintaining the illusion of privacy.
More stories from the video store trenches
Reflections on moving from a local video store to a corporate-owned hellhole.
On the personality of fonts
An anthropological analysis of fonts and fontroversies.
Why backpacks on transit are so irritating
A pseudo-phenomenological analysis of a daily annoyance.
Saving your own skin
An anthropological analysis of skin off rather than on the body.
The cat's meow
An anthropological analysis of our relationship with cats