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more about #irony more comments → Maulleigh: Ah, leave the poor bastard alone. He gave up the governorship of New York. Hasn't he suffered enough? more » raincoaster: Well, at least they didn't obscure RDJ's "charms". #esquire more » TheProfessor69: Well hell you learn something new every day, I have been reading odd stories in this edition for a week or so and did not even notice the "googley-loo... more » A Message To Rudy: What if I don't have a webcam? Can I just use an instamatic camera? Signed, Old Guy Whose Grandchildren Roll Their Eyes Whenever He Asks A Computer-R... more » Daniel Mauser: Not to be an asshole but there are instructions to peel off the address. However, I do agree with Hamilton that it was poorly placed. #esquire more » iplaudius: This has all the interest of a toy in a fucking cereal box. What doddering idiot came up with this? #esquire more » RollsRoyceRevenge: Is RD Jr. beginning to look vaguely hot in a Dustin Hoffman in 1983 kind of way? #esquire more » Bristol Cities: I can't afford magazines anymore and I don't have a "personal computer"... just tell me what the hologram is so I can move on to something else. #esquire more » konstantinbothari: All I'm taking away from this is, "Is Robert Downey, Jr. having work done?" Don't, Robert! Don't. #magazines more » ljnd2: It's a QR code. They're big in Japan. They're like bar codes, and your camera (in a phone, and there are iPhone apps for these as well) scans them. Th... more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: I was able to carefully peel off the shipping label. I held it up to my webcam, heart racing with anticipation. The message? "Be sure to drink your... more » blix: The cover is also the top suggested pose for Levi Johnston's photoshoot. Tah-dah! more » Arken: Hamilton, I think you need to look up the definition of 'hologram.' That is not a hologram in any way, shape or form. #magazines more » johnivdaly: [news.bbc.co.uk] "A U2 show marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has run into controversy - after organisers built a wall arou... more » raincoaster: That's not ironic. It's just proof. #thisisengland more » -
#magazines
Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
Esquire decided to SAVE MAGAZINES this month by putting another weird little "hold it up to your webcam" hologram augmented-reality gizmo on the cover, but alas: the magical doohickey is obscured by the address label. Curse you, ignoble media irony. More » -
#irony
Eliot Spitzer will deliver a lecture on ethics at Harvard's Center for Ethics this afternoon. $20 anyone who manages to utter Ashley Dupre near an open mic. -
#banksy
Vandals Vandalize Vandalism
Normally the city council of Sutton (UK) is very much of the "No Graffiti Here, Thank You," school of thought. But then a famous graffiti guy, Banksy, did a piece! So they voted to preserve it. More » -
#selfhelp
Chicken Piss On Your Soul
Remember those charming self-help Chicken Soup for the Soul books that went from bestselling lists to greeting card stores to the bargain bin? They can also be filed in the "Impetus For Irreversible Psychological Damage" section as well! More » -
#memes
Stuff (Demographic Group) (Feeling) Meme Almost Entirely Used Up
"Stuff White People Like." It seemed so innocent for those first few hours. Now the whole format has been squeezed dry and used up like an old bottle of shampoo. Which is Something Hipsters Hate. More » -
#irony
The Cop Who Arrested Henry Louis Gates Teaches a Racial Profiling Class at the Police Academy
No, not a how-to. James Crowley, the Cambridge police officer who hauled Henry Louis Gates to jail for breaking into his own house, teaches police recruits in Lowell, Mass., a class on how to confront racial issues on the job. -
#matrices
The Hipster Sensibility Matrix
The sensibility of all hipsters have two axes: 1. "irony" 2. "alternative". This weekend I got hipster-lit, myspace-account broker, and quirky-NYM-darling Tao Lin to help me plot current events on The Hipster Matrix. More » -
#photography
AP Funneez: Shepard Fairey Edition
The AP is currently suing (and being sued by) Shepard Fairey over his famous 'Obama' image, stolen from the AP. Here's the front page of the AP photo site on Friday. Ha. SUBTLETY. -
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#irony
Men's Health Staffers Strewing Cigarette Butts Everywhere
Rodale, publisher of Men's Health, Prevention, Running magazine, and other clean living rags, doesn't allow its employees to smoke anywhere on its property. So instead they all go smoke in the park across the street. More » -
#faketrends
AOL Email Now as Ironic as a Trucker Hat
Is AOL email now retro cool? One longtime AOL user sure hopes so! -
#irony
Scant Future For Plenty
It turns out Plenty was paying attention to the wrong climate change: A tipster tells us the environmental magazine laid off almost the entire staff today after a funding round fell through. More » -
#lawsuits
England Is Now Safe For Irony
A "landmark" court ruling in the UK means that it is now legal to make jokes there (without having to pay millions in defamation damages). Jokes about Elton John, especially. More »
