Category Archives: Fun

“There were posts about a secret military project in China…”

This segment of Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker features “John” discussing his bed bug ordeal. It’s rather more touching than funny. There are many inspired touches, polyurethane, and “CONDOR,”* and a quarter mile of crevices. But it’s the conspiracy … Continue reading

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Elie Zananiri’s Rats ‘n’ Bedbugs

Rats ‘n’ Bedbugs Screencast from prisonerjohn on Vimeo. This is the project page with links to the application, images and video. In our experience generally people don’t read fact sheets or FAQs, not until they have bed bugs, and often … Continue reading

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Rats and bed bugs: a mainstreaming idea

“The project would start with a simple animation of an uneasy person with 6 rats on his left and a bunch of bedbugs squirming on his right. The user would then click on one of the two sides…” Continue reading

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Welcome, to the fight of the century!

In the black corner, Cimex L.

Mahogany Flats,

the Red Bomber,

Sneaky Simes,

Bed bug!

In the white corner,

The City of New York!

Gotham,

New Amsterdam,

the Big Apple.

All right, we don’t usually have multiple parties in each corner of the ring, so this is gonna get a bit messy.

But let’s come out fighting, gloves (and dust masks) on!

Is everyone ready to RUMBLE?!?!?!? Continue reading

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