A few months ago my buddy got married. As favors, he gave away t-shirts with his image in the Obamaesque Shepard Fairey design. Awesome.

Last week I bought an Obama T-shirt. It cost way too much. I wore it to a Superbowl party yesterday and three people said they were going to buy one (get yours here).

Today I read that the “Obama Brand Stimulates Big Sales” and that, according to the New York Times, Obama merchandise did over $200 million in sales. In the one month of November!

All this got me thinking about how to use this global celebrity to lift up the economy. (more…)

Two of my favorite ingredients were mixed together nicely last week as Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig, champion of the movement to develop sensible digital copyright practices, sat down at Charlie Rose’s table to discuss his new book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy. (more…)

It’s so simple, I can’t believe it. It’s so stupid, it just might work. No doubt special agents are reading this post right now and planning an operation to apprehend the world’s most wanted fugitive.

To find Osama Bin Laden, all you have to do is check the domain registration for www.osamabinladen.com. You can use any registration lookup tool. I happen to prefer coolwhois.com.

You’ll see that the registrar of record is a guy named Jilani Hussein of Karachi, Pakistan. Sure. Jilani, Nice to meet you. My name is Art Vandelay.

How stupid can you be? He even gave his real address!

Don’t believe me? Click here.

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