Convolute L: Elle

Could not help but notice the similarities between these two covers of Elle, one featuring Britney Spears and one featuring Lady GaGa. The two are certainly similar in the sense that they both flaunt platinum blond hair and credit Madonna as a musical influence.

Convolute K: Kim Kardashian Cites God

The Jenner-Kardashian brood is currently the subject of a book being shopped in the publishing world. The most notable quotable of 2011? Kim Kardashian found God on Twitter, but she's not the first celebrity to do so, nor is she the first to challenge the public's perception about her through this social network.

Earlier in 2011, the INF Daily posted pictures from Megan Fox's Twitter account. The starlet used her account to upload photos in response to her rumored use of Botox. Check it out here. Celebrities can use new media to manage their own PR campaigns.

Convolute J: Jacque's Justice (Most Creative Error Messages of 2011)

What could be worse than being foiled by your favorite media outlet? Possibly being directed to an uncreative redirect page. Best "Whoops" designs of 2011 after the break.

#1: The Bleary, Twitter Curmudgeon Chiller Template

This designer for Twitter makes apt use of the ambiguity surrounding the word "chill." Is "chill as in halt" chill or dark? Do you identify with rabid ice cream cones? #immelting

#2: The Mac OS X Disses Spotify (It's-Just-Like-Real-Life Fun Factor of 1.25/5.00 Stars)

Safari, however, manages to convey the hauteur of a Mac down to its 404s.

#2.5: Derrida Deconstruction of the Blog Post

In an unrelated note, there is no better marker of absurdist anger than Angry French Philosopher Jacques Derrida ranting about Angry Philosophical Misinterpretations. Even deconstruction, a system of philosophical communication, gets a bad rap. Much like the Twitter and Mac error messages, he deconstructs deconstruction itself. As a method of literary inquiry, it's like Derrida is sending his own error message out to the public while he frames infinitely more abstract arguments.

#3: Google Bot is Awry

Makes sense that the physical realm of the computer, another system of high-level communication, has developed its own language for errors. As in the case of the Google bot below, which showcases a bot that's broken into pieces. I encountered the bot when trying to scrobble some old photographs on the New Friends blog here, another blog that seems atemporal with its rendition of antiquated photographs and modern text. But, here, you cannot help but laugh at the image of a perplexed robot as a 404 error.

You won't get information superhighway road rage with these error messages, unless that is, SOPA restricts one's ability to navigate the Internet.

Convolute I: International Artists

These dyads are like an artist's means of showcasing their work to an international audience. Here, the Google+ profile showcases the work with five major pieces and a larger, encompassing profile picture. For artists, this design enhances the clarify of their image. The work is then accessible to an international stage of art.

Convolute H (Runner Up): High-Waisted Jeans

Z. Cavaricci pants bring to mind the popular look of the early '90s. These have come back in style and are the runner-up in relation to "Holograms."

Convolute H: Holographic Jesus Postcards

Stills from Coquette (1929)

The Red - Negative Film

Convolute G: /g/

The notorious board 4chan has gathered a following since its 2003 start-up in the bedroom of then 15 year-old Christopher Poole. Poole started 4chan as a spinoff to a Japanese message board, the Futaba Channel, that was called 2chan for short. However, in February 2009, Poole announced that he was 20K in debt and turned to advertising on the site. His true identity beyond his avatar was hidden until it surfaced on July 9th, 2008 in The Wall Street Journal. By 2010, he had gone on to raise $625,000 to create another site, Canv.as.

Of the most popular boards on 4chan?

/g/, the technology forum.

Convolute F: Future of History

This video was sampled from a recorded discussion that occurred at the University of Michigan in regards to the future of history. The lecture begins at 01:09 and continues with an introduction of the speakers. The terminology "operative criticism" is coined in this discussion. It attempts to draw connections between the past and the present.

Recently, Kwame Kilpatrick spoke at Eastern Michigan. In the present, as of the present printed edition that occurred in their school newspaper on December 1st, 2011, Kwame addressed the role of his past actions in relation to his current affairs. The article is filled with the responses of individuals who are commenting on Kwame's portrayal in the media. There was one protesting person who stood outside the event with a sign that said, "Actions speak louder than words." He was brought to speak at the auditorium by a student organization. In the editor's article about Kwame, she quoted him as saying that Kilpatrick... "is currently facing several federal charges" and he "didn't come to EMU looking for anyone's forgiveness or approval."

Regardless of Kwame's personal responsibility in the political events of the past, he is stressing a platform based on the current. He said, '''You never black enough for black folks.... You never white enough for white folks." It seems that Kwame's constant concern is identity politics. His future concern is the impending litigation, as of the beginning of December.

Convolute E: Education

Remember the video with the confusing accents and the lady getting kicked off the train who kept insisting that she was well-education? This video was uploaded to YouTube. This video was recently redone in graphic art and can be found at the subscriber's site here.

Not filmed by me, nor drawn by me, and I am unsure of the rationale behind the film. The instance is strange, regardless it has generated a meme culture. This person is belligerent but in the middle negotiating a conflict. This is a recognizable trope.

As we can see in the film, the individual is clearly further incensed when they are merely referred to customer service. That is, until the individual here starts imagining the future conversation with customer service. It is almost as though this person's conversation continues the train of thought while they are mediated out of the train itself.

The second strange thing about the film is we hear the predominance of education being asserted in the film. Being said individual is educated, they attempt to negotiate their position as a member of the educated class. The Conductor, however, is preoccupied with avoiding the conflict, disengaging from the instance, and referring to the dissatisfied consumer to the appropriate department. If this is how we negotiate the conflict of spaces, then the two individuals in the film state their conflict only in terms of their disengagement from each other.

Oddly enough, the entire instance is filmed. Perhaps, the person filming the video is cognizant of a conflict, but the video reveals the day-to-day conflicts we have in transit.