A page on the Church of Satan website describes, at considerable length, its (ultimately nonvictorious) battle with Apple over its use of certain Apple trademarks and brands.
posted by Arne at 9:34 PM

Another excerpt from the Islamic art book; this one is from page 305:

His (Delacroix's) opportunity to visit a harem, apparently the dream of almost every nineteenth-century man, resulted in a picture such as his Femmes d'Alger, painted two years later in 1834.
posted by Arne at 7:58 PM

From page 99, discussing the Mamluk rule of Egypt in the 1300s, of The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250-1800:

Everything and everybody in Mamluk society was identified by signs and emblems: buildings, metalwork, glassware, ceramics, animals, and people were marked with signs of ownership.
posted by Arne at 7:56 PM

A story in today's Wall Street Journal discusses the growing practice among corporations of barcoding employees and cubicles to keep track of them, and includes this excerpt:

"Human barcodes are also hip. Heavy-metal band Slipknot has a barcode logo, with the stripes emblazoned acros their prison-jumpsuit outfits. Barcode tattoos are also big, says New York tattoo tycoon Carlo Fodera."
posted by Arne at 8:17 PM