Morning Linkage (Jul 3)

Seasonally Appropriate. Forgotten found­ing fathers. Guys from the Continental Congress that most of us have nev­er heard of. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/27785 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16175 Cool if some­what creepy tech­nol­o­gy is used to cre­ate an impor­tant ad. Special note to Kathy G. The last sen­tence points to the pow­er of the Internet to mul­ti­ply the reach of a mes­sage expo­nen­tial­ly. http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/07/anti-domestic-violence-ad-changes-when-you-look-at-it/ vin­tage ads … 

Morning Linkage (Jul 2)

Design notes: Some clever and some cute. Car design car-toons. http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/coretoons_unsolicited_proposals_to_detroit_13929.asp Minimally processed fur­ni­ture. Even I could build this. http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/quicktake_this_saw_and_build_me_a_chair_13914.asp Warren Ellis has found the ulti­mate vehi­cle for snarky authors (and Buck Rodgers fans.) http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7497 With the Tim Burton ver­sion of Alice in Wonderland in the works some old­er but no less piquant visions of Alice are …