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Month: July 2009 (Page 4 of 4)

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 — all a lit­tle weird. some are down right grue­some . OTOH
i’ve always loved the Chase and Sand­born one.
http://www.retrocomedy.com/2009/07/15-creepiest-vintage-ads-of-all-time.html

Glass and fiber and spin­ning wheels. You only need to watch the first
minute or two of the video.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/02/andy-paikos-wunderka.html

There are bad books — there good plants.
http://www.tokyopistol.com/goods/honbachi.html

Spend some time with David Cathro’s 3‑d ren­der­ings. the vehi­cles are amazing.
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_set.asp?individual_id=257566&set_id=302532

Car­ry this lit­tle bin­go card along on your next ride to the Starbucks
(>= 100 miles from home)
http://www.davezilla.com/2009/07/02/starbucks-bingo/

I pro­pose that we pur­chase a good cou­ple dozen of these for the next
Gath­er. Tent find­ing on Fri­day night will be soooo much easier.
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/tired_of_roughing_it_the_solar_concept_tents_got_you_covered_13938.asp

hap­py 4th y’all (try to keep all your fingers!)

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 reap­pear­ing. Here is
Annie Lei­bovitz doing Alice for Vogue in 2003.
http://cyanatrendland.com/2009/06/15/alice-in-wonderland-by-annie-leibovitz/

An aes­thet­ic ide­al in kegera­tors. Let’s try a lit­tle hard­er folks.
http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheers-its-kegerator.html

Two imag­i­nary worlds:

A cas­tle by the sea in Japan.
http://tokyobling.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/a‑paper-craft-castle-on-the-ocean/

The most com­plex mod­el RR I’ve ever seen. And it’s ‑analog-
http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2009/06/model-trains

The mon­sters of the world:

I am not the only one with a Jel­ly­fish problem.
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/japan-fears-massive-jellyfish-invasion-this-year/

Jab­ba the Hutt as a kidlet.
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/japan-fears-massive-jellyfish-invasion-this-year/

Just a reminder:

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/06/30/funny-pictures-evil‑2/

more tomor­row,

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