Morning Lnkage (Jul 7)

Good design:

I was mak­ing ster­ling cuffs in class a cou­ple of weeks ago. These are
way cooler.
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?individual_id=56953&portfolio_id=2345466

How to make ubiq­ui­tous mate­ri­als inter­est­ing. Plywood that bends
around a cor­ner. And if I ever had to live in one room again I hope
these will be available.
http://www.spotd.it/2009/06/flexible-wood.html

Some guys are always cool. From one of my favorite occasionally
pub­lished blogs.
http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/post/137058438/mcqueen

Things to see:

If you don’t know the films of Studio Ghibli you are miss­ing some
awe­some sto­ry telling. So on Aug 19th I will be the first in line to
see Miyazaki’s newest Ponyo. (Ping me if you need to catch up on his
ear­li­er work — I have most of it and movie nights are my fav.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiNB4epGxK8

More aban­doned build­ings. This time an hos­pi­tal in East LA. Having
just read Gaiman’s Neverwhere it’s a lit­tle disconcerting.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28071

Crop cir­cles are for ama­teurs. How about rice pad­dy art?
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/photos-rice-paddy-crop-art-2009/

Technology:

EME is one of the coolest ham radio activ­i­ties. What’s EME you ask?
Read an learn.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/ham-operators-shoot-the-moon/

The ele­phant in the room is one of my sis­ter’s favorite say­ings. So
here’s to ele­phants and elec­tric cars and why they won’t be coming
soon to a depressed sub­urb near you.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/ev-moon-shot/

Infrastructuralist brings us 4 cas­es of tear­ing down roads to make
traf­fic bet­ter. Followup arti­cles are promised. I’ll post them as they
show up.
http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/07/06/huh-4-cases-of-how-tearing-down-a-highway-can-relieve-traffic-jams-and-help-save-a-city/

Politics? Intellectual Activity? Academia?

Lisa Goldman reports on the Janet Maslin (in the NYT) call­ing Chris
Anderson “crass, lazy, and reck­less.” Mr. Anderson is quick­ly becoming
the ele­phant in the room of the next rev­o­lu­tion. I am not unhappy
about this.
http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/in-the-new-york-times-janet-maslin-calls-chris-anderson-crass-reckless-and-lazy/

Nothing crafty today, maybe Thursday.

And out with a silly.

New Gather Activity. Local too. (Link to boing-boing because I refuse
to link to King5.)
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/06/cardboard-tube-fight.html