Some vaguely related photos from Milan Design Week. Many cool seating surfaces. Some that I would hesitate to call chairs. http://www.core77.com/blog/milan09/milan_design_week_09_tuttobene_13287.asp Design as a profession is currently having a crisis of relevancy. Trying to figure out how it can value to society rather than merely add value to the bottom line. As is the case in …
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Morning Linkage (Apr 24)
In the I wonder who was after what department. The judge in the Pirate Bay trial is a member of a copyrights advocacy group. And this is just coming out? Either the PB lawyers are incompetent (mistrial, incompetent defense) or clever (mistrial, judge not impartial) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/judges-conflict-of-interest-surfaces-after-pirate-bay-trial.ars Fabulously beautiful Japanese depictions of nature. http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/04/nature-of-utamaro.html Half a million …
Morning Linkage (Apr 23)
Black and White is old skool and that’s good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruipalha/ I probably qualify for “life experience credit” for this course but you all might want to consider it. Internet Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview, by Robert Lanham http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/4/20lanham.html Earth Day link — an unobtrusive rain water capture system http://www.aquascapeinc.com/why_rainxchange Wow — that’s like, so, Elvis …
Morning Linkage (Apr 22)
To fuel the OO vs. everyone else debates. Manga about Ubuntu. (Get ’em early while they are still impressionable…) http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/ubunchu-the-ubuntu-manga-is-now-in-english/ The last dinosaur will soon be extinct. (Thank God, the thing is creepy) http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/21/pleo-extinct.html I love the ways people are finding to put the artifacts of excess to use. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/04/recycled_catalog_dollhouse.html Lovingly recreated decals for old machinery. …
Morning Linkage (Apr 21) The Shearing Day Edition
Kind of icky because it’s about bugs (ants) but the photos are fab. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24826 Can anyone tell me what I am being warned against? “Cause that’s the scariest squirrel I have ever seen. http://sleepmachine.tumblr.com/post/98430660/tsuyatsuya Two from the tech news. Oracle to buy SUN. The MySQL forums will be utterly useless for at least a week. Let the wailing begin. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/oracle-acquires-sun-ars-explores-the-impact-on-open-source.ars …
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