Spend some time looking at what Winfried Baumann can do with a simple aluminum container. Housing, offices, canteens. Click on “WORKS” in the top bar. http://winfried-baumann.de/ No words just a wicked concept bike picture. http://insomnio.org/post/97944795/tron‑2–0 The mania for recreating the photographic experience of cheap old cameras continues. The Russian LOMO http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/20/the-disturbing-beauty-of-oversaturated-pictures/ A couple of infrastructure/communications posts. First …
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Morning Linkage (Apr 17)
Because a Titan Missile silo eastern Washington is the ultimate location for a hacker camp. (click around for photos): http://www.toorcamp.org/content/introduction More interesting questions about how the oceans work. In this case how long does it take an ocean to rise. (not sure of the credibility of the website but the journal cited is legit): http://www.openthefuture.com/2009/04/the_sea_level_rise_mystery.html Silly tech for …
Morning Linkage (Apr 16)
fair warning — look for me to bombard you with links to this in August. http://www.core77.com/blog/news/maker_faire_africa_is_happening_august_1315_in_accra_ghana_13199.asp walk through of the design process for “fixing” one of the least successful tools in the world — the conference phone. http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/04/product-concept-touchscreen-conference-phone/ today’s must have clothing item. http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/missilecommand overly flash site but OMG the design (panasonic) http://www.panasonic.eu/designmuseum/ sweetest zombie cartoon evah! I …
Morning Linkage (Apr 14)
Portfolio of Kyle Houchens. Take time to page through the illos. The diecast car designs are loverly. http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_set.asp?individual_id=845&set_id=55 St John was a whack job. Today’s religious/Lego moment. http://www.thebricktestament.com/revelation/god_tortures_kills_billions/rv06_01.html Break it. Illustrate it. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/14/anatomical-drawing‑o.html My dad (the physicist) had one of these when they were first available. http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/13/hp-35-scientific-cal.html I had never considered the downside of automotive …
Morning Linkage (Apr 13)
Slow news morning. Kathy G has the best round up of links for the Amazon Rankings hulabaloo. http://wiredpen.com/2009/04/12/amazonfail/ Links to some of the blog posts from authors delisted can be found in Lisa Gold’s Sunday post. http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/amazon-sets-the-blogosphere-on-fire/ I was wondering when someone would make the joke. http://apelad.blogspot.com/2009/04/laugh-out-loud-cats-1110.html Now: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/04/13/funny-pictures-ur-lettin-teh-monday-in/