Bonus Easter Sunday Edition For no particular reason in no particular order: Extreme cuteness. Little lost robot. Reported: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/11/adorable-robots-get-where-theyre-going-with-human-help/ Creator’s site: http://www.tweenbots.com/ Micheal Velliquette — cut paper art. Shiny. http://www.velliquette.com/Site/SlideShow_assets/SlideShow.html?lang=en For the 7 year old in all of us. Do want. http://www.cookiemag.com/homefront/decor/2008/11/london_greenhouse?slide=2#showSlide Why I couldn’t go to the gym on Wednesday. They took my little iPod shuffle. http://sleepmachine.tumblr.com/post/95168434/buzzp-via-cache-gawker-com more tomorrow,
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Morning Linkage (Apr 10)
Yet another stupid car design that posits groovy graphics as the solution to — well I don’t know exactly what. Usually these things are pitched at girls/women. Cars as accessory. (The pug thing is just cute.) http://www.core77.com/blog/competition/this_just_inbox_moy_concept_car_by_elvis_tomljenovic_pugzee_by_dave_cortes_13151.asp Hugh McLeod has another print coming out. Don’t like his style enough to fork out for one but his irony …
Morning Linkage (Apr 9)
Good Morning All, Design innovation meets skin art. http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/stunning_tattoo_gun_13135.asp Big picture stuns again with photos of the L’Aquila earthquake. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/the_laquila_earthquake.html Best case mod I’ve seen in a while. The construction quality is insanely great. (The original Russian site is down.) http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/08/the-ultimate-wall-e-case-mod/ For those of you following the Kindle text-to-speech issue, there is coverage of yesterday’s protests of the Authors’ …
Morning Linkage (Apr 8)
Slow morning. Easter bunny cuteness. Not for the bambi lovers in the crowd. Be sure to click on all the views! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22149195 I’m a total whore for letterpress. Two DIY press designs reviewed. Verdict — well not really. http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/07/how-to-build-your-ow.html Just added this blog to the rotation. We’ll see what it brings. (If nothing else I like the …
Morning Linkage (Apr 7)
For play. Using a “rubber band” interface to explore words and their connections: http://www.visuwords.com/ http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Reporting on Reading Rights and the National Federations of the Blind’s protest of Amazon’s caving to the Author’s Guild over the text-to-speech feature of the kindle. Show some love. Write a letter. http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/06/reading-rights-coali.html Best round up of the reporting on the Google books …