magpie's shiny things

I have class today so this is all you get:

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/06/deco-gundam/

Just becuase it’s so impor­tant that this exists.

The cof­fee shop edi­tion. (No inter­net at home.)

If you’re bored and have a lot of time and remem­ber play­ing D&D (what
ever hap­pened to Eugene Mosier?) and like Tolkien.
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=612

Space Stations — now with more Windows. Home remod­el­ing with wicked
tough design constraints.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/26jun_cupola.htm

Today’s inter­view with a design­er. Building space suits.
http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Space-Suits-Past-and-Future.html

When you don’t quite get that design thing right. Not so trailering.
(This site is a good time waster.)
http://thereifixedit.com/2009/06/29/epic-kludge-photo-trailer-rental-is-for-suckers/

Maybe fix­ing things the right way. Urban roof tops made useful.
http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/06/toronto-green-roofs-mandate/

I love Eva Funderburg’s ceram­ic creatures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genkigecko/sets/72157616991543550/

Insanely pop­u­lar inter­net meme invades Safeco. Cheezburger night with
the Mariners. (yurk)
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/06/29/funny-pictures-cheezburger-nite-seattle-mariners2/

more — maybe bet­ter — on Thursday.

Five on the going some­where theme.

Two trans­porta­tion devices. Similar design feel — rad­i­cal­ly different
experiences.

Black and white and plas­ti­cy and wonderful.
http://www.bikeexif.com/lazareth-1000-fzr-compressor

Black and white and plas­ti­cy and dorky. (It’s real future might be as
a basis for bet­ter wheel chairs.)
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/29/i‑real-toyota-updates-futuristic-tricycle

Not what we are look­ing for in an elec­tric motor­cy­cle (but Mission One
gets a mention.)
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/06/help-me-honda/

Shoes I am unlike­ly to wear but would con­sid­er adding to the art collection.
http://www.cpluv.com/www/gallery/ChrisCork/16168/

Adam K. lets us know that he also enjoys ran­dom adven­ture touring.
http://apelad.blogspot.com/2009/06/laugh-out-loud-cats-1172.html

Three for the art gallery.

A sin­gle pho­to from New Orleans
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueherondesign/3486392646/sizes/l/

Amazing sur­re­al pho­tos cre­at­ed with­out com­put­er assis­tance. I think of
the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland like this. (Possibly NSFW but
it’s very arty and you’d have to look real­ly hard.)
http://fabrikproject.com.mx/blog/?p=6117

Main image tech­ni­cal­ly SFW but OGM giggle/squick. (In gen­er­al Atomic
Sex Kitten is very NSFW but very hap­py pr0n.)
http://www.atomicsexkitten.com/2009/06/rock-n-roll-ventriloquist.html?zx=f38a69a76d07892d

Two on design.

A sim­ple graph­ic that describes the con­text for flow in gam­ing, and
life in general.
http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2009/06/games-and-flow.html

Several design­ers dis­cuss the dif­fer­ences between sin­gle user
screen/mouse/keyboard and multi-user MS Surface inter­face design.
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/06/microsoft-surface-feature.ars

And one more, a place to go and pon­der that even with all the modern
geo-tech we still have mys­ter­ies. (yay!)
http://atlasobscura.com/places/devils-kettle

more tomor­row,

Friday Video Edition

Wicked RC plane fly­ing (some­one needs to give this kid an iPod and
some decent tunes.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLbJjqqOqkg

More fly­ing — slow motion hum­ming birds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJf-AQhDTz4

Mid 80’s ad cam­paign for Honda’s City. English rock and roll meets tiny car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAYd2AK53P8

Parkour from Brazil. Visually stun­ning film. Watch this full screen is
you can. Unless you’re afraid­of heights. Then you might want to watch
the lit­tle screen ver­sion. Gulp.
http://vimeo.com/3183877

VS Ramachandran presents an excel­lent TED talk on how the brain and
the mind are con­nect­ed. Start your code com­pil­ing and spend half an
hour dis­cov­er­ing how your head based com­put­er works.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/184

more Monday

Two on mate­ri­als science

A promis­ing sub­sti­tute for BPA. It’s being mar­ket­ed in baby bot­tles so
be sure to watch for the ‘no it’s not safe’ back­lash with­in 2 weeks of
release.
http://www.core77.com/blog/materials/materials_a_substitute_for_harmful_bpa_coming_to_you_in_a_baby_bottle_13871.asp

Sand’s unusu­al flow properites have physi­cists won­der­ing about matter
states. Old school B&W sci­ence videos!
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/sandgrains/

Science cre­at­ing art, maybe but light­ning in a cube is cool. The
web­site is fug­ly — what’s with that?
http://www.capturedlightning.com/frames/frameindex.html

Hearse made from a prius. I will haunt you from the great bey­ound. Srsly.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/27003

Watch Shepard Fairey (of oba­ma poster fame) do his art with a spray
can thing. Excellent process video.
http://vimeo.com/5148749

NSA bait. Seed bombs. Guerrilla gardening.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Seed-Bomb/

more tomor­row