Morning Linkage (Apr 20)

Posted bylara

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 a guide to what’s hang­ing out on the util­i­ty pole.
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/17/a‑field-guide-to-pol.html

And ille­gal but inge­nious use of satel­lites for bounc­ing ham radio
sig­nals in Brazil.
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2009/04/fleetcom?currentPage=all

The Internet Archive is ask­ing the judge for per­mis­sion to intervene
in the Google/Authors Guild settlement.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/internet-archive-wants-book-copyright-indemnity-like-google.ars

And final­ly for every lit­tle girl you know, Niel Gaiman’s pray for his
god-daughter. Blueberry Girl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4lyJWa_84

That’s all for now, more tomorrow,