We’ve all seen the pictures of the motorcycle tow truck. Here’s the
website of the manufacturer (now in English) Truly cool.
http://www.comingthrough.se/main.php?lang=UK&page=pro
Audrey Kawasaki’s custom painted helmet for the CELERITAS charity
auction. Is a gentle tribute to pretty girls and weird skull-moth
bugs? Anyway, I like it. (Follow her links to other helmets too.)
http://i‑seldom-do.livejournal.com/141556.html
I love this too. Jim hates it. More cage pr0n. I’d give you guys bike
porn but it there’s so little of it with decent production values. Yes
I know about bike EXIF. Anything else?
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/bat11-and-ghia/
A couple of illustration/‘cartoon links.
For the fashion aware. A brilliant summation of Ed Hardy from a Core77 reader.
http://www.core77.com/blog/news/coretoons_ed_hardy_recipe_card_14055.asp
NSFW but worth putting a star next to for later today. Robert Ullman’s
Atom Bomb Bikini. Dude has a sense of humor and great chops.
http://rkullman.blogspot.com/
Take vintage postcards add robots and big bug-eyed monsters. Uneven
execution but there are some great ones. Like this one with the dog.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/francobrambilla/2316831992/in/set-72157604061918270/
A not so alien creature making a possible comeback in China. Cute baby
‘gator pictures and video of crating and shipping alligators then
releasing them into the wild. No, really, alligators and crates.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/alligatorbabies/
Making things:
A list of essential maker skills. More better in the comments too.
(Way too heavy on the electronics and not enough fabrication IMO.)
http://uptownmaker.blogspot.com/2009/07/18-essential-skills-for-maker.html
Now go fabricate some home-made ice cream sandwiches. Yum.
http://myplumpudding.blogspot.com/2009/07/ice-cream-sandwiches.html
Lies, damned lies, and statics. Another attempt at displaying the
state of the world graphically and explaining what it means.
http://humandevelopment.weaintplastic.com/
Same guy also does weather data — not quite as usefully but it’s still fun.
http://synoptic.weaintplastic.com/
Coilhouse has a massive collection of links for the Crucible Fire Arts
Fest. (This weekend for those of you in the more southerly latitudes.)
http://coilhouse.net/2009/07/15/fire-puppets-rootabagas-crucible-fire-arts-fest/
Lastly a little bit of sci-fi (spelled properly) about dinosaurs and
guns and monster trucks and a bunch of other stuff. 10-minute read,
20-minute giggle.
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090713/dinosaurs‑f.shtml
more tomorrow,