Morning Linkage (Jul 3)

Posted bylara
Seasonally Appropriate.

Forgotten found­ing fathers. Guys from the Continental Congress that
most of us have nev­er heard of.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/27785
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16175

Cool if some­what creepy tech­nol­o­gy is used to cre­ate an impor­tant ad.
Special note to Kathy G. The last sen­tence points to the pow­er of the
Internet to mul­ti­ply the reach of a mes­sage exponentially.

http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/07/anti-domestic-violence-ad-changes-when-you-look-at-it/

vin­tage ads — all a lit­tle weird. some are down right grue­some . OTOH
i’ve always loved the Chase and Sandborn one.
http://www.retrocomedy.com/2009/07/15-creepiest-vintage-ads-of-all-time.html

Glass and fiber and spin­ning wheels. You only need to watch the first
minute or two of the video.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/02/andy-paikos-wunderka.html

There are bad books — there good plants.
http://www.tokyopistol.com/goods/honbachi.html

Spend some time with David Cathro’s 3‑d ren­der­ings. the vehi­cles are amazing.
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_set.asp?individual_id=257566&set_id=302532

Carry this lit­tle bin­go card along on your next ride to the Starbucks
(>= 100 miles from home)
http://www.davezilla.com/2009/07/02/starbucks-bingo/

I pro­pose that we pur­chase a good cou­ple dozen of these for the next
Gather. Tent find­ing on Friday night will be soooo much easier.
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/tired_of_roughing_it_the_solar_concept_tents_got_you_covered_13938.asp

hap­py 4th y’all (try to keep all your fingers!)