(Slightly bizarre) images.
A carnival in TX.
http://flak-photo.my-expressions.com/archives/6333_1646490288/332630
A sculpture(?) whose meaning depends on it’s shadow.
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7511
Abandoned real estate is an old story but this slide show from the NYT
has excellent photos.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/07/05/magazine/20090705-gilded-slideshow_2.html
Local scenes.
Cool things happen in Manchester England. I wish I could go and try my
luck at convincing the Mad Man.
http://www.mif.co.uk/projects/the-difference-enginea-steampunk-adventure/
Support Seattle small businesses.
http://artcraftanddesign.blogspot.com/2009/07/city-stimulus-is-back.html
Two random links.
A new time waster — one sentence stories Hundreds of them
http://onesentence.org/stories/popular/all/
This rocking horse cellphone stand is just… well I don’t know what it is.
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/07/06/rocking-horse-cellph.html
But seriously.
“New research suggests that anxiety triggers the release of a scent
that causes other humans who smell it to empathize with you.” Which
might explain the (hopefully temporary) appeal of drama queens and
liars, and the more justified eagerness to help out the noobs. More
details here.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/06/smell-of-fear.html
Tim O’Reilly discusses the Kindle and the hazards of proprietary. He
description of the history of publishing platforms is food for
thought.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/22/kindle-oreilly-ebooks-technology-breakthroughs_oreilly.html
more tomorrow.