Morning Linkage (Sept 8)

Transportation

Moving back­wards, as far as we are con­cerned. Samoans are now driving
on the left. Why? The abil­i­ty to import cheap used cars from their
neighbors.
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5861QV20090907

A sweet lit­tle bob­ber from a Norton Atlas. This can’t be bad.
http://www.bikeexif.com/norton-atlas-custom

For my next blue trin­ket I want this Bentley.
http://designyoutrust.com/2009/09/07/the-britto-bentley/

Presenting the Mosquito, an elec­tric bike that harkens more toward the
ped­al bike than the motor bike. Boat wor­thy wood­work too.
http://www.theblogpaper.co.uk/photos/technology/06sep09/mosquito

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Technology

If you’re both­ered by the fly­ing type of mos­qui­to you might need one
of these. The USB don­gle, the next rule 34 can­di­date? (Also Doug A is
a fun­ny guy.)
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/07/mosquito-repellent-finally-available-in-a-usb-stick/

Protecting the pwe­cious child­wen. Parental con­trol cen­sor­ing software
is just anoth­er mar­ket­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty. I am *so* not surprised.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i5CjgMEdrwRm3JxeglUykMAHAYmAD9AGNVM00

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Design (and Food and Flash and Rummage and…)

Designer choco­lates. Pretty enough to eat.
http://www.whitezine.com/en/design/chocovic.html

The award for the best unob­tru­sive use of ani­ma­tion on a web­site goes
to… The United States Post Office? Click on the lit­tle tear tab.
(this is prob­a­bly a lim­it­ed time link)
http://www.usps.com/

Craig’s List ads should work like this. And CL adver­tis­ers should
dis­play their mer­chan­dise as well.
http://www.supermarketsarah.com/

Changzhi Lee’s school port­fo­lio is a charm­ing reuse of paper from
oth­er projects. His web site is love­ly as well, but flash prevents
linking.
http://designyoutrust.com/2009/09/08/sustainable-package-design-by-changzhi-lee/

Bugarian design­er Stefan Kirov ( 1915 — 2001) had an eye for col­or and
orna­men­ta­tion. Here one of my favorite sites (Colour Lovers) puts
togeth­er a cou­ple of palettes from his stamps and gives us an whole
lot more. It’s cheer­ful stuff for the first fog­gy morn­ing of fall.
http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/09/07/the-colors-of-stefan-kanchev/

From the port­fo­lio of Massive Black an over­whelm­ing num­ber of
illus­tra­tions. There’s bound to be some­thing in here that will
per­fect­ly com­ple­ment your desk­top and sat­is­fy your freak­ish soul. (2
or 3 NSFW)
http://designfeedr.com/30-awesome-concept-art-and-illustration-pieces-from-the-massive-black-portfolio#more-2277

At least you have a cube. But then again you’re not going to get to
play those rockin’ 8‑bit games all day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tma/3884099080/

until tomor­row my dears,