Good design:
I was making sterling cuffs in class a couple of weeks ago. These are
way cooler.
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?individual_id=56953&portfolio_id=2345466
How to make ubiquitous materials interesting. Plywood that bends
around a corner. And if I ever had to live in one room again I hope
these will be available.
http://www.spotd.it/2009/06/flexible-wood.html
Some guys are always cool. From one of my favorite occasionally
published blogs.
http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/post/137058438/mcqueen
Things to see:
If you don’t know the films of Studio Ghibli you are missing some
awesome story telling. So on Aug 19th I will be the first in line to
see Miyazaki’s newest Ponyo. (Ping me if you need to catch up on his
earlier work — I have most of it and movie nights are my fav.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiNB4epGxK8
More abandoned buildings. This time an hospital in East LA. Having
just read Gaiman’s Neverwhere it’s a little disconcerting.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/28071
Crop circles are for amateurs. How about rice paddy art?
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/photos-rice-paddy-crop-art-2009/
Technology:
EME is one of the coolest ham radio activities. What’s EME you ask?
Read an learn.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/ham-operators-shoot-the-moon/
The elephant in the room is one of my sister’s favorite sayings. So
here’s to elephants and electric cars and why they won’t be coming
soon to a depressed suburb near you.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/ev-moon-shot/
Infrastructuralist brings us 4 cases of tearing down roads to make
traffic better. Followup articles are promised. I’ll post them as they
show up.
http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/07/06/huh-4-cases-of-how-tearing-down-a-highway-can-relieve-traffic-jams-and-help-save-a-city/
Politics? Intellectual Activity? Academia?
Lisa Goldman reports on the Janet Maslin (in the NYT) calling Chris
Anderson “crass, lazy, and reckless.” Mr. Anderson is quickly becoming
the elephant in the room of the next revolution. I am not unhappy
about this.
http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/in-the-new-york-times-janet-maslin-calls-chris-anderson-crass-reckless-and-lazy/
Nothing crafty today, maybe Thursday.
And out with a silly.
New Gather Activity. Local too. (Link to boing-boing because I refuse
to link to King5.)
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/06/cardboard-tube-fight.html