Good morning y’all. Lots of links today, good for a slow summer Friday. Let’s get started shall we? More business card tomfoolery. Better than that chemistry set you had as a kid. It’s a dark detector. http://kits.sparklelabs.com/2009/06/25/printed-circuit-business-cards/ Much earlier tech. Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace start in their own comic (Sydney Padua is very, well just very) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8139075.stm The …
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Morning Linkage (Jul 9)
Read how they did it and then watch “Performance”. I always wanted watercolors to work this way even if it is an ad for gasoline. http://www.cpluv.com/www/feeditem/7853 You all liked one sentence stories so much that I figure you’ll like Significant Objects as well. Here’s a description of the project. http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/significant_objects_rob_walker_gets_literary_about_stuff_13984.asp and here are the stories. …
Morning Lnkage (Jul 7)
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 …
Morning Linkage (Jul 6)
(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 …
Morning Linkage (Jul 3)
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 …