With so many of my friends (and enemies?) moving I thought I’d pass along this helpful link to low space required book shelves. Good looking too. http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/stackable_nesting_bookcase_where_were_you_for_my_last_three_moves_13781.asp Somebody owes me a kitten. http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/06/16/funny-pictures-fix-what-you-did/ Book lust.The Ancient book of Sex and Science. Retro illustration style, every one’s favorite topic. Check out the scans here. (moderately NSFW — art/illustrations no …
Category Archives: Morning Linkage
Morning Linkage (Jun 16)
For those of you following the Iran protests: preserving the infrastructure. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/16/twitter-reschedules.html basic wartime journalism protocols explained for twitter users and blog readers. (Original site has been slash-dotted, excerpt at boing-boing) http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/16/cyberwar-guide-for‑i.html call for hacking Iranian gov’t sites (ethically questionable to flat out wrong IMO) Tons of good links in the wired article. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/activists-launch-hack-attacks-on-tehran-regime/ Today’s Design Links: …
Morning Linkage (Jun 15)
Interesting Things Links: More women who like being on the road, recreating an historic road trip. It’s a bit slick but an interesting attempt. http://aliceramsey.org/ New research on the mathematics behind the “social web” and tagging: (esp for info geeks) http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/06/tagging.ars A trainable advice engine. http://www.hunch.com/tour/ Write up on what, why, and who here: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html Play with it …
Morning Linkage (May 13)
And we were all snickering at the parking cops on segways… http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/any-cop-is-robocop-with-an-electric-police-trike/ A gallery of the covers of the journal Advanced Materials. Click to embiggen. Read the issue summaries to discover that you know absolutely nothing. http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/journals/alphabeticIndex/2089/?jURL=http://www.wiley-vch.de:80/vch/journals/2089/cover/index2009.html Sometimes the answer to nasty materials is not to dispose of them but to reuse them. I say it’s more than …
Morning Linkage (May 11)
A silly to start. 69 Love Song Illustrated. Just what it says. All by different artists. They haven’t got the full 69 yet and a the quality varies but this one is happy silly. (Mildly NSFW due to hazy nakedness and furries) http://howfuckingromantic.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/lets-pretend-were-bunny-rabbits/ Douglas Bowman’s departure from his post as head designer for Google has freed …