June 2009
40 posts
“BLDGBLOG: In several of these photos, the soldiers are literally lifting tiles...”
– The real Bluth company at work??
Geoff Manaugh’s interview with photographer Richard Mosse about his photographing Saddam’s palaces.
From Projects to Pediments →
“For the past nine months or so, Chicago has been trying something a little different. The Chicago Housing Authority has taken their 16 building Dearborn Homes low income housing project on South State Street, and is attempting to “beautify” the structures with pediments and keystones. It isn’t clear how the units will be doled out when finished, whether it will all remain...
May 2009
134 posts
Mexico City Sinking →
MoCo Loco: UPDATE: Philippe Starck, Designer (...... →
moco attempts to further the discussion of Starck’s recent comments…
“Now they’re saying that we can’t have gay marriage because it would confuse the...”
– This Is Your Kid On Gay Marriage | TV | A.V. Club (via robot-heart-politics) (via asprettyasasong)
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Forum For President →
After eight years of listening to this show almost daily, it’s become clear to me that Michael Krasney knows everything. Is there a way to nominate Michael Krasney and the entire Form crew for the presidency?
Cell - A Humanized Version of Foxp2 Affects... →
See also
Wes Anderson Film Festival on the Behance Network →
Fun project idea Nice execution
The level above @ Dailytonic →
“The suspect, who may go by the name Michael Chen, Chen Chun or Chun Chen,...”
– Man in critical condition after being attacked with cleaver - San Jose Mercury News
yeah, that’ll find him
“The results, reported in the May issue of the journal Psychological Science,...”
– We’re Only Human…: The Power of BackwardThinking
Imagine what a city might look like if this practice became normalized.
Know The Difference
Keligan Not to be confused with Kellicam.
I Swear
Seems like every ninth or tenth random article on wikipedia is about some administrative district in Poland. And that’s after several hours of clicking over several days.
List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999 →
We know what needs to be added to this article. But we’re too afraid to put it in, because we think people might get confused. What if we explained it really well?
“It is understood that the nostril of the horse is what creates the illusion of...”
– Kelpie - Wikipedia (the kelpie is a supernatural water horse from Celtic folklore)
So now the real question is, why did the Celtic people value the left leg and right pinky finger above other appendages?
Moral of the story: beware the nostril
Various Utopias
Utopias: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, etc.
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TNG Starfleet Duty Skant (male) - Uniform... →
Will you look at that! Now you can be a proud Skant wearer!
ThinkGeek :: Rubik's Cube Salt & Pepper Mills →
Just poke a few holes in it, hollow it out, and you got yourself a salt and pepper shaker
You were right Noah
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Best Use of Twitter? →
This song is an appropriate first audio post
“After noticing their bus driver (Meat Loaf) missing, Victoria decides to drive...”
– Spice World (film) - Wikipedia
And again! See what I mean!
“Less threatening but more annoying is a film director (Alan Cumming) who with...”
– Spice World (film) - Wikipedia
I don’t know why this is cracking me up
“When one village built a 3 metre (9.8 ft) fence around the cattle enclosure, the...”
– Indochinese Tiger - Wikipedia
Soft Maps Blankets : Haptic Lab →
Kate do better try make
www.naefspiele.ch →
Still very much want the Rainbow, or anything else listed here.
Urban EcoMap →
How are walking, biking, and purchasing a hybrid equal?
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Recession Turns Malls Into Ghost Towns - WSJ.com →
We’re all thinking the same thing right? All the ways we could transform these huge spaces. Dead shopping centers revive decaying urbanism? Anybody?
The hpv is up and running again as of tonight. Threw a red revolving police light, and an extra horn on. Big hit with downtown SJ.
Uhhh, no nerd. The answer is my grandma. Trick question.
osakasteve:
wonders what sort of nerd he is for wanting to get through with Star Trek to rush home and try his new soaps.
Chakotay - Wikipedia →
Noah can’t stop talking about this guy
RT @noahcates: the city of Davis has a logo, and it terrifies me: http://bit.ly/jfhD8 …be seeing you. Look, they just want information..
PrairieMod: Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO Sets →
not sure about this
Google builds Street View trikes to map UK... →
But aren’t footpaths for, you know, feet? Is this legal? Cause it wouldn’t be here, unless they walk it. Also, attention google MtnVw, I will pilot this for you, should you choose to do this in the bay area.