February 2008
80 posts
The Next Slum? →
The decline of places like Windy Ridge and Franklin Reserve is usually attributed to the subprime-mortgage crisis, with its wave of foreclosures. And the crisis has indeed catalyzed or intensified…
4 Generations: Water Buffalo Movie, Review,... →
Robert Thompson shot and produced “4 Generations” in 2007 while living in China. It is a story documenting a journey in southwestern China (near Tibet) to first find, then deliver a water buffalo to…
Postcrossing - Postcards Traveling The World →
It’s a project that allows anyone to exchange postcards (paper ones, not electronic) from random places in the world.
:: MUJU :: Cutting-edge artists from Muslim and... →
Odyssey Photography - travel and documentary... →
Travel and documentary photography from around the world.
Social Media Goes Mainstream [Dion Hinchcliffe's... →
Second Brain™ - All Your Content →
Second Brain makes it really easy to keep track of all the content you have online. Bookmark web-pages and import content from your favorite internet-services. Organize everything in collections and share it on your public page.
“tumm·ler (tmlr)
n.
1. One, such as a social director or entertainer, who...”
– tummler - definition of tummler by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
Watchification →
First there was Speechification, which is a lot of excellent speech radio from around the world wrapped up in a podcast. Now thereâs Watchification….selecting the really good stuff from the BBC iPlayer, from the shows that appear on YouTube and - you
Speechification →
A blog of Radio 4. Not about Radio 4 but of it. We point to the bits we like, the bits you might have missed, the bits that someone might have sneakily recorded. Other speech radio from around the world will no doubt find its way here too.
Google circa 1960 →
“This behaviour at the edge of unstability follows a random, inherant,...”
– http://park.org/Canada/Museum/complexity/complex3.html
Ursus maritimus (Polar Bear) - a photoset on... →
BBC - Radio 4 - The Last Goodbye →
A moving and inspirational feature about an extraordinary humanitarian project to create a musical and artistic space in a hospital morgue. Sound artist Scanner (aka Robin Rimbaud) embarks on a remarkable personal and artistic journey of discovery.
Bonbi Forest, Welcome to the Bonbi Forest Indie... →
Rumplo - Awesome T-Shirts, from around the world. →
Giveo » Give Back. →
Giveo is grassroots philanthropy. Give to any cause, or start your own worthy cause, free.
Borrobol Cottages - Self-catering cottages,... →
Pete Ashton’s Blog » Oh, Max… →
anyone can start a blog. That’s the beauty of them. And most blogs will have a tiny audience because that’s all they were intended to have. Most bloggers don’t want to be “successful” - success to them is having a conversation with a few readers and other
Recovery from Septoplasty? | Ask MetaFilter →
Fix dead pixel - Killdeadpixel.com →
The graphic will try to massage the dead pixel back alive again by getting it to change rapidly. It has been reported to work many times.
Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle →
Color Pencils Reviewed →
The Rules of Beeping: Exchanging Messages Via... →
This article explores the practice of “beeping” or “missed calling” between mobile phone users, or calling a number and hanging up before the mobile’s owner can pick up the call.
A Writer by Any Other Name by Giles Turnbull - The... →
âGiles Turnbull finds it hard to write a meaningful bio, despite being a professional writer for some 15 years now. Thatâs horrifying. Itâs frightening.â Yes, it is. Already, Iâve spent longer writing the bio than I did writing the article it is
Windmill Bella Vista | Artemonas, Sifnos →
FriendFeed →
FriendFeed makes it easy to keep track of the web pages, videos, music, and photos your friends and family interact with around the Internet.
Losing it →
Everything Changes (after Brecht, 'Alles wandelt...
Everything changes. We plant trees for those born later but what's happened has happened, and poisons poured into the seas cannot be drained out again. What's happened has happened poisons poured into the seas cannot be drained out again, but everything changes. We plant trees for those born later. -- Cicely Herbert
SatLav website tells you where to go when you need... →
Is Barack Obama the Messiah? →
“My understanding, though, is that this doesn’t really count because...”
– Matthew Yglesias (February 10, 2008) - Maine for Obama (Politics)
The Cocker Hotel →
Suites in an art nouveau townhouse in San Telmo, Buenos Aires
Scoff →
“Good food from a good place” - alternative food delivery
Robert Paterson's Weblog: KPBS - How a small... →
Color Changing Illuminated Shower Head | Gadgets... →
This illuminated shower head features color changing LEDâs which are temperature sensitive. The light goes from white when the water is cold, to blue, then purple, then red when the water is hot.
