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very small array » The Little Trans-Mongolian Railroad

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:18:22 +0100

very small array » The Little Trans-Mongolian Railroad

oobject

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:03:03 +0100

oobject: Lists of things. Usually design-related. Curation of classifiable objects.

How City Kids Run Their Sidewalk Lemonade Stands -- New York Magazine

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:03:02 +0100

How City Kids Run Their Sidewalk Lemonade Stands -- New York Magazine: As if gas wasnât bad enough, lemon prices have risen 35 percent over the past year, necessitating new insights into consumer behavior for sidewalk-stand proprietors.

BBC NEWS | Politics | Campaigner 'glues himself to PM'

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:56:59 +0100

BBC NEWS | Politics | Campaigner 'glues himself to PM': “There was no stickiness of any significance.”

Big Contrarian → Tacky.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:57:01 +0100

Big Contrarian → Tacky.: “Whether their strategies work or not is slightly beside the point. Itâs cheap. Itâs marketing driven, instead of content driven. Itâs the type of thinking that leads to a sequel to the movie…

Holy Headlines, Batman!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:39:18 +0100

Holy Headlines, Batman!

The Five Dollar Comparison

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:20:57 +0100

The Five Dollar Comparison: To explore the relative value of five dollars we are collecting examples from around the world by asking people to submit photos of objects or services that cost the equivalent of $5.

Beijing 2008 Preparations - Three Weeks to Go - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:20:56 +0100

Beijing 2008 Preparations - Three Weeks to Go - The Big Picture - Boston.com: Incredible photographs of the preparations for the Olympics in Beijing. I think the most staggering thing is all the new architecture….though the costumes for the opening ceremony look pretty…

Favtape.com/lastfm/meish

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:20:56 +0100

Favtape.com/lastfm/meish: Ooh. Muxtape + last.fm (or Pandora) = Favtape. Listen to 10 of my recently loved last.fm tracks, muxtape style, with links to buy etc. And please forgive the Avril Lavigne - blame the heat.

swissmiss: Renewable Clothing by Fernando Brizio

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:57:29 +0100

swissmiss: Renewable Clothing by Fernando Brizio: By placing colored felt-tip pens in the pockets of the dress its appearance changes over time. Within an hour - to one and a half hours the colored ink bleeds into the fabric and creates a one-off…

haight street

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:11:18 +0100

haight street

Amy Greenhouse: My vegetable model of Amy Winehouse for the...

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:12:56 +0100

Amy Greenhouse: My vegetable model of Amy Winehouse for the vegetable sculpture class of the Lambeth Country Fair.

BBC NEWS | England | London | Mob attacks officers over litter

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:46:00 +0100

BBC NEWS | England | London | Mob attacks officers over litter:

“Two police officers… attacked by a mob in south London after they asked a 15-year-old girl to pick up her litter. One officer was dragged to the ground and kicked while the other was bitten by a girl who jumped on his back.”

One word: Feral.

Trap street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:34:02 +0100

Trap street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: A trap street is a fictitious street included on a map, often outside the area the map covers, for the purpose of “trapping” potential copyright violators of the map, who will be unable to justify…

The Story of the Fail Whale - ReadWriteWeb

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:42:23 +0100

The Story of the Fail Whale - ReadWriteWeb: How An Unknown Artist’s Work Became a Social Media Brand Thanks To the Power of Community

2008 Tour de France - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:37:00 +0100

2008 Tour de France - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:36:42 +0100

2008 Tour de France - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Musical gadgets in the form of wols, kittins and pinguins....

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:53:04 +0100

Musical gadgets in the form of wols, kittins and pinguins. It’s like the interweb has died and gone to heaven.

Wittner Novelty Metronomes BM220

Calendar Wallpaper “The calendar plays an important role...

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:31:45 +0100

Calendar Wallpaper

“The calendar plays an important role in our daily life, we might not always be aware, but it strongly influences how we structure our days. Without a calendar our lives would be more inefficient and confusing to live. By merging qualities from an everyday item like a wallpaper with functions from a calendar that we use daily, something ordinary like a wall becomes alive and personal.”

via www.christiaanpostma.nl

my new favourite slide: For my Event Apart talk in San...

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:29:35 +0100

my new favourite slide: For my Event Apart talk in San Francisco, August 18, 2008. Maybe that should have been “have to give them candy.” I need an editor.