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What you can do in a park(ing) space
The clever folks at Rebar turned a metered, public parking space into a temporary urban park in San Francisco one sunny afternoon.
Posted on Sunday, 22 Jan 2006
Tags: activism,
diy,
green
Inside Out: Photos by Migrant Workers
Foto: Chouysang Supot
Photo editor Dorothy Ho writes a beautiful note about her current project which puts cameras in the hands of migrant workers in Singapore in order to see what usually isn’t seen.
She writes…
“Jaded by repetitive news reports, our perspective of the world tends to be narrow and fearful. We live by stereotypes and cliches because it is easier to understand the world through a simple lens…”
Go check out Inside Out for yourself – see if you like it. Link via Daniel Koh at K10K.
Posted on Tuesday, 17 Jan 2006
Tags: exhibit,
photography,
singapore
Apple.com's yesterdays
^Image capture: Kernel Panic^
I came across a photoset on Flickr this evening of screenshots from Apple homepage and found it to be a bit amusing.
Posted on Sunday, 15 Jan 2006
Tags: mac
Feltron Seven annual report
Art: Nicholas Feltron
In his greatest efforts to maintain transparency in his business practices, Nicholas Feltron has published his Annual Report for 2005.
(Shit hot!)
Posted on Thursday, 12 Jan 2006
Tags: graphic design,
illustration
Google Earth for Mac
Every since Google Earth became available for Mac yesterday I’ve been spanning the globe looking for:
- evidence of WMDs in Iraq
- beachfront property in third world countries
- cropcircles
- really fat people just outside of shopping malls
- every place in the world I’ve been
Wow, I feel like a real (lazy) explorer! Vespucci, you ain’t got nothing on me, heh.
Posted on Thursday, 12 Jan 2006
Tags: google,
maps,
software
Mac OS ringtones
Quench your burning desire to make your phone sound like your Mac with Mac OS Tones. That’s Mac OS Tones, ok, not Maco Stones! Free transfers via bluetooth or a reasonably-priced WAP push.
Posted on Saturday, 07 Jan 2006
Tags: mac,
mobile
End of an era for VW vans
Foto: AP
The classic air-cooled VW vans, called Kombis in Brasil, have reached the end of the line due to the Brasilian government’s new pollution laws which com into effect this year. I didn’t realize they were still making these vans until my first trip to Rio de Janeiro in 2000. All over Brasil, there’s a bazillion of those white vans puttering all through the streets. Kombis are the true workhorse of small and large businesses, hospitals, even the military. Though the traditional air-cooled ones will stop being produced, the factory will keep the body intact and add a water-cooled engine and radiator. In celebration for the engine change, they’ll produce around 200 Silver Edition kombis with the original air-cooled engines – which no doubt will become collector’s items.
There’s a full story at CBS News, also check out the Volkwagen Brasil site for more images.
Posted on Friday, 06 Jan 2006
Tags: automobile,
brasil
Everybody's dragging
But the real question is do you have the patience to play this little online game? Well, I say game, but it really isn’t. Rather, it’s one of those refrigerator letter magnet thingies that 100 people are using at the same time. So, essentially, it’s impossible to spell anything because people continuously steal your letters.
I was entertained for 1.5 minutes. Check it for yourself here.
Posted on Thursday, 05 Jan 2006
Tags: software
Rocket bike
Foto: Popular Science
Rocket designer (how cool is that title), Tim Pickens built a $750 rocket-powered bike that goes 0-60 miles per hour in about 5 seconds, which is right up there with sports cars like a Porsche. Read more about this kick ass, roof tar-powered bicycle here.
Posted on Wednesday, 04 Jan 2006
Tags: bike,
diy
2005 FontShop Calendar
Here’s a great way to get your paws on a free calendar AND stick it to the man. Download each month or the entire 2005 calendar and send it to the color printer. No, for real, it’s a great calendar, a wnice idea for a promotional piece. And by the way, there’s some wonderful fontage as well as graphic design up in the mix.
And while you’re at it, go ahead and subscribe to their font feed. That is, if you love type the way I do!
Posted on Wednesday, 04 Jan 2006
Tags: graphic design,
typography
Pimp mon mobile
Pimp my ride + those crazy french people + Nokia mobile phones =
Pimp mon mobile (that’s Pimp my mobile for all of you monolingual people out there).
The video part is a bit lengthy (as the person at Adverblog points out), but it’s a nice little concept – definitely not hatin’ on it.
Posted on Tuesday, 03 Jan 2006
Tags: ads,
mobile
Today in the world of chickens
Introducing my new friend, KentuckyFriedCruelty.com. He’s a 19-year-old PETA staff member that enjoys sunsets, walks on the beach, and apparently loves chicken. My main man KFC, err Chris Garnett has legally changed his name in order to protest Kentucky Fried Chicken’s chicken death policy. Take a pause for the cause and check out the sites, and stop all the fowl killing.
Posted on Tuesday, 03 Jan 2006
Tags: activism,
funny
Ads from the devil's toolbox
Foto: Thomas Hawk
You really have to read this. What’s next? A return to snake oill salesmen?
Posted on Wednesday, 21 Dec 2005
Tags: ads,
funny
NYC Transit Strike
Fotos: Brian Morris
Help! I’m stuck in Harlem.
Posted on Tuesday, 20 Dec 2005
Tags: activism,
new york city
IE for Mac headed for the graveyard
Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer for Mac on December 31st, 2005. I know, try and hold back the tears.
In all fairness, I do remember around 2001 using IE on my G4 because it was the best one around. And to tell you the truth, there’s one magical feature that I have dearly missed since using this thing…the draggable page! Remember that one? Hold the spacebar, get the glove icon that allowed you to drag the page up or down, left or right.
Posted on Monday, 19 Dec 2005
Tags: mac,
software
Before Walkman, there was Stereobelt
After more than 25 years of court battles with Sony, Andreas Pavel has finally claimed the title as the inventor of what we all know as the “walkman.” Coming up with the concept in the late 1960s, he didn’t file for a patent until 1977. Sony began selling their Walkman in 1979 and began negotiating with Pavel in 1980. Pavel lost several legal battles, but never gave up and in 2003 eventually settled with the big Japanese company. Although the results of this deal were protected by a confidentiality clause, it’s been rumored that he received an eight figure sum plus royalties on Walkman sales.
Read the entire article from NY Times reporter Larry Rohter right here or here. There’s a wiki page on Mr. Pavel as well.
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