by natecooper | Jul 3, 2008 | cities, culture, movie reviews, movies, television
The Incredible Hulk [IMDB link] delivers on a lot of personal scores for me. The main point which can not be denied is the homage to the 70s T.V. show. I posted a few weeks ago about the Hulk marathon that the SciFi channel was running and it was fun to reminisce. I...
by natecooper | Jun 18, 2008 | aesthetics, architecture, cities, technology, world
Urban Planning Blog has found a nifty video of a concept train that basically never stops. [link] Seems like what happens is that arriving passengers head towards a smaller train on the top of the main train and this train rolls to a stop at the station while at the...
by natecooper | Jun 15, 2008 | cities, cool, culture, politics
Here’s a pretty neat idea. Paint fake obstructions on the road to get people to slow down. [link] I swear there was something like this at UCSC where there was a series of three speed bumps all marked with striped white paint but the third one was just a striped...
by natecooper | Jun 5, 2008 | aesthetics, architecture, cities, culture, world
Woman with objects fetish marries Eiffel Tower – Telegraph “She revisits the massive structure as part of a documentary on Five on Objectum-Sexual women. There are around 40 people in the world who have declared themselves OS, all of them women and many of...
by natecooper | May 31, 2008 | cities, culture, media, politics
What the hell is wrong with people? Clearly these little Paris Hiltons in training have absolutely no remorse for stealing from a little kid and no other excuse than “I like money”. It’s amazing to me that people like this exist. I’m not...
by natecooper | May 8, 2008 | architecture, Brooklyn, cities, culture, new york, politics
A really interesting article about gentrification and how to confront it in new and interesting ways: [link] (via BLAST) What strikes me most about the article is this conception of the influx of young, middle-class into the neighborhood as somehow devouring the...