by natecooper | Aug 21, 2008 | aesthetics, architecture, art, cities, culture, los angeles, new york, technology
natecooper.net is making it appear as if all I’ve been reading is cracked.com and BLDGBLOG. Could be worse I guess. BLDGBLOG’s discussion of “extreme signage” [link] does pique my interest. I don’t know if I fully agree with the...
by natecooper | Aug 21, 2008 | culture, humor
Another amusing article From Cracked.com. Gotta love any top # list where each topic is sub-headed with: “So Where Does the Poop/Pee Come in?”
by natecooper | Aug 19, 2008 | Brooklyn, cities, culture, food, nate, new york
Coffee is a singular experience in New York. Though I have yet to experience the perfect cup of Joe here at the very least it is plentiful and there is a fair amount of independent shops — far fewer per-capita than should be but fair none-the-less. There is,...
by natecooper | Aug 16, 2008 | aesthetics, cities, cool, culture
Eric mentioned to me the unique design ofthis parking garage in Melbourne it’s sort of hard explaining verbally but very interesting to look at. Basically directions/signs for how to enter, exit and move around this parking garage are painted in such a way so...
by natecooper | Aug 15, 2008 | architecture, cities, culture
On a recent visit to Boston I found myself looking for the healing scars of the massive Big Dig. Mostly I was interested in the city spaces created above the buried freeway. BLDGBLOG has an interesting article [link] that wonders how the psychology of individuals in a...
by natecooper | Aug 11, 2008 | culture, politics, Science
Started reading this entry in conservapedia about Atheism [link]. It sort of boils the blood but at the same time there is something comforting about this contrarian view. Perhaps I’ll write more later but I certainly encourage you to...