A Recipe for web 2.0 success (failure?)
Near Future Laboratory has a great article about the problem of trying to integrate everyday things into a computing paradigm. “There’s a weird conceit in here, that the activities and practices of normal human beings will involve data processing and...Tap Branding
Here’s an idea. Brand tap water in order to compete with the market-saturated and unnecessarily wasteful brand waters. All for a good cause as well. we want tap (via Inhabitat)Canon Powershot G10
Crave…Mission Bay Developments
Seeing these pics just makes me long for San Francisco a little. (via Inhabitat)What the Fuck (the new) Facebook?
About a year ago (wow! I’ve been blogging pretty consistently for over a year now with nary a hiccup!) I posted about the overabundance and annoyance of Facebook invites due to their inclusion of an apps interface. A year (and a Facebook redesign) later the...Wealthiest People of All Time
Found this interesting article of the top ten richest people of all time on wikipedia. Lest you think this impossible to actually qualify this they have a pretty straight-forward system: “The ranking process is done by the percentage of the total GDP of the...Cities rethink wisdom of 50s-era parking standards
Yes yes yes yes!! This article by yahoo news (I know! wow.) enumerates a number of issues I’ve been meaning to gather into a thoughtful, drawn-out post. Basically the public subsidy of cars is destroying any possibility for modern American cities to develop more...Child Commodity
Found this photo series by JeongMee Yoon incredibly disturbing. It makes me wonder — if I had children how much I would invest in their frivolousness. It also makes me chillingly aware of the insane amount of products I must have owned as a child. I’m sure...Body Art Illusions
Mighty Optical Illusions has some neat pictures of some ladies in camoflage against stylish and colorful patterns by Emma Hack.Ever Wanted to Drive between North and South America?
Apparently its not completely possible. This lengthy but interesting (and pic filled) story from Dark Roasted Blend details the many many reasons why attempting such a trip is not only very challenging but nearly suicidal. A section of Southern Panama called the...Sticky Note Experiment
EepyBird’s Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo. Ooooo! Rainbow-tastic. With a hint of Office Space. (via hrrrthrrr)About Nate
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