MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
(via Wooster Collective, and as seen on re:think 2.0)
Readers of my last several posts may have noticed a strange obsession with wildlife and communications technology. I’m interested in how information technology — especially imagery and mapping tools — can and are being used in service of biology and conservation. I keep harping on cameras and charismatic megafauna, but truthfully that is only one [...]
New project! This is a community resource for all expats in Bombay — a wiki to gather the best information and recommendations from the members of the Bombay Expats Yahoo Group.
February 29, 2008 – 12:16 am
Posters from the 1972 blaxploitation classic. They just don’t make ‘em like they used to.
RIP Curtis.
January 20, 2008 – 10:06 pm
Nerd alert: my favorite Nintendo game EVAR, Bionic Commando, is being remade for Xbox and Playstation. The best part is — they’re not just making a new game inspired by the old classic, but they are literally recreating the original NES Bionic Commando virtually level-for-level, complete with original terrible enemy dialogue (”Get the heck out [...]
January 17, 2008 – 12:15 am
Inspired by this recount of famous shed-writers, I am putting forth my own favorite hermetic book-lover story: that of Joseph Campbell spending several years in a cabin, reading for nine hours a day. Something about the unlikely combination of dedication and freedom involved in this endeavor has wedged it firmly in place at the top [...]
January 14, 2008 – 12:01 pm
Recommended for Cool Tools fans: Great thread on AskMeFi recommending gear that just won’t quit — everything from old Toyota Hilux pickups to Doc Martens boots to cast-iron skillets. It’s almost eerie how much this matches the stuff my friends and I fetishized in high school in Seattle, which I still feel a hitherto unarticulated [...]
January 3, 2008 – 11:06 am
In advance of diving in to Gregory Clark’s A Farewell to Alms, I’m stockpiling the links to Marginal Revolution’s excellent book forum:
A Farewell to Alms, pp.1-112
Farewell to Alms, pp.112-192
A Farewell to Alms, through p.272
Farewell to Alms, final session
Plus, all 59 (and counting) references to A Farewell to Alms on MR.
December 25, 2007 – 12:59 am
Merry Christmas everyone! I’ve been catching up on things on my India travel blog: check out the latest.
