4083 dead in Iraq, more than 29,000 wounded, and 300,000 cases of post-traumatic stress disorder between Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Memorial Day
May 26, 2008
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The zoo
May 21, 2008
- Nature has been producing photonic crystals for quite a while in the form of the shell of a beautiful beetle. (We need photonic crystal to produce optical computers.) Bonus link: rare breed of stag beetle being hunted to extinction because of Mushiking.
- The Telegraph: Extinct Tasmanian tiger DNA implanted in mouse cells. “‘This is the first time that DNA from an extinct species has been used to induce a functional response in another living organism,’ said Dr Andrew Pask at the University of Melbourne, who led the research.” Radddd
- Song: ODB, Brooklyn Zoo II - underrated!
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Local culture
May 20, 2008
- Whoa:
- Video from right after the China earthquake. Heartwrenching. The kids yelling out of their classroom window at 0:24 is like a scene from The Drifting Classroom. Via Waxy.
- Only in LA: House for sale with a yurt!
- Boing Boing Gadgets: Atari 2600 lounge at Milwaukee grocery store. I don’t get the sarcastic tone, I really don’t; I’d way rather hang out here than the “lounge” at the Beverly Hills Whole Foods.
- Song: The Lines, Nerve Pylon. From Acute Records’ great-sounding reissue of their 1983 album Memory Span.
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Cherries are in season
May 19, 2008
- Patriotic duty:
age ≠ wisdom - Hervé This’ 10 fundamental pieces of knowledge for cooks. 8: Collagen dissolves in water at temperatures higher than 55 C (131 F). Via Michael Ruhlman. Sort of related: crazy food dehydrator. My mom had one in her hippie phase; the beef jerky that came out of it was unsurpassed.
- If I were in Tokyo, I’d go see this: Ari Marcopoulos - The Chance is Higher
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Lunch pasta
May 18, 2008
- Obama stylewatch: he wears Burberry suits, apparently. Dude, if you’re going to skip the J. Press route, why not go all out and rock Dior Homme?
- Paul Graham: I have a second computer for using the internet because I’m addicted to it yet need it for work, like an alcoholic wine critic. I used to have a separate account that was just for the web I’d flip over to with OS X’s fast user switching - it became too onerous, but I still think it’s kind of a good idea.
- GasLight frequency spectrum visualizer for iTunes - simple but pretty and it runs fast.
- I just added Douglas Wolk’s Reading Comics to my Amazon wishlist and noticed that it’s available for Kindle download for $10. If I had a Kindle, I surely would have just downloaded it. I get why people aren’t into Amazon’s whole closed hardware DRM can’t-lend-it-to-a-friend-or-resell-it thing but I actually thing the social good of not using paper and burning fuel for delivery outweighs that. So bring me a refreshed Kindle for $300 and I’m sold.
- Can anyone ID this chair? I’m way into it:
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Takashi Murakami “Mr. Wink”
May 17, 2008
FINALLY MINE. I had a chance to buy a small Murakami painting in 2000 for $800; turning that down was the worst financial mistake of my life. I understand if you dislike him or aren’t into the factory aspect or whatever, but art is personal and I’ve always liked this piece in particular. Click to enlarge!
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Acquisitions tomorrow
May 16, 2008
- Hey, should I buy a house in Queens?
Awesome Fallout 3 concept art, via BoingBoing Gadgets. I’ve posted about Fallout before - it’s one of my most anticipated PS3 titles - but now there’s this whole steampunk thread which seems to be growing in popularity since 1974 or whenever The Difference Engine came out (okay, 1990). My take: steampunk is total reactionary bullshit. But Fallout is still going to be rad.- I’m totally buying one of these utilikeys.
- Poem: Sweeney among the Nightingales.
- Song: Sebastien Tellier, Look. We talked about Eurovision already. This is a solid album. I think there’s an Air connection?
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Go get married if you’ve been waiting, right?
May 15, 2008
- Unaired 30 Rock pilot with Rachel Dratch as Jenna, torrent. I just love television so much.
- Insane auction results from Sotheby’s - Takashi Murakami’s My Lonesome Cowboy sold for FIFTEEN POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS. It’s part of an EDITION! What the fuck, anonymous bidder?!
- Song: John Otway & The Wild Will Barrett, Really Free. Kind of like a Buzzcocks song sung by an older Sid from Skins with a little noodle-y wah-wah-wah tossed in.
Destroy the binary
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Custom
May 15, 2008
- Andy Baio: Whitburn Pop Project analysis part 1: awesome
- Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi: Ivan Krstić on the end days of the One Laptop Per Child project and an appeal for the creation of an Open Learning Foundation.
- Boullée in North Dakota: Pruned on an American pyramid.
- Professional artists interpret kids’ drawings (thanks George!)
- Song: Studio, No Comply, the Yearbook 1 version.
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Not much
May 13, 2008
- Amazing reconceptualization of the US dollar and other currencies. Maybe a little bit unfair - does the world really only see us launching missiles and burning crosses? But striking.
- Best news story evs: “They told the suspicious working girls they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus, and as State law does not allow those with disabilities to be discriminated against they had no right to refuse them.” Update: DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ! The story was complete fabrication developed by a SEO to drive traffic to money.co.uk - shameful!!
- Chip Kidd is a big comic book nerd
- Song: Plastic Bertrand, Ca Plane Pour Moi - love it!! Wooo eee wooo oooo
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Quickly
May 12, 2008
- Pentagram on the interactive exhibitions they created for the Detroit Institute of Arts.
- FontStruct - make fonts online - looks interesting! via Kottke
- Crazy building cover - is that Beverly Hills??
- Josh Kopelman on Lifecycle Messaging - dovetails with the Wired article on SuperMemo.
- Song of the day: Robyn, Who’s That Girl. Great pop single. She’s backed by The Knife!
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