Archive for March, 2009

Furniture Monica Would Like

Ran across more furniture ideas. Because our home so far is 1) beautiful and 2) a realization of Monica’s vision for a home, we have a policy that all furniture with a hope of becoming a part of our house must first be approved by Monica. It keeps things looking good.
I’m pretty sure these are [...]

Fire Water

File this away as so awesome it’s scary. A couple in Colorado thought they smelled gas in the water coming from the faucet, so they decided to do what everyone else does in that situation. They lit the water on fire.
No joke, friends, they lit the water on fire. You can read more about it, [...]

Michael James Moran Woodworked Furniture

Simple, brilliant website. While there are nice touches everywhere, I love the “FACT”s best.
Michael James Moran Woodworked Furniture.

Thru You

I’ve already posted one video by Kutiman, please enjoy the rest of the series. They just get better and better.
THRU YOU | Kutiman mixes YouTube.

The Sweetest Apple

Today was big. Without a day as big as this, the simple apple I ate would not be nearly as sweet, but first you need to understand today. I like to think I’ve worked hard in my life. I wrestled in high school, pushing my body beyond what I thought were my limits. I’ve ran [...]

Robot Cradle

Everyone knows that one day our robotic masters will rise from their primative shackles to a brutal and emotionless reign. To make the transition for future generations as smooth as possible, researchers have developed the robot cradle to take care of human infants while sleeping.
Apparently the cradle monitors noise coming from the mouth-hole of their [...]

Shuffle-Shuffle

A few days ago Apple unveiled a new model of the iPod Shuffle. Here’s a link to the Shuffle’s homepage along with a video guided tour of the new tech; just try to drool as little as possible.
Here’s the key points for people afraid of clicking links on the web* 

No buttons on the Shuffle. None. Every [...]

Wine Bottle Terrarium

Making a terrarium inside a wine bottle; this is also something I want to do. It seems that I’ve reached a tipping point where now I have a grip of projects that I want to complete (a grip is, roughly, more than a smattering, but less than an avalance), which makes for fun, if a [...]

Dispaches from Moscow

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency is just about the funniest high-brow humor that I have ever run across. I have already posted their insightful analysis of US Airways Flight 1549 (the flight that landed on the Hudson river without pontoon attachments). By “insightful analysis” I of course mean a hilarious lampooning of conspiracy theories that might arise regarding [...]

The World’s Biggest Diamond Heist

The world’s biggest diamoind heist, it turns out, may well have been an elaborate scam. Well, if you can draw a distinction between a scam and a robbery.
Over at Wired the have the full story given by Leonardo Notarbartolo, who is a gentleman I have not had the pleasure of meeting. It’s a really interesting [...]

Kutiman

If I get some time, I’d love to write a true essay on why this video by Kutiman represents the current culture in so many different ways, but for now here’s the music video that got me hooked. Honestly, you really don’t even need to watch it, just listen to the he song created without [...]

Putting US Airways Flight 1549 in its Place

Much hero-worship has been done regarding US Airways Flight 1549, the flight that crash landed in the Hudson river. I think it’s time that a more critical eye, a more experienced eye, takes a look at the true facts behind the admiration. Thankfully, we’ve got McSweeney’s.
Please, review this compelling list of reasons as to why the [...]

Ikea Solar Garden Lamps

I’m ready for this. Garden lamps that look just great and don’t require some horrid electric plug to be strung across your lawn. Ikea has just announced solar lamps for the typical Ikea price of $20 for a string of five lights.
You can check out some shots of the lights in action at Inhabitat, where [...]