January 2009
Crashing a random and terrible art show on your...
Dear Creatures
tesslynch:
Let’s talk about these clothes I like.
Dear Creatures is bang-on in terms of sixties cuteness and I’m glad you introduced me to them. Everything seems very comfortable and wearable. I could see myself buying a summer dress from them and wearing it every single day.
But why must these throwback designers make everything out of that polyester-looking fabric?! I shouldn’t...
Watch NFB films for free in new Online Screening... →
NFB = The National Film Board of Canada = almost 70 years worth of animations, documentaries, and full length films = what I’m doing tonight.
(NFB on wikipedia)
Make your own 3D camera →
…by taping together 2 disposible cameras:
Here’s how depth perception works: our eyes are spaced 2-3 inches apart, so they see images from slightly different angles. The brain then merges those two images to make one three-dimensional image. The disparity between the two images is what helps us figure out how far away an object is.
Taking two pictures of the same thing, spaced as far...
Wabi Sabi
Wabi now connotes rustic simplicity, freshness or quietness, and can be applied to both natural and human-made objects, or understated elegance. It can also refer to quirks and anomalies arising from the process of construction, which add uniqueness and elegance to the object. Sabi is beauty or serenity that comes with age, when the life of the object and its impermanence are evidenced in its...
marco:
<bush><war><instability><fear><greed><divisiveness></bush><obama>
Look at all of the crap Bush left open.
Another way of saying this.
Harper's Index: A Retrospective of the Bush Era
Minimum number of laws that Bush signing statements have exempted his administration from following: 1,069
Percentage of Americans in 2006 who believed that U.S. Muslims should have to carry special I.D.: 39
Number of incidents of torture on prime-time network TV shows from 2002 to 2007: 897
Number on shows during the previous seven years: 110
Portion of all U.S. income gains during the Bush...
