May 2007
25 posts
exams this week and next
alright well you might have noticed a little spurt yesterday. the regularly scheduled junk that you’ve become so dependent on these days might be a little infrequent these days as I’m suffering during exams or pretending like they don’t exist the rest of the time.
My recommendation ? start from the beginning of time.
Another alternative is for you to do the hard work and...
April 2007
78 posts
“As in the world of nature, excessive growth is followed by raging forest fires....”
– Adam Platt on New York restaurants
3191 | mav:left, steph:right. →
we are stephanie and mav. we live 3191 miles apart. we like to get up early.
(a photoblog of two people’s mornings daily)
“… God answered in a mysterious way. Not long after, Emmet’s boss offered...”
– the New York Times on Migrant Workers
“A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.”
– Robert Orben
“He placed the bet on 10 December 1997, when he was aged 90, with the thought...”
– A man who bet £100 a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is celebrating his birthday with a cheque for £25,000.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus: 'Environmentalism As... →
fresh warnings that environmentalism and measures to curb climate change are a threat to human freedom
No More Monster Bunnies for North Korea amid fears... →
The fate of 12 German giant rabbits delivered to North Korea is in doubt. The breeder who sent them suspects they have been eaten by top officials rather than used to set up a bunny farm. Berlin’s North Korean embassy denies the allegation. One thing is sure: the country will have to find another seller.
“Basically,” he says, “we blast off Thursday night and don’t...”
– pre-launch
“As much as the word can be applied to an illegal drug, Shabu is clean....”
– Shabu in Denver
“It comes wrapped in red foil and purple tissue, this intricate figurine molded...”
– 72-Hour Party People
jeevs sinclair: maimonides
rumour has it, Suzuki will be speaking again on Parliament Hill sometime soon. Right now there’s an indigenous speaker but there’s a growing number of cyclists already …
“MAIMONIDES, a 12th-century rabbi and philosopher, argued that it is better to...”
– the economist on international aid
“… This is a startling expansion of growers’ purview. Before becoming...”
– the economist on the Kuapa Kokoo cocoa co-operative which now owns a 45% share of London-based Divine Chocolate.
tiny plaques by keetra →
tiny plaques by keetra →
“Furoshiki is a piece of cloth which requires people’s thoughts, people’s brain,...”
– Taku Sato
in pingmag.jp
“IN CHINA, people who refuse to allow their homes to be demolished by developers...”
– “I’d rather be a hammer”
in the Economist April 7th
(found art) ancient tackle box,... →
I have no explanation for buying this old tackle box at a garage sale on Saturday; But I’m sure glad I did …
a perfectly-preserved time capsule, a collection of mundane items that manages to conjure another time and place.
space hijackers, subversive urban architects in... →
[sunday.1]
reclaiming public spaces, usually without permission … projects have ranged from ‘guerrilla benching’ to organising a midnight game of cricket in the middle of the City.
sculptural loveseat in solid English Oak.... →
[sunday.3]
Each piece is massive, enduring and solid as a rock, and there is a tenderness and grace of line that fills it with life. The fantastic rotational symmetry makes it a vibrant abstract sculpture; carved with careful consideration of the human form.
Moonlight Mushrooms: handblown phosphorescent... →
[sunday.2]
By day, they deliver up to a cup of water right at the root zone. When evening falls, phosphorescent speckles inside the glass begin to glow, producing 2 to 4 hours of soft illumination.
