Archive for May, 2008
John Darnielle is the Master of Reality
May 18th, 2008
Archaeology awareness playing cards
May 15th, 2008
"The set also contained other cards such as the jokers that provided additional information about heritage preservation." via slavin.
Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82
May 13th, 2008
"Apropos of Mr. Rauschenberg, Cage once said, 'Beauty is now underfoot wherever we take the trouble to look.'"
Scott and Shackleton’s abandoned huts in Antarctica
May 11th, 2008
Constant cold preserves the last camp of the Shackleton and Scott expedition.
Mile-High Skyscrapers and Floating Cities That Never Were
May 11th, 2008
Wired's collection of planned and imagined architecture.
Encyclopedia of Life
May 11th, 2008
E. O. Wilson's collaborative project to catalogue every species of animal and plant-life on earth.
7th st
May 11th, 2008
Lower Manhattan
May 11th, 2008
Lowest Manhattan
May 11th, 2008
Brooklyn bridge
May 11th, 2008
Riveting
May 11th, 2008
Approach
May 11th, 2008
Interior
May 11th, 2008
Census Atlas of the United States
May 10th, 2008
"...is a large-format publication about 300 pages long and containing almost 800 maps. Data from decennial censuses prior to 2000 support nearly 150 maps and figures, providing context and an historical perspective for many of the topics presented."
Corbis Readymech Cameras
May 10th, 2008
Interestingly (?) they don't actually say when World Pinhole Camera Day is, but no doubt I missed it. Hope to have one of these up and running in time for next year.
3 Legged Animals
May 9th, 2008
"sleep for me sleepless / dream for me dreamless"
Irene
May 9th, 2008
Forms of life dance along to the song. Sort of.
Cyberduck
May 9th, 2008
Cyberduck is a free FTP (file transfer protocol) client for use on your mac. Not as easy to use as transmit or as venerable as fetch, but usually gets the job done.
The Elements of Web Typography Applied to the Web
May 9th, 2008
A porting of Robert Bringhurst's indispensable reference and guide to typography for use with CSS and (X)HTML. Sporadically updated, but worth reading.









