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April 30, 2008
Yo, Check The Perm
The most dangerous men's hairstyle could quite possibly be my next coffee table book. Yo, Check The Perm is a compilation of 10 men who dared to change their lives thru the power of the permanent.
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Wallpaper Calendaring
The whole GTD (getting things done) movement seems to be gaining foothold especially with today's demand for multitasking efficiency. It's been a challenge to get everything for work and home done within a 24 hour period. Many of us are labeled slackers and procrastinators but reality check; maybe a little organization can put things into perspective.
Calendar Wallpaper takes that ethos to the extreme by making good use of a free wall. Everything you have to do every day for the entire year can be plotted out. Sure it can be scary being forced to reconcile your tasks but part of the GTD method is to look back and marvel at all you've achieved. So don't be scared, I'll hold you hand and lets get to organizing.
via Gearfuse
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April 27, 2008
Waldkindergarten
Most parents push their kids to study reading, writing, and computers but there's a movement occurring in Germany where the typical classroom is replaced with the forest floor. Yes these 700 kids learn about the world by singing songs, building fires, rolling around in mud, touch and feeling everything. Already the program is seeing some amazing results. The kids seem to understand their definitive position within the world instead of being isolated within the human agenda.
via Treehugger
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April 17, 2008
Taco Bell Guy Shows Off This Cool App
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April 16, 2008
Strange But Real Armor
And you thought LOTR Orc armor was strange! There's more here.
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April 14, 2008
Prepping For Pangea Day
In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that -- to help people see themselves in others -- through the power of film.
On May 10, 2008 -- Pangea Day -- sites in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked to produce a 4-hour program of powerful films, visionary speakers, and uplifting music. The program will be broadcast live to the world through the Internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones.
Pangea is the name of the original super-continent which contained all the world's land mass before the continents started splitting apart 250 million years ago. We're launching Pangea Day with the vision that the people of the world can begin to overcome their divisions, and that the power of film can help make it possible.
Movies can't change the world. But the people who watch them can. As a special pre-launch event, check out their YouTube page as people all around the world sing national anthems of other countries.
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April 11, 2008
Garbage Island
Disease, miscarriage, toxicity - if you care at all about those things then you need to care about what's happening to the environment. They're all directly related to each other. In the middle of the pacific ocean just north of Hawaii is a large vortex as currents from Asia and North America meet. Tons of floating trash migrates to this vortex, most of which is plastic designed to last forever. Watch this amazing 12 part VBS TV series about the so called Garbage Island.
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Denim Into Home Insulation
Cotton's From Blue to Green initiative is working with partners like the National Jean Company and Earnest Sewn to collect 1000 pairs of jeans to insulate to 2 homes. If you're not going to give or sell your old wares then donate them to any National Jean Company store.
In the short term it sounds like a great way to reuse and recycle but I’m concerned about many of these “repurposing” fabrications finding its way into eco-green and sustainability mantras. As a fashion designer I know over 99% of denim is made from toxic chemicals that put off effluents. Just because you buy something that says it’s 100% organic doesn’t account for the harsh solvents used to dye, texture, and protect the textile and now we’re going to shred it up and put it in people’s homes?
via Josh Spear
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Trashonauts
As if fucking up the Earth wasn't enough, we're doing the same in space. All those things floating around our planet is trash, over 6,000 satellites with only about 800 in use. Some are debris from older satellites that gave way to the test of time. Others are just missiles, fuel tanks, and human pee/poo.
The vacuum of space really slows the deterioration of these objects and unfortunately they're all caught in Earth's orbit. Jebus, aliens must whiz by and think we're animals! I'm gonna call it now and say trash collection is going to be an even bigger boon in space than it already is here on Earth.
via Gizmodo
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April 10, 2008
Home's To Have Nutrition Labels Too
At least that's the proposed experiment between many of the new prefab companies. The label tells you how much energy your home consumes and how much it emits in carbon gases. Tho it's difficult to accurately measure how much each and every home uses/emits because of variables in location and environment, I think it's a cool idea overall.
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April 8, 2008
Dynamic, Kinetic, Interactive
Those 3 words should tell you all. The KILYKA system - a markerless motion caption system that interprets body movements and kinematics into audio and visual. Imagine if Cirque du Soleil got their hands on this. They need something fresh anyways. Their shows are becoming homogenous.
My boy Hierro.
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Keeping It Wild
I think for the most part any educated person is at least aware of environmental problems and natural conservation. The challenge is who pays for all this, who maintains it and who controls it?
It's sad despite our abilities to implement simple solutions like "animal highways" - they're often stop lost because of economics. We value our short term gains over long term sustainability.
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What A Way To Go
I'm both terrified and fascinated by studio enPieza's Colgao light sculpture.
via Nick
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April 1, 2008
Penny The Puffer
I don't really do April Fools so here's a baby porcupine puffer instead. Enjoy!
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