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No Wheels Allowed
They really really (really) don’t want (any) wheeled things at the beach in West River.
View ArticleNew Thoughts on Link Culture
I love everything about this rumination on link culture. Writing for the web has been trapped in stasis for a long time—it’s nice to read new thoughts about concepts that are so familiar they seem to...
View ArticleThe Kindness of Burt
Dave Atkinson relates a harrowing tale of near-tragedy, followed by great kindness in his newsletter. New BrunswickKindness
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Downtown to Brighton Electric Lawnmower Cycle Transportation System
The kids bicycle trailer that Dave and Erin gave me years ago, converted to a cargo trailer, continues to find new roles.CyclingTrailerLawnmower
View ArticleBlogging is Back
Paul Capewell pointed me to the blog of Phil Gyford, which I have quickly come to love:This week I went to the latest Punchdrunk immersive theatre event and it was completely convincing: a recreation...
View ArticleThe Universe Decided
In today’s Corrections and Clarifications in The Guardian:And due to a transcription error, Rosenkranz was misquoted as saying “the universe decided that this would be my role”; he said “the...
View ArticleA Summer Place
My father had this uncanny ability to take broken things, figure them out, despite knowing nothing of them, and fix them. I saw him do it with lawnmowers, tractors, shavers, radios, MP3 players. He was...
View ArticleSqueezing the best possible version of the story out of the universe…
Alexandra Zayas interviewed by Chip Scanlan about editing:Editing isn’t about fixing the copy in front of you, it’s about squeezing the best possible version of the story out of the universe by...
View ArticleThe Kettle
On Penkiln Burn:This is The Kettle that boils the water that brews the tea that fuels the urge to make things happen.(via Olle)Art
View ArticleFemale artists have a lot to do…
Louisiana interviews Swiss artist Miriam Cahn:“Female artists have a lot to do. Because art history is mostly done by men,” says Miriam Cahn. Although she has no problem with art done by men, she...
View Articlewell-placed periods and commas
Sarah Miller:Badger told me about a book he read with no punctuation. I said fuck those no punctuation people. I read him a paragraph from a P.G. Wodehouse story which wasn’t even that good, but it did...
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Rewired
More of others’ work than my own on the dining room wire for the next month. Letterpress
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Skater Girls
From Huck, photos celebrating South Africa’s skater girls:In recent years, a new wave of South African skateboarders have shattered barriers across race and gender. Skaters like Wandile Msomi, Nhlanhla...
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Fern Season
Crocuses gave way to tulips gave way to ferns. It’s not yet June and we’re already three species into the plant season. 100 Prince StreetGarden
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Oddments
Oddments from Francli Craftwear:An on-going project where the only rule is that we can’t buy anything new. A collection of craftwear and carry goods entirely remade from our workshop off cuts, ends of...
View ArticleESOP Fables
From earlier this spring, Signs of a magnetic pole flip in company ownership by Matt Web:What if the dominant model of company ownership inverts? What if we’re at the end of an era of companies being...
View ArticleEscaping Fred MacMurray
L. and I celebrated our six-month anniversary yesterday with supper out at Abbiocco. In anticipation of this I realized that, what with L. being a striking clothes horse and all, with my wardrobe I...
View ArticleDesigning for Different Tech Realities
Designing for Different Tech Realities:While cultural and socio-economic backgrounds sculpt different technological needs across the globe, de la O argues that many tech developers today live in a...
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Project Cece
The Oracle featured Melissa Wijngaarden, founder of Project Cece:Melissa Wijngaarden is one of the co-founders of Project Cece — a platform started out of a necessity to find fashion that matched both...
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