June 29, 2005

Sure, call me a Luddite

...but I don't see what's wrong with sticks.

Electric Marshmallow Toaster
World Sunlight Map
I'm addicted to wood s lot.

I have no idea how I stumbled on this blog, but it's absolutely the thickest, richest one I've ever seen. More like an online library than a paltry little blog. Poetry, essays, critiques... absolutely amazing. Like this recent entry - a quote from Gaston Bachelard:

I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the word begin to move around. Stressed accents begin to invert. The word abandons its meaning like an overload which is too heavy and prevents dreaming. Then words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young. And the words wander away, looking in the nooks and crannies of vocabulary for new company, bad company.

::: wood s lot ::: "the fitful tracing of a portal"
Marlon Brando's bongos in your living room WOULD be pretty damned cool.

Amy's Robot: Dead Marlon's Stuff
Prob'ly won't happen

...but if I'm ever murdered, please let Damien Hirst know he's welcome to my death scene photos.

Telegraph :: Family outrage as Hirst plans 'sick' picture of murder scene
I couldn't describe it better myself.

The linkbunnies review yourgoingtohell.com.

linkbunnies.org :: Ladles and jellyspoons, I give you - yourgoingtohell.com
Fascinating.

Need free online graph paper? The Buddhist Heart Sutra? The 2003 AIGA salary survey? The Church of Satan Info Pack?

Step right up to this (unintentionally) surreal little fount of PDF docs.

Yummy! Personal PDF Library
Quote of the day.

"They're using their ass cracks as a lure for attention and love."

observer.com :: We're Nude York, Nude York!
(thanks for the tip, CG!)

June 28, 2005

Fab (kinda) found objects.

Feeding my insatiable appetite for weird found thingies.

(I'll save you some trouble - click on the black dog to navigate forward.)

web wunderkammer :: wunder pages
"What is your favourite occupation?
I'd have to say Occupied France was probably the best. Don't you think? They hardly trashed the city at all."


Design Indaba :: Chip Kidd
2005 RCA student art show, Like Nowhere Else

Two lovely pieces from the product design section.
(They really need a web designer for their site, though. Yikes.)

Birdland by Roger Arquer

Bottle Hanger by Julien Buisson
I don't even want to work today.

I could sit here and watch vids all day. Nancy Sinatra, Royksopp, OK GO! (an adorable little pop band out of Chicago), The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Procol Harum....and a squillion other things. Ugh! MUST. WORK.

videos.antville.org

June 27, 2005

Old bookmarks.

Just ran across this while cleaning out my bookmarks. It's one of my faves.

Men In Hats :: Online Comic
great t-shirt.

il deboscio
Proof that TV makes me smarter.

I was watching an episode of "House" yesterday -- they mentioned something called a "myoclonic jerk," the strange muscle jerk that sometimes happens when you're just falling asleep. I never knew it had a name. Turns out the ones that specifically relate to falling asleep are "hypnic jerks." But no matter. Thank you, House.

Opentopia Encyclopedia :: Hypnic jerk
Who knew?

LS&ESSI - Lightning Strike & Electric Shock Survivors International, Inc.