May 2009
199 posts
Solange Azagury-Partridge →
Not only is Solange’s jewelry gorgeous, but her website is clean, colorful, and innovative. Love it.
“there comes a day in every woman’s life when she wakes up wanting diamonds”
(via Natalie Blacker)
WatchHow to be a bat. Life in Motion
Bats evolved about 50 million years ago from squirrel-like ancestors. They probably made their first forays into the air as gliders. Like living gliders, they used flaps of skin to increase their surface area, letting them glide further. Their hands evolved long spindly fingers that were joined by membranes. Some early bat fossils suggest that they may have shifted...
April 2009
204 posts
Passion Pit “Moth’s Wings” off...
WatchBill Dan balances rocks. “Mad props, dude”
(via Swiss-Miss)
Band of Skulls “I Know What I Am” off...
CSS “Move” (Cut Copy Remix)
Time Magazine's Most Influential People of 2009 →
They picked the worst photo of Obama!
A mantra
whatever it takes, for as long as it takes
Throwback: Jawbreaker “Fireman” off...
“got holes in my new jeans for you”
- Chairlift “Bruises”
White Denim “Mirrored and Reverse”
...
American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for... →
The Georgia Guidestones may be the most enigmatic monument in the US: huge slabs of granite, inscribed with directions for rebuilding civilization after the apocalypse. Only one man knows who created them—and he’s not talking.
“when you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice”
- William James
In a digital age, vinyl albums are making a... →
big up to my longtime friend, Neil Schield! I don’t necessarily need an LA Times article telling me vinyl is chic again, but it is nice to see others recognize it and potentially agree. The music industry needs all the help it can get.
(via Raymond Roker [rkr])
The Most Influential Women in Technology →
“Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition; they are an inspiration for everyone, male or female, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.”
Patrick Wolf “Vulture” off his new...
Basement Jaxx “Raindrops”
According...
“Love is metaphysical gravity.”
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Eco-Capitalists Save Mother Nature by Charging for... →
People understand the economic value of nature’s goods because we constantly pay for them: seafood, timber, copper, cut flowers, natural gas. But nature also provides services that stabilize spaceship Earth. Insects pollinate crops, wooded hillsides purify water, trees sequester CO2, and wetlands buffer cities against storm surges. How much are those services worth? Who knows. They’ve...
WatchThe Tweenbot needs your help!
Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.
(via Kitsune Noir)
blood is thicker than water
3 tags
Bjork “Naturra” (Switch remix)
Throwback: Sunny Day Real Estate “In...
WatchLittle Red Riding Hood as interpreted for a school project by Tomas Nilsson
WatchUNIVERSAL EVERYTHING is Matt Pyke
Late of the Pier “Space and the Woods”...