Archive for January, 2006

links for 2006-01-30

Posted 30 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Flickr: Photos from Shinesf
Shine, a bar in SF, has installed a photobooth that automatically uploads the pictures to flickr. Fun!
(tags: photos flickr photography live photobooth)

links for 2006-01-20

Posted 20 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Manhattan User’s Guide >> Out With the Old
NYC places where you can donate, and in a few cases sell, your appliances, arts materials, bed linens, bicycles, books, cell phones, clothes, computers, furniture, printer cartridges, estate cleanout, glasses, etc.
(tags: nyc trash recycling waste environment green)

links for 2006-01-18

Posted 18 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Stardust Webcam
live webcam from stardust cleanroom at the johnson space center in houston texas. the stardust sample return capsule arrived here on january 17, 2006. the time listed is cst; image updated every 60 seconds.
(tags: astronomy stardust space webcam wonder)

links for 2006-01-14

Posted 14 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Glypho
collaborative storywriting tool
(tags: storytelling collaborative social web2.0)

links for 2006-01-13

Posted 13 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

feltron vii
hilarious personal annual report.
(tags: personal corporate annual report 2005 lists graphic design branding)

HubbleSite – Hubble’s Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula – Image – 1/11/2006
exquisitely detailed view of orion nebula. how fun to stare into space!
(tags: space hubble telescope nebula photograph orion astronomy)

links for 2006-01-12

Posted 12 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Project Lü
Lü, is a green fashion magazine in the making. It means green in Chinese. What China does in the next few years will decide the fate of the earth. Chinese text is influencing Western culture through Feng Shui, movies, videos. The majority of our clothes
(tags: green fashion magazine chinese american creative environmental)

Resurgence on-line
magazine from [...]

links for 2006-01-10

Posted 10 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

EAST VILLAGE RADIO New York City
happy to discover this refreshing music available streaming or podcast format… enjoying GBH and MC Eschers playlists so far
(tags: music dj radio nyc streaming podcast mp3)

links for 2006-01-03

Posted 03 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

David Byrne Journal: 12.25.05: Trip to the Philippines
Fascinating travel journal and history lesson on the Marcos era of Philippines, photos, insights, philosophical musings on language and US politics. Could not put the laptop down. Looking forward to “Here Lies Love,” DB’s musical on Imelda’s life.
(tags: Manila Philippines Travel Journal History Mythology Politics Philosophy Language Culture)

links for 2006-01-02

Posted 02 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006: What is your dangerous idea?
Q for 2006: “What is your dangerous idea?” Lots of food for thought from multiple disciplines…. so much more interesting than end of the year lists.
(tags: dangerous ideas edge thinking question science art literature philosophy)

on the love that dare not print its name in helvetica (or god forbid, arial)

Posted 01 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: ask emily, consumerism, creativity, culture, design, emily approved, gardening, happiness, health, movies, passions, typography | No Comments

Hilarious little article in the NYT today on type anachronisms in film, “Good Film, Shame About the Helvetica,” featuring link to Mark Simonson’s Typecasting article. (Note also the ongoing notebook of sightings.*) As one who can’t help recognizing and calling out the name of the typefaces in the world around me, I’m not ashamed [...]

links for 2006-01-01

Posted 01 January 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Participatory Culture Foundation | Watch Internet TV – DTV
internet tv on your mac, built in channel guide, subscribe to any video rss feed (video podcast), download, watch and manage videos in one application. auto-download your favorite channels.
(tags: tv podcast video rss internet channels download opensource)

front design sweden
love the objects “designed by animals” and the [...]