Archive for March, 2006

kayak season begins april 1! (no foolin’)

Posted 29 March 2006 | By | Categories: emily approved, passions | No Comments

soon that will be me Originally uploaded by this is emily. Want to come play? Manhattan Kayak Downtown Boathouse New York Kayak Here are some pix from last season.

links for 2006-03-27

Posted 27 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Dabble (launches beta today, yay!) Video remix community that makes it easy for people to collect, create, browse and find video online. (tags: video remix mashup web2.0 tools movies) Things Are Going Through You All the Time: the Art of Kiki Smith – by David Byrne “It takes years of work to become human on [...]

links for 2006-03-24

Posted 24 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Quimble – quick, easy web poll building tool lunchtime poll anyone? (tags: poll web2.0 polls tools social research tool useful) SEEJANE.ORG – improving gender portrayals in children’s media “By making it common for our youngest children to see everywhere a balance of active and complex male and female characters, girls and boys will grow up [...]

links for 2006-03-23

Posted 23 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

XigiDiscovery What’s the best way to invest in world changing? That depends on how you think of yourself and your money. XigiDiscovery lays out the options based on how you imagine yourself. (tags: investment financial capital sustainability worldchanging markets microfinance housing socialenterprise) The Institute for the Future of the Book (tags: books publishing digital technolgy [...]

links for 2006-03-22

Posted 22 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

www.myspace.com/karshkale great new tracks from karsh kale are making me dance at my desk this morning. (tags: music streaming hiphop global pop electronica dance rock) The Interactive Institute – Home interesting art and technology projects to explore (tags: art technology interactive sweden stockholm) World Water Day: Home thank you thank you and love to water. [...]

marilyn minter: what it feels like to look

Posted 22 March 2006 | By | Categories: art, emily approved | No Comments

more photos from a Creative Time studio visit with Marilyn Minter Marilyn Minter describes herself as a photo-replacer, not a photorealist. Realism dissolves as you get up close to her paintings. Yet somehow, the paintings feel more real than the gorgeous photographs that inspire them. Illuminating the moments when things fall apart, the paintings get [...]

for the eyes are the scouts of the heart…

Posted 22 March 2006 | By | Categories: love, mythology, passions, video | No Comments

…and the heart is the organ of opening up to someone else. from Joseph Campbell on love in mythology, art and life (from the Power of Myth w/ Bill Moyers):

links for 2006-03-21

Posted 21 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Celebs commit $3.1M to women’s radio – Washington – MSNBC.com Greenstone Media (tags: radio women politics)

bleecker street in bloom

Posted 21 March 2006 | By | Categories: design | No Comments

black white & yellow at lulu guinness Originally uploaded by this is emily. Happy fresh black white & yellow windows at Lulu Guinness. When I lived in Firenze for a summer, I navigated by store window displays. Turn left at the red Romeo Gigli. Alas, when the fall fashions arrived, I had to learn my [...]

links for 2006-03-20

Posted 20 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Doma Art Show – Welcome to the Doghouse by Alexis Trice Enchanting oil on panel paintings of animals in whimsical situations caught my eye at Doma Cafe (which also serves the best toasted steel-cut oatmeal and plays awesome music) (tags: art exhibition painting) What’s Up? – an indispensable tool for the global newsjunkie (tags: datavisualization [...]

links for 2006-03-19

Posted 19 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

SXSW06.INT.20060314.BruceSterling.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) Audio from Bruce Sterling’s closing talk at SXSW – what kind of future are we building and what should we do about it? make no decision out of fear. carl sandburg’s “the people, yes.” yes! (tags: audio mp3 brucesterling sxsw future thoughtprovoking)

links for 2006-03-18

Posted 18 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

CommunityWalk create interactive maps you can place on your site. fun to explore others’ — interesting stuff on the explore tab. (tags: mashup web2.0 community maps) Remarkable – Recycled products fun stylish recycled stationery and office products in UK. personalized custom orders available too. (thanks treehugger) (tags: environmental eco green design office paper stationery) text [...]

links for 2006-03-15

Posted 15 March 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Weblog – Eco Worrier – Times Online green dilemmas solved (tags: environment advice organic ecological green)