Archive for August, 2006

links for 2006-08-14

Posted 14 August 2006 | By | Categories: culture, interconnected, links, travel, webstuff | No Comments

WorldWiki – WorldWiki a free travel wiki that you can edit (a la wikipedia) (tags: travel wiki)

3 happy-making ice cream discoveries

Posted 14 August 2006 | By | Categories: art, culture, emily approved, food, happiness, health, nyc, observations, shopping, taste, technology | No Comments

Especially the chocolate cabernet and molasses tipsycake…. Sundaes & Cones in the East Village offers ginger, red bean, green tea, lychee, ginger, taro, wasabi, honeydew ice cream cones, cups and cakes and ito-en teas.

links for 2006-08-12

Posted 12 August 2006 | By | Categories: culture, links, video, webstuff | No Comments

VideoJug – Life Explained. On Film. video site for sharing advice, wisdom, how-tos and know-how. (tags: how-to video sharing upload)

links for 2006-08-11

Posted 11 August 2006 | By | Categories: culture, happiness, links, technology, travel, webstuff | No Comments

Google Maps for mobile phones yea – now i can find my way around in real time. satellite photos and real time traffic data too. (tags: mobile maps phone googlemaps google software web network useful tool) goggles :: google maps flight sim wheeeee….. fun flying over cities using google maps imagery (tags: game play fun [...]

links for 2006-08-10

Posted 10 August 2006 | By | Categories: art, culture, emily approved, environment, interconnected, links | No Comments

The Big Here – 30 questions to elevate your awareness (Kevin Kelly) You live in the big here. Wherever you live, your tiny spot is deeply intertwined within a larger place, imbedded fractal-like into a whole system called a watershed, which is itself integrated with other watersheds into a tightly interdependent biome. (tags: watershed awareness [...]

xeni’s tibet tech trek

Posted 08 August 2006 | By | Categories: culture, happiness, interconnected, observations, passions, people, technology, travel, video | No Comments

Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing, trekked across India, Tibet and China to explore how technology is changing the lives of Tibetans inside and outside their homeland.Her blog links to each of the radio, print, video and online reports she’s filed from the trip along with all the how-tos of life on the road and reviews of the production hardware and software she tested. Fabulous project!

links for 2006-08-08

Posted 08 August 2006 | By | Categories: culture, interconnected, links, music, video, webstuff | No Comments

BBC NEWS | Technology | Duran Duran to give virtual gigs British band Duran Duran are to create a virtual island within online game Second Life, on which they will perform actual live concerts. I’ll see you in the front row as my 7th grade avatar! All sorts of 80′s music messages streaming towards me [...]

the sublime pleasure of chocolate and peanut butter

Posted 07 August 2006 | By | Categories: consumerism, emily approved, food, happiness, health, nyc, passions, senses, taste | No Comments

for making chocolate covered peanut butter cups simply impossible to resist…. so delicious, covering creamy peanutty butter in petite 6o calorie size cups.

links for 2006-08-05

Posted 05 August 2006 | By | Categories: culture, design, emily approved, fashion, happiness, interconnected, links, love, senses, shopping, taste, typography | No Comments

Love Made Visible blog highlighting beautfiul things and priya’s exquisite taste in design (tags: design blog fashion art shopping style trends) OrangeBeautiful lovely letterpress and bookbinding (tags: stationery letterpress paper invitations design print) SCENT of Colors japanese photo blog organized by colors, mostly floral and botanical (tags: pictures flowers colors photoblog blog plants images photography)

links for 2006-08-04

Posted 04 August 2006 | By | Categories: culture, links | No Comments

TimesTalks Podcast audio from series of conversations wth interesting people from many realms: william gibson, madeleine albright, viggo mortensen, robert redford, bill murray, and more (tags: podcasts podcasting culture politics podcast audio download free interesting) Photojojo – The best photo tips, DIY projects, and gear in the whole wide world We find the best photo [...]

links for 2006-08-03

Posted 03 August 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Branch Home: Sustainable Design for Living intriguing online (and soon physical in SF) store offering environmentally responsible products and copious information about their manufacturing process. (tags: design furniture shopping environment green sustainable retail)

links for 2006-08-02

Posted 02 August 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

http://www.beyondintractability.org/ Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict. (tags: politics research conflict psychology peace negotiation useful tools communication)