Archive for December, 2006

switching teams just got a whole lot easier

Posted 28 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: culture, funny | No Comments

Gender Changers in Aisle 13
Originally uploaded by maximolly.
Hilarious. Thanks Molly! Would like to donate some surge suppressors to our current administration as well today.

links for 2006-12-27

Posted 27 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Drop Dead Gorgeous
Fabulous photos of obsession, compulsion, glamour, mortality, nutella and shampoo by Daniela Edburg.
(tags: art food photographs photography artist)

Devious Butterflies, Full-Throated Frogs and Other Liars – New York Times
Birds do it, butterflies do it, even frogs and apes do it. Is there an evolutionary advantage to deception?
(tags: animals science ethics honesty evolution)

links for 2006-12-26

Posted 26 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Feeling fertile? Lysa Bromaroff ’s Fertile Images and Design (via Heavy Petal)
It seems some celebs can’t go anywhere these days without exposing their no-so private bits. While no one really needs to see that, we admire flowers, while tending to forget that they are essentially a plant’s reproductive organs. Lysa Bromaroff reminds
(tags: gardening plants [...]

links for 2006-12-22

Posted 22 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

PikiPimp Upload your photo and add some bling!
Accessorize your photos with facial hair, eye-wear, birds, snakes, leather and jewelry. Addictive hilarious fun.
(tags: photography images diy web2.0 play photos)

links for 2006-12-20

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

Open Culture: A to Z Complete Podcast Collection
great compilation of smart podcasts worth your time. divided into arts & culture, foreign language lessons, news & info, univesity lectures and audiobooks
(tags: podcasts educational lectures arts culture science books free)

Wired News: You’ve Got Mail, and Your Period
sites and gadgets based on Fertility Awareness Method for tracking [...]

The Girl’s Room at Jen Bekman

Posted 20 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: art, culture, emily approved, events, nyc | No Comments

The Girl’s Room, presented by The Dreier Project at
Jen Bekman 6 Spring Street New York NY (map)
Opening Wednesday December 20, pm 6pm to 8pm
The Girl’s Room features works by an international group of female artists. Each artist submitted several small pieces, each presented in an 8.5×11 frame so we can more clearly and objectively [...]

links for 2006-12-19

Posted 19 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

baiji.org foundation
Zaijian, Baiji. The “goddess of the Yangtze”, a 20 million year old river dolphin, is the first large mammal brought to extinction as a result of human destruction to their natural habitat and ressources.
(tags: dolphins china environment yangtze extinction mammal dolphin river water)

Threatened prehistoric paradise reveals its secrets | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
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Mary Mattingly, Fore Cast (an opera)

Posted 19 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: art, culture, emily approved, environment, events, interconnected, nyc, science, senses, video | No Comments

White Box 525 West 26th Street New York NY (map) 212-714-2347
Fore Cast will run day and night for six days and one hour, from the morning of December 19, until 1:00 am on Christmas morning.
Mary Mattingly first drew us into her strange world at the Ecotopia exhibition at ICP. She’s pulling us further in with [...]

links for 2006-12-16

Posted 16 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

11 Spring Street – Graffiti – New York Times
wooster on spring – must visit if in nyc this weekend (http://www.woostercollective.com)

(tags: architecture art community economics graffiti NewYork woostercollective swoon streetart)

Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006: podcasts
Listen to designers featured in Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006. Natalie Jeremijenko, Marissa Mayer, Han Feng, Chip Kidd, [...]

links for 2006-12-15

Posted 15 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Cocolico — Design that makes sense
(tags: design Green blog environment interesting projects inspiration solar tech)

links for 2006-12-14

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

Andrej Belic / Undersea Photography / Unterwasserfotografie
gorgeous underwater photography. let’s go scuba diving!
(tags: Photography underwater nature scuba photo photos art fish animals ocean sea water)

links for 2006-12-09

Posted 09 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

Spaceweather.com: December 2006 Aurora Gallery, page 2
Magnificent aurora photos from Finland and Iceland after a solar wind stream hit Earth on dec 6th sparking a beautiful geomagnetic storm.
(tags: photography images aurora space weather nature north)

Blurb * Lulu
Kevin Kelly’s recommendations for personal book making
(tags: books publishing howto photography book print photos)

Maria Yee Eco-Friendly Furniture (via Inhabitat)
Made [...]

Everything Looks Different All the Time

Posted 08 December 2006 | By Emily | Categories: art, culture, emily approved, food, nyc, people, technology, video | No Comments

Erik Sanner’s infuses his paintings with motion and time, capturing the feeling of painting from life.