Archive for May, 2007

links for 2007-05-31

Posted 31 May 2007 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

A Tiny ‘Green’ PC That Doesn’t Need the Desktop: the Enano E2 computer The Enano E2 is a tiny, silent PC with a footprint, and a carbon footprint, that makes most standard-size PCs look like S.U.V.’s. (tags: green environment computer pc enano)

links for 2007-05-30

Posted 30 May 2007 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Talking Apes? Scientists Teach Language to Primates Bonobos share 98 percent of their DNA with humans — they also apparently share a love of decaf caramel machiatos. (tags: bonobos language apes animals)

links for 2007-05-29: bees, bees, bees

Posted 29 May 2007 | By | Categories: animals, environment, flowers, gardening, interconnected, links, news, science, sustainability, technology, video | No Comments

Mighty Foods – Video: The Joy of Bees Taste3 presentation by Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania based apiarist, celebrating enthusiasm about bees and examining the most up-to-date theories on colony collapse disorder. (tags: bees video) Who killed the honeybees? | Salon News A round table of experts answer all our pressing questions about the sudden death of [...]

On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance

Posted 28 May 2007 | By | Categories: books, culture, emily approved, happiness, product review, sustainability | 1 Comment

Four Sobering Facts About Women and Money:

  1. 50% of single women ages 21 to 34 report that “at this time in their lives money is for spending not saving”
  2. 55% agreed with the statement that “they were more likely to accumulate 30 pairs of shoes than $30,000 in retirement savings.”
  3. Thirty million of America’s 40 million-plus boomer women will not be able to afford to retire, will fall below the poverty line, and will experience poorer health in their later years with limited aid from traditional safety nets.
  4. The average age of widowhood in America is 55. Four out of five widows
    living below the poverty line had not been poor before their husbands died.

Four Empowering Insights About Money:

  1. Most people don’t have a clue about money.
  2. Things aren’t always what they seem.
  3. Literally millions of people are intimidated by money matters.
  4. After reading this book, you’ll know more than the vast majority of
    Americans.

links for 2007-05-25: cool music video animation

Posted 25 May 2007 | By | Categories: links, music, video | No Comments

Max Tyrie’s Hand Made Modest Mouse Video Using green screen footage provided by the band we cut a simple music video. We then degraded the images and printed out each frame sequentially. (all 4133 of them) We then nailed each “shot” of 50-100 posters to various structures and posts. (tags: video music animation creative)

links for 2007-05-23: places we love

Posted 23 May 2007 | By | Categories: books, consumerism, culture, design, happiness, links, love, marketing, nyc, travel | 1 Comment

Maira Kalman New Yorkistan T-shirt and early sketches at REMO General Store Remo’s offering a T-shirt and jigsaw puzzle version of Maira Kalman’s delightful “New Yorkistan” New Yorker cover. Check out the funny backstory and images of the map in progress from the original cocktail napkin sketch. Remo’s also doing some interesting social shopping experiments… [...]

Ask Emily: Gifts for New Moms

Ask Emily: Gifts for New Moms

Posted 22 May 2007 | By | Categories: ask emily, consumerism, design, emily approved, flowers, food, senses, shopping | No Comments

Hi Ryan,My favorite welcome home gift for new mommies and babies is Manhattan Fruitier’s beautiful organic fresh fruit basket with a teddy bear, rubber ducky and crocheted booties. Feel free to add in flowers and chocolate as you wish.Manhattan Fruitiermanhattanfruitier.com105 E 29th St, New York NY212.686.0404 and 800.841.5718Best flowers for Manhattan delivery: 1.

NY Design Week Highlights: Haute Green & ICFF

NY Design Week Highlights: Haute Green & ICFF

Posted 21 May 2007 | By | Categories: consumerism, culture, design, emily approved, fashion, furniture, love, nyc, observations, senses, shopping, taste | No Comments

corona solar lighta solar powered outdoor LED lighting system that can be staked to the ground, attached to a wall or placed on a tabletop. uses no glues or fasteners and is easy to diassemble for recycling.

Malignant Mole Bikini

Malignant Mole Bikini

Posted 20 May 2007 | By | Categories: art, culture, design, emily approved, fashion, health, observations, people, science, senses, technology | No Comments

As part of her Contemporary Memento Mori thesis series, Fiona Carswell creates interactive wearables that reference time and our relationships to our own body…. When exposed to UV light, dark moles appear in various places on the bikini.

The Art of Mayumi Oda

The Art of Mayumi Oda

Posted 12 May 2007 | By | Categories: animals, art, culture, design, emily approved, flowers, love, mythology, people, travel | No Comments

i fell in love again.

links for 2007-05-04

Posted 04 May 2007 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

My Type of Appliance (TreeHugger) (tags: whimsy cooking typewriter waffleiron)

links for 2007-05-03

Posted 03 May 2007 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

Chips with Everything In 2007 the computer gave up taking over the world. Instead the world took over the computer. The Internet became a wholly owned subset of Reality 2.0. When the actual world invades the virtual world, it scatters the computer into tiny physical pieces, so (tags: technology energy sterling green futurism power) EnOcean:radio [...]