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links for 2006-06-20
Stonehenge pocket-watch predicts solstices hilarious! Happy upcoming summer solstice to you all. (via Boing Boing) (tags: art clock cool gadget technology time stonehenge)
Read more →Identity Mash-Up
Identity Mash-Up conference going on right now (June 19-21) at Berkman Center, Harvard Law, exploring lots of compelling issues related to identity in the digital era, privacy, civil liberties, civic participation and commerce. Live streaming video of sessions available and IRC at irc.freenode.net#idmashup.
Read more →links for 2006-06-18
geographic text browser – data visualization & visual culture – information aesthetics a geographic text browser, intended to help readers explore the spatial & geographical component of classic works of literature. the application parses public domain texts from Project Gutenberg, & extracts all the geographic locations it can find. (tags: informat)
Read more →links for 2006-06-14
imagining ourselves – a global generation of women interesting global online conversation on ideas and issues, stories, movies, events, and a book. monthly themes — the future, culture & conflict, money. (tags: women global socialaction community storytelling conversation)
Read more →links for 2006-06-13
Turning Rivers Into Playgrounds – New York Times Fun along the NYC waterfront, including kayaking! (Picture at right is from my own kayaking on the Hudson adventures.) (tags: nyc kayak hudsonriver hudsonriverpark pier63) New American Dream – Conscious Consumer information to make informed choices in the marketplace to protect the environment, enhance quality of life [...]
Read more →amazing annotated earth and sky
New Google Earth beta out for free download with wild textured 3D building features and ability for people to create and share geographic information. Learned all sorts of interesting facts about my own neighborhood.
Read more →links for 2006-06-12
mikons.com beta social web drawing tool for creating personal visual symbol icons/tags, connecting with others and storytelling (tags: visual social web art self-expression creative icons storytelling shared)
Read more →links for 2006-06-11
The Dalai Lama’s Many Auras, at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles – New York Times This exhibition looks interesting. It will be in NYC March 3, 2007 – September 4, 2007 at the Rubin Museum of Art. Especially intrigued by Laurie Anderson‘s installation which sounds like a physical manifestation of one of my favorite [...]
Read more →malia mills: bikinis, body love and best customer service ever
If you’re an athletic woman on the curvier end of the spectrum, finding a bikini top that’s not a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen is a challenge. Believe me, I tried on everything at Saks and Bloomingdales for us — nada. Athleta made a big deal in their latest catalog about one top for DDs, [...]
Read more →links for 2006-06-08
New Yorker by Nature outdoor stories, moments and connections make our communities. intriguing project with yellow arrow for self-guided audio tours. (tags: community nyc outdoors nature social)
Read more →links for 2006-06-05
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community by David Korten excerpt from book that looks interesting in Yes! Magazine (tags: book excerpt empire economy environment society change) “Everyone’s Rooting for You” by Sondre Lerche (on myspace) What a great pick-me-up theme song! Actually, the whole “Duper Sessions” record is joyful vocal jazz with positive [...]
Read more →links for 2006-06-04
Mass Natural – Michael Pollan in New York Times What does it mean now that Wal-Mart has decided to roll out a complete selection of organic foods in it’s 4000 stores at 10% more than conventional? (tags: industrial agriculture organic food michaelpollan nyt eating health)
Read more →links for 2006-05-28
Yahoo Flickr Tagline (visual timeline of tags) TagLines is the visualization of the evolution of Flickr tags over time. An algorithm chooses the eight most popular tags for each day, along with interesting photos corresponding to each of these tags. (tags: data visualization photos flickr beautiful time tags folksonomy interesting) namesake trailer released in hd [...]
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