[misc] - am taking a break until january. until then...
Firefox 1.5 has been released. Now includes automatic updates, among many other improvements. Go download. Now. You will be pleased.
visit Cute Overload
grin at the Temporary park(ing). now that's art.
Don't watch Aeon Flux, do watch Serenity. Don't read newspapers, do read comics. Don't make resolutions, do eat and drink too much. Get more exercise and drink more water, make whimsical gestures and dream your days away. Happy holidays.
Who are you people anyway? [mumble at me, a 2 sentence synopsis of your life. (much thanks for the random mumblings kyle. :) words make me happy.]
escape the noise, and kill some hours, with the JayIsGames nominess for web-game of the year
[design] - SET26 Buchstabenmoebel SET 26 Moebelalphabet giant letter shelving (via)
Barkitecture, and more Barkitecture. see also the Dog is a God exhibition. (via)
Designer Emulation Kit :: MMckenna could only be better if they folded together like Mikroworld sculptures. (via)
Unica in ijzer-smeedwerk: Schommelstoel / Unique work in forged iron: Rocking chair construction pictures.
Modern Living. blog by "Charles & Marie"
[toys] - Domino toppling in Japan (click left images, then left blue buttons)
it's like a cross between kinetic sculpture and pencil carving. i love it. (and am quite terrified of being subjected to a hell of actually participating... though its more of an ADD's hell.)
tabletop Domino Toppling
Scott Suco, a Domino toppling professional
I've always wondered how many "stoppers" they use in proportion to dominoes. 1-50? 1-100?
Google Answers: The art and culture of Dominos / Domino Effect
videos: Domino effect(mpg 4mb), and a beer ad featuring human dominoes(mov 3mb)
and recent news of Sparrow Mayhem!
[typography] - Steingruber’s Alphabet
The Elephant's Memory is a pictorial language consisting of more than a hundred and a fifty combinable graphic elements (pictograms and ideograms).
good words. Octothorpe, Asterism, Interrobang, Interpunct, Dagger, Guillemets
[food] - Godzilla egg watermelons are this years square watermelons
Cows do milk themselves, down on the robotic farm
Erotic Dishes and Digital Dinner Plates
waiterrant.net has consistently good writing.
Epicurean Delights blog from "Charles & Marie"
The Hungry Planet - What the World Eats - photogallery (via)
(and fresh foodblog links on my exit page)
[squirrels] - Step 1: baby squirrels
Step 2: squirrel fishing
Step 3: squirrel trust
Step 4: squirrel training
Step 5: rogue squirrel operatives
Step 6: ?
Step 7: Profit!
Aussie Senator: air security is meaningless
BBC NEWS | US Vietnam intelligence 'flawed'
BBC George Bush on Elusive Peace and White House denies Bush God claim
[art] - The Art of Chess and Game of Kings: Artists
Traveler 136 at Night snow globe dioramas
Sugar Time Jane Fine's paintings
Untitled (perfectionist) by Sarah Hobbs. photographs of installation art. may induce twitching.
mark bodnar paintings
[Do Not buy me] - companies to boycott:
Philip Morris owns the brands Kraft, Del Monte, Jell-O, Kool-aid, Post cereals, and more.
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price. more at boingboing.
PandGKills.com "a list of all the Procter & Gamble products ... Boycott These Procter & Gamble Products Until P&G Stops Using Animal Tests"
The Coca-Cola Company Brands. Their biggest profit margin is on Dasani bottled water, which is purified local tap water.
The oil industry - avoid Exxon, Esso, Mobil. (Try to use Shell or BP supplied stations, they make the most effort at environmental care)
Monsanto. mostly industrial products, but they do make nicorette.
Boycotts list from Ethical Consumer magazine
more at BadCorp.org and Boycott resources
[buy me] - Merry Consumerism!
Replica of Charlie Brown's Xmas tree
For the Gamer Who Has Everything: VirtuSphere
more geek accessories. great notebook. to go with your Zelle jewelry or Hand-crocheted scrollbar scarf.
Eccentric Genius Unconventional Contrivances and Machina Arcana
Hi Fructose Magazine. their blog has sample spreads from issue2 at top, and a lineup preview. possibly also Clutter magazine.
geeky gift guides from Street Tech and Make: Blog and The Morning News
all recent posts at design*sponge have been a " gift guide: under $50"
[toys] - then
The Garbage Pail Kids
Rubik's Magic Puzzle (more, and siamese cubes)
TV Cream's Top 100 Toys and National Toy Hall of Fame®
and now
Svan Scooter, and like-a-bike, and sibi olga rocking horse, and sibi max car or sibi lorette trailer
villa sibi dollhouse (more. and via), and woody click house