July 2010
43 posts
Urbanized - A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit →
Who is allowed to shape our cities, and how do they do it? Unlike many other fields of design, cities aren’t created by any one specialist or expert. There are many contributors to urban change, including ordinary citizens who can have a great impact improving the cities in which they live. By exploring a diverse range of urban design projects around the world, Urbanized will frame a global...
WatchDrove straight through the night and raced the sun into Austin this morning.
Last roll of Kodachrome goes through last... →
List of World's Largest Roadside Attractions →
I’m going on a roadtrip in a few days and I don’t think that anything could have gotten me more excited than this list.
“Q: Last question. I have to know, because I love this story and want it to be...”
– GQ Interview with Bill Murray
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Watching old home movies with the family. Here’s a crowd favorite wherein I attempt to help my Dad bring in the Sunday paper.
(For those of you asking, I was 21 and a half when this was filmed.)
How Migraine Looks
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“And it hasn’t lost yet. If Apple were to grow the iPod into a cell phone with a...”
– Paul Graham, in a footnote to Hackers and Painters, published in 2004
Whenever people say that something is ‘half the battle’ it’s usually less than half. Maybe even closer to 1/4 of the battle.
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Will Wright makes toys that make worlds | Video on TED.com
“But basically, the reason why I make toys like this is because I think if there’s one difference I could possibly make in the world, that I would choose to make, it’s that I would like to somehow give people just a little bit better calibration on long-term thinking. Because I think most of the problems that...
“So they can’t arrest you for not carrying your papers, but if you don’t have...”
– Jon Stewart (via soupsoup) (via mikehudack)
“You’re better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole.”
– 37 Signals
“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never...”
– Richard Dawkins
“Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of...”
– Buckminster Fuller
WatchFireworks, BOOM BOOM!
WatchiPhone 4 Video - The Deleted Scenes
“We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to...”
– Apple Acknowledges Flaw in iPhone Signal Meter - NYTimes.com
I had to double check to make sure this wasn’t The Onion.
“The beauty of soccer for very young people is that, to create a simulacrum of...”
– Dave Eggers on America and the World Cup. - Slate Magazine
Better Than English - Untranslatable Words From... →