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Why America is Fucked [You Tube] > Draplin answers the question of why America is fucked, graphically. A teaser for a new project from Draplin Industries.
Axel Peemoeller - Eureka Carpark Melbourne > Peemoeller designs an interesting way-finding system for a parking lot in Melbourne. "In Melbourne I developed a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark. The distored letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards."
Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - [Boston.com] > n of photographs from CERN, showing various stages of completion of the LHC and several of its larger experiments (some over seven stories tall), over the past several years.
Lyons House, Robin Boyd, Sydney [cityofsound] > Great write-up of a tour of Melbourne architect Robyn Boyd, "...The kids apparently enjoyed the fact they could bolt themselves in."
Sunday Times subeditors reply to Giles Coren [The Guardian] > Dear Giles, Sub-editing is a noble profession. It is also a thankless one - particularly when your writers call you a "useless cunt".
Tokyo through the eyes of Shibuya shantytown residents [Boing Boing TV] > Today on Boing Boing tv, we debut Dowa Mondai: Assimilation Issues, an experimental short film by Bob Jaroc which attempts to provide an answer
from Central: Friday Edition > I'll delete this - its not good to bookmark yourself, publicly.
50 Must Read Blogs and Resources for Architecture Majors > For the Architecture degree I never took.
Cameron reunited with stolen bike [BBC News] > Mr Theophile added: "You never want to see anyone have their bike nicked - not even a Tory."
Silverback ? guerrilla usability testing > The best thing 'bout this, in my opinion, is the moving background, at the top of the page, as you enlarge or shrink the browser window. It's downright 3 Dimensional. Great app. too.
Read Giles Coren's letter to Times subs [ guardian.co.uk ] > "There is no length issue. This is someone thinking "I'll just remove this indefinite article because Coren is an illiterate cunt and i know best"."
John Thackara: We Are All Emerging Economies Now [Design Observer] > "It is my growing conviction that, as designers, we can usually do more good in our own backyards than in foreign parts."
Blogs for Print Nerds: Zine Fest Flaunts Camp and Crafts [WIRED] > More than 100 zine-makers packed the County Fair building in Golden Gate Park over the weekend to celebrate San Francisco's annual Zine Festival.
iPhone 2.0: The glory wore off in wash [37signals] > "The cumulative effect of small problems is exponential"
felix sockwell / icons for iPhone > Felix draws for the iPhone, and explains it for us.
Normally I’d just stick this as a link in my del.icio.us sidebar, but this collection of nearly 200 photos by a New Orleans resident of before, during and after the hurricane is unbelievable. Much of the network news coverage here has been disgusting, boarding on insulting and so to see a thoughtful collection of photos and commentary like this is wonderful, as much as it is haunting.
Do take the time to click through and read Alvaro’s commentary. Unfortunately many of the comments left on his slideshow (apart from the first page) by visitors are embarrassingly stupid and should be skipped, but in amongst them, one person left his contact details in SF offering to put up Alvaro if he needed some place to stay - which was interesting.