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news knitter

 

News Knitter is a data visualization project which focuses on knitted garments as an alternative medium to visualize large scale data. -link

 

an excellent archive on shipping containers as houses

more videos by inhabit

strangemaps: blog

telstar logicstics: blog

what happens when you don't visit boing-boing for a while

link

Also, have you ever wondered what the ambiance sounds like at Burning Man . . .
listen here

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the someday lounge (portland, or) has a huge archive of web-streamed performances.

also, clips on the tube

German Spacecraft TerraSAR-X is taking high-resolution images of earth from orbit  (from metafilter)

zigloo (b.c., canada) has an extensive photo illustration series on one of their home designs which uses storage containers as the main frame structure.

volksware has an amazing photomural and a wonderful recycle aesthetic
(found via jill danyelle and her lab)

can i have one of everything at this amazing design store?? 

and i want to make a sparkling light coffee table!

and this hub is only slightly cooler than the one i currently have (in red not blue).

in other more serious internet linkage - if you need to do some research, you need more than google.  this online research tool lays out 119 On-line Research Tools for all of us that need to find shit.

also, Zotero, a firefox plug-in that stores your research data.

the secret life of toys : slideshow

plastic-face pill-dolls in japan : pic

paper-lantern characters : pic

"sonny angels" : pic

A Brief History Of Culture Jamming (from good magazine)

Z Communications Media Institute

Z Media Institute was started in 1994 by the cofounders of Z Magazine (1988) and South End Press (1977) to teach radical politics, media and organizing skills, the principles and practice of creating non-hierarchical institutions and projects, activism, and vision and strategy for social change. Classes are held around Eel Pond in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
         

COURSES

• Political courses include:  principles of workplace democracy, foreign policy, ecology, political science, queer theory, women and revolution, labor, race, youth liberation, economic and social vision and strategy, and more.
                    
               
• Media courses include: Analysis of mainstream media; starting a media project (newspaper, radio, video, magazine, Internet, organizing); challenges of alternative media; pressuring mainstream media; research and investigation techniques; more.
                 
              
• Skills courses include: Finances, promotion, fundraising, design, production, promotion, editing, facilitating meetings, and more.

                   

Z Communications (more information)

craft in america

We have always had a deep sense of longing for the handmade. Perhaps because each of us, in our own way, has had a craft experience. Sometimes it’s an object passed down to us, or one that crosses our path, and connects us to others in traditions, heritage and rituals. You’ve begun your understanding and appreciation with our tv series. Now go further with craftinamerica.org – our web vortex, where you can view over three hours of additional video, and explore almost 300 pages of content about craft and its artists. And as craft is always changing, so will our site, so come back and visit often. It promises to be a terrific journey. Welcome.

found at lisa congton's blog

the fifth beatle, billy preston (record)

scopitones (old 16mm music videos)

elsebasto (music blog)

erotic aerobics (workout instruction in sexy french accent)
arhnuld workout

sing along with JFK (audio)

music for maniacs (audio blog)

a few beautiful things

tim knowles: the spy box (postal art)

Proposed Cloud Hotel in Dubai

decorated satelite dishes

and last but not least . . . japanese human art