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Q-Drum

Sunday, August 3, 2008

The Q-Drum, a low cost rollable water container for developing countries.
The burden of fetching water, invariably over long distances by cumbersome and far too often, unhygienic means, is all too evident in rural Africa.
The idea of the Q-Drum originated in response to the needs of rural people for clean and potable water, as well as [...]

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Midget Watch Clips to Cuff

Sunday, May 18, 2008

[From Modern Mechanix: Midget Watch Clips to Cuff]

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Banksy’s wonderful "rats" series

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

 
   
Get more at the Banksy website .

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Country Code Map

Friday, April 18, 2008

Via Kevin Kelly’s ct2

It is available as a 24 x 26 poster ($30).

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Like the new theme?

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Regular readers here will know that since switching to Wordpress over a year ago I have tried on quite a few themes.
My last daliance was with K2, which is in many was a lovely theme, but too slow and “fussy” for me.
This is my latest trialist, the Very Plain Text theme, and I love it. [...]

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Audio tape cassette nostalgia at tapedeck.org

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

 
analog audio tape cassette nostalgia - tapedeck.org

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W. Heath Robinson

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

From Wikipedia: “William Heath Robinson (May 31, 1872 – September 13, 1944) was an English cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W. Heath Robinson. He is best known for drawings of eccentric machines and “Heath Robinson” has entered the language as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contraption.
Loved this cartoon he drew during [...]

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Beautiful Shoal Lamp by Dominic Bromley

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

From Scabetti.co.uk:
“Inspired by the sight of dense shoals of fish, Dominic Bromley has designed Shoal. Continuing in his sculptural work with fine bone china, his latest design takes full advantage of the diverse qualities of this beautiful ceramic material. A mass of bone china fish, each 16cm(19′) long and carrying delicate sculpted detail, circle a [...]

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50 manifestos

Monday, September 17, 2007

From Bldblog:
The manifestos that I posted about last week are now online at Icon: 50 manifestos for a 50th issue.
So click on over and read manifestos by Rem Koolhaas
(’Europe is doing almost ridiculously well. We fly for next to nothing, we have the highest quality prisons, Europe gave us millions of new friends, Frisian Lakes [...]

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John Davies’ “The British Landscape”

Friday, July 7, 2006

Open Democracy reviews John Davies’ new book “The British Landscape” with some example photos which have an unmistakable Ballardian feel.
“…Davies focuses on the industrial occupation of the landscape ‚Äì particularly around Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield and south Wales ‚Äì in the last days of British industrial muscle-power. These portray a period of decline, regeneration, and in [...]

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