Starting tomorrow, I am moving. Blogging will be slow whilst the move commences.
In the meantime, please ponder the following question.
Which would you rather have
1. The tightest broom in the world or…
2. A so-so vacuum.
Consider: the tightest broom in the world would obviously come in handy, but would still be somewhat ineffective on carpets.
please talk amongst yourselves, I’m faklemt
It’s time I come out and say it. I am fascinated with open source. Not just open source software, but open source culture. The Creative Commons, Wikipedia, open source science, and so on and so forth.
Open source is not mystical, but to this date it is mystified by those
who do not understand it (everyone who is not a geek early adopter). At the same
time, however, it probably effects them on a day to day basis (Linux).
Whether they are computer or culturally based, there is a mystique
that surrounds them which I think needs to be broken. The general
public is confused, scared or takes open source projects for granted
And so I welcome a new category to this blog "The Open Book," section. May it grow and expand beyond its own control, similar to an open source project. Part of my goal in creating this new section is to re-interpret my rhetoric honors thesis from U.C. Berkeley.
Now anyone can make fun of their favorite politician/pop star — see picture to right.
In magazines: Time Out NY has a great article entitled "New Dork City." — sadly I knew about or have attended almost all of the featured cultures/clubs/activities.
In other news:
The
title pretty much says it all: hackers have demonstrated that they can
clone the information on RFID tags used in passports. This challenges
the security of International Civil Aviation Organization-mandated.
In Personal News: Had a good job interview today. Hope I get it. Moving sucks.
Also, looking into MITs Knight Science Journalism Fellowship and daydreaming. Not anywhere close to worthy yet…..yet.
One man’s garbage is another man’s building material. A new trend in home and commercial building is the use of garbage in design. This is a quick intro to a new form of eco-design, how it’s done and what the benefits/drawbacks are.
Prime example: Brooklyn Industries, a hip clothing company, has used recycled and scrap materials to
build the interior of its new store in Chelsea New York.
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It is a foolish merchant who builds his store out of sand. A wise one will use garbage; it’s easier on the environment. By using reclaimed materials and scraps stores, more and more businesses are keeping their eye on the environment by designing brick and mortar shops with materials salvaged from the landfills.
Within one month Brooklyn Industries, a clothing store and Napapijiri, an adventure travel store, will open new branches that will incorporate previously used materials into their design.
Adding the fourth ‘R’ of repair into their environmental mantra, the designers of the Brooklyn Industries store in Chelsea used scraps of old wood, redesigned by the art group scrapile, to create the design of the new store. The store’s interior, including the furniture, clothes hangers and even the cash register, have been made with recycled materials and scrap wood.
"What we really tried to do was make a store that looked new and exciting but at the same time use as much recycled material as possible," said William Harvey, who helped oversee the store’s design.
The most difficult part in building a store out of recycled material is finding the necessary scraps, which is why supply stores like Urban Ore in Berkeley California have made a business model around
salvaging material from city dumps.
