December 2009
53 posts
BK Farmyards in Planet →
Train solo!
“Alexander Crawford, took over the maintenance of the [rabbit-proof] fence from...”
– Wikipedia, Rabbit-proof fence
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“Protocol is a distributed management system that allows control to exist within...”
– Alexander Galloway, Protocol
“Taylor Square belongs to the public. It is closed, yet simultaneously open,...”
– Paul Ramirez Jonas, on Taylor Square, Cambridge, which is kept locked but those who have keys are encouraged to duplicate them.
“The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.”
– ‘Don’t-be-evil’ Google spurns no-evil software
Illegal to be Homeless →
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I find Sennett’s The Uses of Disorder to be useful personally, politically, and, of course, for its perspective on cities.
First, I appreciate the reminder he provides that I should take conflict on more willingly and disallow myself from becoming sheltered, both personally and within relationships. I know I need to embrace interaction with others, but his sociological reasons for doing so...
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Who's responsible for painting over those anti-AY... →
Mystery surrounding the disappearance of the iconic murals on Carlton in Prospect Heights. Here’s hoping they get replaced soon.
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“The fear of the unknown that caused the youth to dream a life for himself in...”
– Sennett, The Uses of Disorder
know hope, paper cups permeate separation wall
“The playground, asphalted and fenced in, is nothing but a pictorial...”
– Christopher Alexander, A city is not a tree
Google Maps Road Trip overview →
“The ills of the city are not mechanical ones of better transport, better...”
– Sennett, The Uses of Disorder
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“this is for all the barricades, tired of keeping a poker face”
– know hope
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Wozniak responds to my video of the dancing... →
obsoletethebook:
Yesterday I posted this video I made of a guy singing and dancing on the L train platform. He happened to look juts like Steve Wozniak, the Abraham of Apple. Gizmodo posted the video. Last night, Wozniak himself wrote a comment on the site.
This is a strange universe. I’d swear to anyone that it’s me in many ways. I’m in NYC now and even did a couple of dance steps when...
Watch“One read me a poem about fertilizer.”
“Like most infrastructure, the steam system is largely ignored by the public...”
– urban omnibus on New York’s stream system. Infrastructure being a type of technology that is especially easy to forget about.
Reclaimed Words in Fort Greene Park →
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“A well-decorated chain link fence can light up your surroundings, and this can...”
– How to Decorate a Chain Link Fence for Christmas, a completely straight-faced article on trying to make chain link fences less horrid.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters at... →
Had a great time at bluestockings, hearing the authors of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (Ben Winters and Jane Austen) read from their latest. While both stayed in character most of the time, I appreciated hearing what Winters had to say about pulling the monsters in Austen’s books into the tangible realm. I specifically thought letting the head of the house get eaten by a monstrous...
“Where did we get the idea that chain-link was a pleasing ornamental material?...”
– James Howard Kunstler, Radiant City
Watchambient soundtrack, texture study, hate-crime reenactment
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Take a walk through the ruins of Pompeii →
sourcemap →
An open way to share supply chains.
“The great promise of city life is a new kind of confusion possible within its...”
– Richard Sennett, The Uses of Disorder