Day: June 22, 2008

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Bowl Of Noses

Cool Buildings, Cool Homes


Why live in a home like everyone elses?  Surely, there are numerous discarded things that would make a swell home, or at least a swell clubhouse.  This woman lives in a jet plane (a Boeing 727), and it cost here far far less than a normal house would.  The original rest rooms still work, and the fold down stairs evidently work with a garage door opener.  She’s even put a jacuzzi bath tub into the cockpit.  If you are in Benoit, Mississippi, stop by and say “hi!”. (tip WebUrbanist)

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Bowl Of Noses

Not Your Parents’ DOCTOR WHO


Two holidays ago, we encountered Theo, an eight year old boy in a spiffy suit with a great Brit accent.  When we asked about his get up, he told us of Doctor Who, whom he was playing homage to.  We are forever indebted to Theo.

 The BBC has completely reinvigorated this series, with great scripts, actors, and CGI special effects.  Yes, it’s creepy.  Yes, it’s sometimes scary.  And yes, it’s generally mind-blowing.  We think you need to be seven years old to get the permit to watch it.  But Netflix has the entire series run (they are now up to Season Four).  And they have pretty darn good website too!  Check it out.
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These Are Those Things

Art From Waste: Chris Jordan



I stumbled upon Chris Jordan’s work last year and sent it around to friends.  I just went back to his site and was completely blown away again.  Running The Numbers, An American Self-Portrait is the work.  It “looks at contemporary American culture through the asustere lens of statistics.  Each impage protrays a specific quantity of something.  Statistics canfeel abstract and aneshtetizing, making it difficult to connect with and mke meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 32,000 breast augmentation surgeries in the U.S. every month.”