Ice Trekkers: Some Overdue Traction
In consideration of the ice storm this winter and that unfortunate run in with a patch of ice earlier this spring, I thought it might be time to invest in additional traction for my feet. I picked up a pair…
Christen Booth
Distracted.
Christen Booth
Distracted.
Potato Sausage Stew, Slow Cooker Version
Finally, this Saturday I made it to the Homegrown Market here in Fairbanks to see what they were stocking in the middle of the winter. I saw lots of Alaska animal products – eggs, chicken, salmon, halibut, rabbit, local grass-fed…
Animated Architecture: The 600 Years Clocktower Anniversary
The 600 Years from the macula on Vimeo. This video is of a sort of architecturally mapped animation presented (performed?) during 600 years anniversary of the astronomical tower clock situated at Old Town Square in center of Prague. It’s absolutely…
Foot Sticker Concept from Frieke Severs
I absolutely love this “foot sticker” by Frieke Severs, done as an independent graduation project at Nike EMEA. The minimalist concept for traction and foot protection, employing the use of various materials based on the requirements of an activity are…
Real World CSS3 for Designers: Shared Resources
Last week was Web Directions USA in Atlanta, GA. Real World CSS3 for Designers was the title of the first pre-conference workshop given by an Rubin on CSS3. Of all the sessions throughout the conference I enjoyed this one the…
Eating to Starve Cancer
My mom turned me onto this great TED Talk given by William Li. In it he explains how anti-angiogenic treatments have been effectively treating some types of cancer. He goes further to explain there are foods that have this same…
Sesame Street Pinball Cartoon
Yessss!
Injury and Opportunity (Plus a Gross Pic)
Two Fridays ago I broke my ankle in the most boring way possible, slipping on ice. Not just ice, mind you, but ice that I saw and made an effort to go around. The biggest surprise of all was just…
Little Su 50k Race Report 2010
I really had meant to post something earlier about running the Little Su 50k, so I’m sitting down right now to at least get something up before I forget all the details! First of all, I have to say that…
A Virtual Conversation Overheard
I love the deadpan voice-over in the context of this discussion (video below):