2008may30. Frida.
Japanese capsule vending machines. I
bought a capsule in a sleepy mid-Japan town while I was sweating bricks at
a Japanese grocery store – I had forgotten the combination to a borrowed
bike lock guarding my borrowed bike. It was a giant bug but it was not in a
can. The capsule, not the bike, though that was also not in a can. So I sat
around for ten minutes making semi-educated guesses until I remembered it.
And that’s ... [claps hands] my Japanese capsule story!
Super creepyawesome Hello Kitty Sewing
Machine.
Occasionally someone posts a photo to my sup-r-rad Flickr Fake Products:
Mutant Knock-Offs Pool Thing that really goes for the
gusto. “I don’t
know his name, but his face rings twenty bells, at least.” Also enjoyable:
lovely
rat.
Flash of
insight.
The out-of-place board confuses the man for a second.
The NYT covers miracle
fruit.
Good, now the price will come down. Included in the article a pointer to
the recently published book [Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure,
Commerce, and Obsession] which has to be awesome. How can you screw
something like that up? It’s like pancakes. I guess you could burn
pancakes, but what’s more important than watching pancakes being created?
Sex. If you have a randy line cook, you might want to skip the stack. A
comment in this rundown of a miracle fruit tasting
party indicates that miracle
fruit plants have been found in the Houston area for $35 last year.
Decay.
Something here for everyone. Series of photographs by the photographer who
shot Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten
Luck.
P-14
unleashed.
Molecular visualizations of
DNA. Want more. Mysterious
non-narrated section near end. Fill in the gaps yourself! “Here we see
blobs totally going into some blobular matrix and being de-blobified.”
Robyn – Be Mine (Ocelot Remix).
So worth it. Had no idea we were so flexible, must find ways to
exploit this new knowledge. They totally slo-pitched bubble gum gal.
Skydiving into football stadium. I
don’t care about the bee, it’s just amazing how fast this happens.
TED: Paul Staments: Six ways mushrooms can save the
world.
Le
saberage:
opening a bottle of champagne with a sword. Probably just a quick review
for most of you.
Hide ‘n’ seek w/polar
bear. I would hide
somewhere warm but not a zoo. I have a minor in Polar Bear Hiding so I know
what I’m talking about. It is: hiding from a polar bear.
A meditation on consumerism.
Adam Curtis (BBC): The Trap [
1
2
3
].
It’s also been far too long since we’ve checked in with Heath
Bunting
