john commoner

Subway systems of the world, presented on the same scale.

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:01:53 -0400

Subway systems of the world, presented on the same scale.:

This is really cool, but they missed Detroit’s People Mover, which covers - brace yourselves - 2.9 miles.

Morel hunters.

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:47:28 -0400

Morel hunters.

I’ve been on vacation in Southern Indiana visiting family....

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:45:46 -0400

I’ve been on vacation in Southern Indiana visiting family. Yesterday we hunted for morels on some family land. We found tons.

I can’t begin to describe how much fun it is to just wander around in the woods. Cubicles and traffic and fast food can shove it - the hunter/gatherer lifestyle suits me fine. They got it right at the end of Battlestar Galactica.

BLDGBLOG Book - a set on Flickr

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:20:11 -0400

BLDGBLOG Book - a set on Flickr:

Geoff Manaugh is posting a bunch of pics of the new BLDGBLOG book on his Flickr page. It looks really cool.

Pirates - GOOD Magazine

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:22:00 -0400

Pirates - GOOD Magazine:

Piracy is the new terrorism - just another phenomenon signaling how the world is crumbling toward chaos. It’s nuts out there folks.

Buckminster Fuller portrait (via rolu). Fuller was the kind of...

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:23:00 -0400

Buckminster Fuller portrait (via rolu).

Fuller was the kind of genius we need now more than ever.

Coming soon. Having read the blog for several years now,...

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:45:14 -0400

Coming soon. Having read the blog for several years now, I’m really curious to see what the book will be like. BLDGBLOG.

Computer Program Self-Discovers Laws of Physics

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:44:00 -0400

Computer Program Self-Discovers Laws of Physics:

Yep, it won’t be long now before we’re running from the Cylons (hell, my iPhone is already better than me).

science:

Not only are computers making new scientific discoveries on their own, they are apparently also rediscovering old ones. Wired:

In just over a day, a powerful computer program accomplished a feat that took physicists centuries to complete: extrapolating the laws of motion from a pendulum’s swings. (…)

The program started with near-random combinations of basic mathematical processes — addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and a few algebraic operators.

Initially, the equations generated by the program failed to explain the data, but some failures were slightly less wrong than others. Using a genetic algorithm, the program modified the most promising failures, tested them again, chose the best, and repeated the process until a set of equations evolved to describe the systems. Turns out, some of these equations were very familiar: the law of conservation of momentum, and Newton’s second law of motion.

Scanwiches

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:59:00 -0400

Scanwiches:

This dude scans sandwiches. Nobody ever would have anticipated this use of document scanner technology. Just when you think you understand what will happen, how something will be used, what people will do - forget it. Deviants reign.

By the way, the sandwiches scan beautifully and are making me hungry.

To see what the world looks like when people are gone and nature...

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:29:00 -0400

To see what the world looks like when people are gone and nature retakes the landscape just visit Detroit. Griffioen’s images are surreal, yet all of them are of actual places that are only about thirty miles from my home.

be patient : James D. Griffioen

Forget about realistic looking packaging. With genetic...

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:04:50 -0400

Forget about realistic looking packaging. With genetic manipulation, how long will it be before we can just grow grocery store shelf foods? And then, raise them at home! I see myself tending a backyard patch of vegetables that sprout and grow in the shape of a Campbell’s Soup can. Throw a ripe one in a pot and boil for twenty minutes for vegetable soup.

kittycate: calicarlito: nickmcglynn: Juice Boxes With Realistic Fruit Skin Textures

I just cleaned off my computer desktop and rewarded myself with...

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:09:00 -0400

I just cleaned off my computer desktop and rewarded myself with an awesome new wallpaper from futurestack.com.

Another wonderful example of the relentless data-izing of...

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:33:00 -0400

Another wonderful example of the relentless data-izing of everything:

“The Modern Listener’s Guide brings together the previously disparate worlds of indie-rock and information graphics, for reasons that still aren’t immediately clear.”

So much information so neatly available. Makes you feel like an all-knowing God.

Very Waterworldesque. After the final global economic collapse,...

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:58:00 -0400

Very Waterworldesque. After the final global economic collapse, and the ensuing apocalypse, all construction will be scavanged, hand made, unique and ideally adapted to the local environment or immediate situation.

Inhabitat » ECO ART: SWOON’s “Junk Rafts”

via: richlittlepoorgirl

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:20:56 -0400

via: richlittlepoorgirl

Little Red Riding Hood 2.0, or: storytelling in a world of...

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:06:00 -0400

Little Red Riding Hood 2.0, or: storytelling in a world of immediate access to unlimited data.

Modern Architecture - Seawater Vertical Farm: Dubai - My Modern...

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:55:29 -0400

Modern Architecture - Seawater Vertical Farm: Dubai - My Modern Metropolis

Modern Architecture - Seawater Vertical Farm: Dubai - My Modern...

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:55:12 -0400

Modern Architecture - Seawater Vertical Farm: Dubai - My Modern Metropolis

(via zatum)

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:51:25 -0400

(via zatum)

Experimental & Fun | 0 /1: Creative Photography | Fine Art...

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:49:03 -0400

Experimental & Fun | 0 /1: Creative Photography | Fine Art Prints by John W. DeFeo