As 3D flythroughs of the real world get more
detailed, the hidden nooks and crannies of the city will eventually all be laid bare. There'll be no 'here be dragons' in the 21st century, as every buttress, alley, terrace, tower, parapet, oriel, spire (see
View from the top of the Burj Dubai's spire) will be revealed. As a result, interior life will become richer, more involved, the open plan living ideal will be overtaken by a desire for rooms and corridors, mezzanines, steps, landings, closets, pantries, wardobes and attics. See also this question about the best '
Virtual Vacation Worlds', indicative perhaps of a desire for travel to places that truly can't be _seen_ by anyone else.
*Such Hawks Such Hounds, 'Scenes From the American Hard Rock Underground', a documentary /
Terrifying Tales for Christmas, put together by
One Eye Grey. See the
map of scary London /
Ghost of Shopping Past / the world of the
MakerBot, a preview /
Google Goggles, uses camera images as the basis for a google image search /
RIP Larry Sultan.
The Apathist, a fashion blog / the
Obama Watch, a
Jorg Gray 6500 Chronometer (via the
Guardian) /
J230 TJM, the victim of 'automotive involuntary euthanasia' / a frightening thought: imagine porn-a-like facial recognition technology. Simply upload the photograph of the person you want in porn, adjusting the sliders as necessary, and the facializer will scan through a large database of adult performers until it finds the best matches.
*Twilight of the American Newspaper, a rambling ode to newspaper barons, San Francisco, and the slow death of the newspaper as a voice of a community: 'We no longer imagine the newspaper as a city or the city as a newspaper.' / the
ABCs of branding at
The Best Part / illlustrations by
Camilla Engman /
The Itty Bitty Hearing Trumpet, a weblog /
the pandas are moshing, a carefully curated image tumblr /
a collection, a tumblr.
Men Health gets caught cutting and pasting /
Casual Optimist, a fine weblog with a literary focus. Includes our
Pelican Project in its
10 Websites for Vintage Books, Covers and Inspiration /
island for sale. See also
private islands online /
David Ruperti has a photography weblog / sketches by
Tom Hovey.
Interactive Map: a decade of road deaths in the UK /
Legos on Hoth /
Slow Muse, a weblog / all about the
Austin Ant, a true small 4x4 that wouldn't suit a world where
small is no longer beautiful /
Ir/rational is a game about being rational, whipping you into a philosphical frenzy within seconds of switching on the lights.
Labels: architecture, linkage
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