May
16
The Obelisco on the 9 de Julio Avenue, the widest street in the World
Here’s a piece of advise for all my friends and readers in the US and across the pond: Sell all your belongings now and move south. I’m not talking about Miami-Kinda-South. I’m talking about south, south, like Buenos Aires South.
May
16
A bunch of people got together back in 2005 and decided that the internets needed his own dedicated day and for some reason they picked May 17th as the “D” Day (or is it “I” Day). You can read the press release here.
Apr
28
go to work, send your kids to school
follow fashion, act normal
walk on the pavements, watch T.V.
save for your old age, obey the law
Repeat after me: I am free
This could very much be a dialogue from Fight Club, instead it’s a graffiti found in Bristol, UK. Via: Flickr.
Apr
24
© 2008 Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins.
Apr
22
I wonder what would happen if I tried the same approach with iStockPhoto’s comp. Via: xkcd
Apr
21
If you haven’t seen this already, go check it. The Wellcome Image Awards Gallery showcase a striking display of shapes and patterns illustrating the microscopic structures of living organisms in a spectacular variety of ways which are normally invisible to the naked eye.
I once heard somebody say “If you look reality from way close, you’ll start noticing pixels”. After staring at the image above for 22 minutes I came to the conclusion that:
Apr
10
Aqua Colbert is a conservationist’s worst nightmare: a bottled water with a carbon footprint that stomps on sustainability and kicks it senseless in its quest to quench America’s insatiable thirst. Ahhh, why do I even try if I can have Stephen itself explain it to you.
Apr
01
You have to see this fantastic ad campaign. “It’s easy to miss something you’re not looking for”, excellent message applicable to life, design, and the web. via: badassideas
Mar
31
A letter addressed to the Editor of The Engineer magazine, published on March 22, 1968. If anyone has the April issue, puh-leeze let us know how did the Editor resolved Mr. Buck’s life-long mystery. Thank you.
Found over at Mearso’s Flickr Page
Mar
30
Well, I bet you’ve all heard about Google going black yesterday. The reason? The Earth Hour. Apparently, there’s enough evidence supporting the fact that White on Black websites consume less power on displays.
As noted, an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts, the shift to a black background will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. That turns into a global savings of 8.3 Megawatt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt-hours a year.
Then again, on the same Google’s Earth Hour Page they explain that the real reason behind the decision on going black is actually more of a publicity stunt than an actual conservation measure.
As to why we don’t do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power.
Wheew, Thank God somebody came in and made everything crystal clear. No, wait, now I’m even more confused :/
