Link love for December 3

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

ANTIVJ is a visual label initiated by a group of European artists whose work is focused on the use of projected light and its influence on our perception. (above)

Paul Graham on tablets

How an RC airplane buzzed the Statue of Liberty, with no arrests

Use your iPhone/iPod/iPad with Max/MSP or Pure Data with Fantastick

The New York Times introduces the evolution of the hyperlink.

Mystery surrounds cyber missile that crippled Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions.

11 best innovation and design books of 2010 (an entirely unscientific list).

The history of consumer tech is branching, not replacing.

Easy can compete with free: The Men Who Stole the World.

Psychological research has proven again and again that anonymity increases unethical behavior.

The unlikely success of BoingBoing.

A mystery: why can’t we walk straight? (video & audio)

AKA Star Wars moisture vaporators

Link love for October 8

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

A Reusable Bottle Made From Bamboo and Glass (above).

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization (video)

Is it time to change the way we educate?

Ancient Nubians Drank Antibiotic-Laced Beer

Panspermia theorists say India’s red rain contains life not seen on Earth

Desk-It Adhesive Notepads

Do we really desire Google to tell us what we should be doing next? Yes, but with some qualifiers, says William Gibson.

GOOD Guide to Education Innovation

Chip Conley Took the Maslow Pyramid, Made It an Employee Pyramid and Saved His Company

The Analogue Monologues is a new series of mini video documentaries by Vince Clarke.

Bacteria Have Eaten Giant Gulf Oil Plume, New Study Says

7 Books To Read for Sustainable Eating

Feed in a news article, blog post, or press release, and Poligraft will present you with an enhanced view of the people, organizations, and relationships described in the piece.

A linguistic mystery has arisen in Scotland, surrounding symbols on stones that predate the formation of the country itself.

Link love for August 10, part 2

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

The origins of abc (above).

Where did the money to rebuild Iraq go? (infographic)

Penguin 75: Designers, Authors, Commentary.

Amon Tobin records The Foley Room (video).

Why the next big pop-culture wave after cupcakes might be libraries.

An archive of MTV’s ’120 Minutes’.

Handwriting and flourish art.

Ford films found in Kiwi vault.

Researchers create the world’s first synthetic cell.

Link love for August 10, part 1

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

Gunkanjima: Ruins of a Forbidden Island (above).

Meet the Creators of Sunspring, a Portable, Solar, Water-Purification System.

New York City to Recycle Clothing, Shoes, Textiles Starting This Fall!

New Ideals for Design Research.

Through the Gyre (infographic).

Polaroid OneStep Land Camera.

While most approaches embrace triple bottom line thinking, Mohawk Paper’s The Living Principles challenge that paradigm and add a fourth element—culture—to address the unique role of designers.

Plankton go deep, ride currents to fetch nutrients.

Former BP Exec Cynthia Warner Left Big Oil for Big Algae.

Innovative Mayor Sam Adams Builds a Cleaner Portland.

Link love for August 17th

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Jeffrey Melton

We Are The Friction (above) is a book of illustration and short fiction created by 12 pairs of international writers and illustrators

Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs

A short manifesto on the future of attention.

The mystery of Times New Roma.

Finalists for the 2009 James Dyson Award.

Lessons from slime mold: how to survive and thrive in ever-changing organizational environments.

Top twenty finalists of ReBurbia, a suburban design competition.

Growing ideas in the garden of innovation.

Photos of the last suppers of inmates on death row in the USA.

The Font-as-Service.

Bruce Handy on Mad Men.

Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland.