Links published in March 2009 — Most recent at top.
Earth hour 2009 @ The Big Picture: Laurence était réjouie de dire qu‘«on peut éteindre le monde!» En effet, il y a quelque chose de très satisfaisant d‘éteindre les lumières de quartiers entiers au click d’une souris. •
Booker Sim, a filmmaker buddy of mine, has been working with Toronto-based Cervélo, a small manufacturer of über-engineered racing bikes, on a multi-segment documentary Beyond The Peloton about their new pro-cycling team. Cervélo, still a relatively small bike company, has recently been characterized by many as the striving underdog as Carlos Sastre, winner of the 2008 Tour de France crossed the finish line riding a Cervélo bike, propelling the bike company to international fame. The first segment of the doc was published this weekend (also available in grand HD format) and more will hit the net these coming weeks. •
A few videos worth checkin out to grove your weekend off-beat. Je me passerai de Sebastien, mais la fin de Kilometer est nice; Spooky Signs de Bloc Party remixé par Armand Van Helden; et comme Francis disait, le nom du fortifiant du dessous de la ceinture Cialis a probablement été inspiré de Ciara. Ou c’est le contraire, j’m‘en souviens plus. •
Great list by GQ: The 50 most stylish men, with subsequent styling tips every man can use. I love how many of these guys just transcend style, their looks are assuringly imperturbable. (via kottke) •
Greg Rutter’s Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re a Loser or Old or Something. Most of these are youtube videos with 2 millions + views. For some reason, Time has a rundown of them all. Now go waste some time! (merci Francis) •
Hey mes coquelicots, ça fait combien de temps que je ne vous ai pas recommandé le portolio d’un photographe? Suffit le niaisage, on rattrape le temps perdu, on remet les moutons à l’heure, on retourne à nos pendules, voici votre fix: go Hannah Whitaker, go Diana Scherer, go Paul Graves! Ah pis Naomi Leibowitz’s several photobooths interiors. •
I would have called this Commercial Camo instead of Urban Camouflage, but the objective clearly has great potential: put on costumes made out of cheap products to blend oneself in a commercial environment. Coming out of the swedish yellow plastic swamp, the Ikea bag ghoul is my favorite. •
Jessica, c’est pour toi: Aimee Mullins talks at TED about prosthetic aesthetics, how the relationship with her prosthetic legs has changed from “filling in a loss” to redefining what her body can be. Quite inspiring. •
Boys and girls, ça n’arrive qu’une fois par année faque profitez en: le Spring Cleaning Sale chez Threadless: des centaines de bo tshirts full design à 5$ et 10$. C’est le temps de faire le plein pour l‘été qui s’en vient. I have my eye set on this one. •
Si vous êtes tanné d‘écouter À la di Stasio, un épisode de Food Party est bien plus qu’un simple vent de fraîcheur, c’tune tornade. (Merci Catherine) •
During the First and Second world war, the Allied forces navies were painting their ships to mislead and confuse the enemy. Though instead of the usual jungle camo, it was dazzle camouflage, stripes and geometric shapes aiming to disrupt the boat’s silhouette making it difficult to understand which direction the ship was going and at what speed. RISD is currently holding a dazzle camouflage exhibit. •
J’ai trop de sarcasme qui veut sortir en même temps: mes chers amis apprentis architectes, pratiquez-vous dès maintenant, parce que c’est une des sections d‘évaluation dans les examens de l’Ordre: How to write like an architect. Tant qu‘à faire, “wake up the letters” de ton mémoire de maîtrise de même. •
Mashup of the week is Overdub’s Five Step: Radiohead’s 15 Step VS Dave Brubeck’s Take Five. Start grooving. (via le twit-toine) •
I had no idea Koreans were such fans of maple sap (gorosoe in korean, eau d‘érable en françâ). They drink it straight from the tree, ideally, a mal full (20 liters) for maximum health benefit: “The idea is to sweat out all the bad stuff and replace it with sap.” •