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Uta Barth | Photographer

Uta Barth | Ground # 38

(thanks billy)

"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

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hands - map collage

One-of-a-Kind - Map Collage by s.Rankin of selflesh. Lovely.

raising your kids bi- or tri- lingual?

New York Public Radio wants to hear from bi- or tri-lingual parents. How do you raise your children; do you speak to them in different languages? Were you raised to speak two or more languages? Leave your story here.

(thank you Peter)

fatboy bags

Oh, I love these new fatboy bags.

Jacques Tati - Got a Light?

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green with whimsy

Baby clothes with a 'green touch' by Green with Whimsy.

"There is a perfect job for everyone"

Poetic commercial for Monster.

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The 12 Best Household Uses for Vodka (Not including Martinis)

Keep Aphids off houseplants. Wash off houseplants with tap water then dab the leaves with a cotton ball dipped in vodka. Do not use alcohol on delicate plants like African Violets.

Shine chrome, glass and porcelain bathroom fixtures. Soak a soft, clean cloth with vodka and shine.

Remove hairspray from mirrors. Soak a soft, clean cloth with vodka and wipe mirrors clean.
Clean crystal and porcelain ornaments.

Clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers by filling a spray bottle with vodka, then spraying the caulking. Wait 5 minutes, then wash clean. Bonus: the alcohol in the vodka actually kills mold and mildew.

Clean a chandelier right where it hangs! Spray the chandelier with a solution of four teaspoons of vodka to one pint of water. Put down a cloth or plastic sheet to catch the drips.

Remove stains by rubbing with a clean cloth soaked in vodka. Rinse thoroughly.

Clean jewelry and cutlery. Soak it in vodka for five minutes, rinse and dry.

Remove the glue left behind by stickers and labels. Rub the glue with a soft, clean cloth soaked in vodka.

Use it to kill bees and wasps.

To get rid of the smell of cigarette smoke, mix one part vodka to three parts water, spray and let dry.

Clean tiles in the bathroom by spraying with vodka. Leave it on for 5 minutes and rinse. Great for getting rid of soap scum.

The 12 Best Household Uses for Vodka (Not including Martinis)

garfield minus garfield

I know, I know, I am late to the game with this one. Red sent me the link to garfield minus garfield on our moving day and even though I was in the middle of packing boxes I couldn't help to check it out. I was laughing out loud in our uncozy, boxed up apartment. Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?

The Advantages of Closing a Few Doors

Just the read I needed: The Advantages of Closing a Few Doors by John Tierney

(image by viktor koen)

swiss trains live on googemaps

Mashup of the Swiss Train network and Google Maps. Wheee!

(thank you wade)

when kids (and parents) need to release

more here.

lens culture now selling prints

I just completely splurged, still gasping, simply couldn't help it. I just bought Myoung Ho Lee's Tree #2. I can't remember when I was last so in love with a photograph. I can not wait to receive it. Check out all the other available prints over at lensculture.com

studio libertiny's vase made by bees

This vase was made by 40,000 bees over the course of one week. Studio Libertiny constructed a vase-shaped hive that the bees then colonized, building a hexagonal comb to encompass the existing form. WOW!

(Thank you Cary!)

Le Houellebecq

Le Houellebecq
by freemk

I miss hearing/speaking french. (sigh) Maybe I should find myself a french speaking intern?

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Mr. Toledano Will See you Now.

Marks: Recording on our bodies

cubelife

Mr. Toledano Will See you Now.

Jewlery by Graciela Fuentes

These Fifth Ave earrings have been cut out of matte-silver lace from the 1950s. Lovely! Check out all the other fabulous designs by Graciela Fuentes. The Mercurio ring is a beauty!

France Gall - Ella, Elle L'a

Thank you Nancy for taking me back in time with the above video. Our little eElla will be happy to hear her name over and over in a song...

knitted pouffe toadstool

My latest post over at cookie/nesting: knitted pouffe toadstool. If there is such a thing as falling in love with a knitted stool, I just did.

The Web has become the land of the free

Once a marketing gimmick, free has emerged as a full-fledged economy. Offering free music proved successful for Radiohead, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, and a swarm of other bands on MySpace that grasped the audience-building merits of zero. The fastest-growing parts of the gaming industry are ad-supported casual games online and free-to-try massively multiplayer online games. Virtually everything Google does is free to consumers, from Gmail to Picasa to GOOG-411.
The rise of "freeconomics" is being driven by the underlying technologies that power the Web. Just as Moore's law dictates that a unit of processing power halves in price every 18 months, the price of bandwidth and storage is dropping even faster. Which is to say, the trend lines that determine the cost of doing business online all point the same way: to zero.

Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business, by Chris Anderson

people in order

(I love 15, 86 and 91)

(thank you larissa)

custom silhouette pendants

Head on over to Craftsbury Kids and get your child's silhouette pendant necklace by Whitney Phippen. All you need is a 4x5 photo of your little nugget and $48 bucks!

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humus.nu

Humus is a territory where images, creativity, thoughts and expressions have no border line. Check it out.

Felt Pen

Felt Pen

(thank you nanki)

blue lounge spacestation

An extended desk organizer for laptop users with internal coiling pins conceals all the cords that usually sprawl over the desk. Hovering just 5mm above the desk, cords are free to enter or exit the hub at any point – on the side to connect a scanner, the front for an iPod, the back for a laptop or camera. An internal 4-port USB hub will keep all peripherals connected. One USB plug exits the station right where needed to connect a laptop. Just tip the front of the SpaceStation up to access the hub and cords.

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swissmiss is moving, not posting.

I apologize in advance for the lack of posts today and tomorrow. Family swissmiss is moving. Little Ella is getting a room with a view. Wheeee!

Smoothly navigate and analyze the most recent Democratic Debate

Michael pointed me to this page on the New York Times that has some fantastic functionality in terms of how you navigate through the most recent Democratic Debate. Click on any place in the copy and you'll be taken to that part in the debate. Or click on a topic. Hat tip to the New York Times team. Fanastic usabilty and interface design!

The Philips Wireless IP Phone is fantastic!

I have mentioned a few weeks ago potentially buying the Philips Wireless IP Phone. I did and have used it for a little over a week now and can call myself a happy owner of the device.

I was a little hesitant in the beginning, having read all the customer reviews on amazon.com. To my surprise, set up was a breeze. And it has been working like a charm! As a matter of fact, I ditched my cell phone entirely when at work now. I do all my calls via skype-out and the sound quality has been exceeding my expectations by far! None of my call-receivers was ever able to tell it wasn't a regular phone, only the odd caller ID would give it away.

I got myself a Skype Pro account and a SkypeIn number, which has a regular 646 area code. So people don't even know they're calling a 'virtual office'. AND, I love the fact that I can pick up regular skype user calls on my handset. This allows me to walk around during my conversations and not like before, being stuck in front of my screen.

In short: The Philips Wireless IP Phone is a fantastic product. I will go and suggest to G now that we should just get rid of our landline at home and get one of these.

YAY! I am one happy customer.

Kids Backpack and Pull-a-long

How adorable are these Kids Backpack and Pull-a-long? Our toddler friend Theo has one and I am sure Ella would be delighted to be sporting one of these down the street or into a plane, for that matter. The perfect toddler toy bag! The Frog definitely gets my vote. You?

leather monkey

Love this little red leather monkey.

SWINX

Not sure what to think of SWINXS. I can't imagine I would have loved to take play-directions from a little talking-plastic-thing. But then again, that might just be my type a personality.

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Interactive Drawing Lesson

DK kids website and lets your little munchkin take an Interactive Drawing Lesson.

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Adorable moppet sings Beatles songs

Pretty impressive if you ask me!

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What was I thinking?

What was I thinking? The latest reasoning about our irrational ways, by Elizabeth Kolbert

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10 Emerging Technologies 2008

Technology Review presents a list of 10 Emerging Technologies 2008

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Photojojo’s PhotoTimeCapsule

PhotoTimeCapsule: Every couple weeks, the Time Capsule looks at your Flickr account for photos you took a year ago. It picks the ones that are most interesting — the ones that got viewed the most, favorited the most, and commented on the most — and sends them to you in email.

1. Setup the Time Capsule with your email & Flickr account

2. Once a week, enjoy an email with your photos from a year ago.

It’s Free. You’ll like it. Get Started.

Emergency Cuff-Links

A packet of six stainless steel emergency cuff-links. For one use, on a special occasion or to solve a cuff crisis... A typical Sebastian Bergne design now available exclusively through spunique.

tribal beat rug

Love the tribal beat rug runner. (at the top on the image)

Silkscreening with Zach Klein

Silkscreening with Zach Klein from Mareen Fischinger on Vimeo.

Mareen pointed me to the above video she took of Zach Silkscreening. Cool. I love Zach's drying technique and how he's printing on his beautiful hardwood floor. If you have a garage or a basement, I think I'd suggest doing it there.