plsj field notes

2009

December
November 14
October 56
September 42
August 25
July 107
June 80
May 68
April 55
March 37
February 44
January 42

2008

December 95
November 56
October 33
September 30
August 35
July 62
June 88
May 79
April 63
March 81
February 47
January 16

2007

December 50
November 16
October 26
September 46
August 42
July 15
June 33
May 31
April 23
March 46
February
January
Warch Watch
Black Sheep (New Zealand, 2007) Zombie sheep FTW.
Jul 1st
“Stop! We have reached the limits of what rectal...
Jul 1st
“Beware how you take away hope from any human being.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jul 1st
I find this much more alarming than amusing. via
Jul 1st
Ha! The comforts of ambient intelligence.
Jul 1st

From Blossoms

From blossoms comes this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the joy at the bend in the...
Jul 1st
Design and Society: Our call for change in...
Jun 30th
“[W]hen the technology’s limitations prevent us from...”
— On loving the Walkman for what...
Jun 30th
One day I’d love to own a ‘65 Dodge Dart. They...
Jun 30th
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Brains:...
Jun 29th
Warch Watch
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride (Solid Gold)
Jun 29th
Animal Death Cut Out Book
Jun 29th
photo by flaunted via
Jun 28th
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a...”
— C.S. Lewis
Jun 28th
tithi kutchamuch: my sweets “Bargain food persuades...
Jun 27th
the///state///of///things papercraft Print out templates...
Jun 27th
Lovely Package
Jun 27th
CBC: Found feet
Jun 27th
Braaains mobile by SaltyandSweet “the...
Jun 27th
“We have lots of smart people writing actively about design,...”
— Khoi Vinh Interesting. But...
Jun 27th
Moss Carpet La Chanh Nguyen “This bathroom carpet is made...
Jun 27th
etcetera media lovely. and on sale.
Jun 27th
Fedora radiator concept by Eric Falaise and Christine...
Jun 27th
The real design process - is it replicable?
Jun 27th
Seed: A New Map for Design
Jun 27th
San Bu Lao Hutong [Urban Carpet: Red]. 2009. “Series of 8...
Jun 27th
Book Review: Rethinking Sitting, by Peter...
Jun 27th
BALANCE “salt & pepper shaker set includes a...
Jun 27th
click opera: Never land. “When we look at Michael...
Jun 26th
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you...”
— Gustave Flaubert
Jun 26th
William Staehle: Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre via
Jun 25th
“[F]rom now on there will be modern societies of quite...”
— China and the end of...
Jun 25th

Have you ever...

watched someone put up their defenses one piece at at time? Was it graceful?
Jun 25th
Earth From Above
Jun 25th
Joel Lozano
Jun 24th
Adi Abinun: Hyper-Queue (detail) Sheep!
Jun 24th
Bite Me! (Or Don't)
Jun 24th
Banana Banana Bread
Jun 23rd

This week's horoscope

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What scares you or perturbs you in the coming week could, by August,...
Jun 23rd
Apeman, Spaceman An anthology of anthropological sf essays...
Jun 23rd
New Songdo City: Atlantis of the Far East
Jun 23rd
together you and i are like a thousand languages…...
Jun 22nd
k-punk: Some clarifications
Jun 18th
Time To Slay the File Sharing Myths
Jun 18th
Adam Haynes: Timber
Jun 18th
Natalie Ratkovski - The Lateral Axis: Dedicated to the...
Jun 18th
Kate Wilson: Little Birds
Jun 18th
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but...”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jun 18th
photo by Dave Nix, from A gallery of electrical cabling gone...
Jun 18th

Critical infrastructure?

Canada’s critical infrastructure is made up of ten sectors: Energy and utilities (e.g....
Jun 18th

The capacity of play(grounds)

Ryan, Kevin. 2008. “On power, habitus, and (in)civility: Foucault meets Elias meets Bauman in...
Jun 18th

Top Ten Sociology Books of the Twentieth...

1. Max Weber - Economy and Society 2. Charles Wright Mills - The Sociological Imagination 3. Robert...
Jun 18th

This week's horoscope

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have cosmic permission (even encouragement) to live on the edge for...
Jun 16th
“The darkest hour is just before the dawn.”
— Traditional
Jun 16th
Dear Art Director, Wallpaper* I am unsure if you were...
Jun 16th
Sex Issue: Type Tart Cards
Jun 16th
… in Hansen, M. & Carman, T., (eds) 2004,...
Jun 15th
“The behaviour of men to animals and their behaviour to each...”
— Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
Jun 14th
Child and vulture “One photograph that has helped...
Jun 14th
Child and missionary “World Press Photo of the Year:...
Jun 14th
Great from beginning to end.
Jun 12th
Canada Reads: Top 10 Graphic Novels
Jun 11th
omg. this is how EVERY morning starts for me.
Jun 11th
Militarizing the Social Sciences and...
Jun 11th
“Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of...”
— Max Planck
Jun 11th
Corrupted Word Files
Jun 9th

Happy as a clam

Apparently, the phrase “happy as a clam” became popular in the north-east of America in...
Jun 9th
Listen Listen
“Helen” by Horse Feathers “Helen” sounds almost like a swooning love song until you...
Jun 9th
Thursday, May 15, 2008 “Former professional Swiss...
Jun 8th
Fantomasofobia
Jun 8th
Wild dogs commute from suburbs to scavenge in...
Jun 8th
The Science Society via
Jun 8th
The world's favourite rogue, with too few...
Jun 7th
Mattias Adolfsson
Jun 5th
Casey Weldon
Jun 5th
Barry Bruner
Jun 5th
Alexander Skarsgård Generation Kill was excellent and I...
Jun 5th
Skins
Jun 5th
Dinnerware Demolition
Jun 5th
“I am here. Ever devoted. Still surfeit with tenderness,...”
— Mark Danielewski, House of...
Jun 5th
50 Great Examples of Data Visualization
Jun 5th
David Carradine 1936-2009 Best known for Kung Fu, I most...
Jun 5th

All Wool and a Yard Wide?

She: “Don’t you think sheep are the most stupid creatures living?” He (absently): “Yes, my...
Jun 4th
Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen Charlie Cole: ...
Jun 4th
“So much has been destroyed I have cast my lot with those...”
— Adrienne Rich (Sourced from...
Jun 3rd