Photography, fruits and vegetables, technology
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Photography
I’ve browsed through a number of non-Flickr sites lately that have provided excellent inspiration for my own photography projects. Here are some:
- Scott Wade’s Dirty Car Art Gallery
- “Rubik’s Cube Sandwich,” which I plan to make someday (but with different, more colorful fruit and vegetable ingredients)
- James D. Griffioen‘s photo sets, including Feral Houses
- “Gallery: Inside Alaska’s Answer to Area 51“
- The Ruins of New York
- The ghost town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, which still has an actively burning Silent Hill-style mine fire (also see Johnny Blough’s Centralia set on Flickr)
- Russian plastinochnye (record) collages
Weeds, fruits and vegetables
I will probably want to refer to this article later. From The Oregonian: “Get rid of those weeds once and for all.”
This list by the Environmental Working Group will help you decide what produce is the most important to buy organically grown: “The Full List: 47 Fruits & Veggies.”
I’m thinking about trying some Vegiforms-type molds for my garden vegetables next year. Who doesn’t love novelty vegetables with little faces? These clear plastic forms are very similar to how the Japanese create square watermelons for easy refrigerator storage and stacking.
Technology and gaming
Cool: “Five Futuristic Interfaces on Display at SIGGRAPH.”
Amanita Design’s Machinarium looks amazing: “Machinarium has become too gorgeous.”
Insect technology
I found this fascinating: “Hacking a remote-controlled moth with insect venom.”
Cats and baby animals
He’s quite the cat: “Pet cat catches the daily bus for four years.”
Need to replace your toilet? Make your next one a toilet-tank aquarium: Fish ‘n Flush.
Lastly, here are three more of of these blogs: FYBA, Item Not As Described and Probably Bad News.