Aaron Russin

Architectural criticism of couch-cushion forts

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:41:10 -0500

Architectural criticism of couch-cushion forts:

We greatly admire the use of coffee table as lateral moment-frame in this application. The solution is both formal and fun, offering the users a sequence of experiences beginning with the…

Young Yakuza

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:02:29 -0500

Young Yakuza:

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.

Meet the Japanese Mafia’s latest son: a 20 year old named Naoki, part of a decade-long wave of…

Radio stations in Somalia prohibited from playing music by totally lame Islamist insurgents

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:46:31 -0500

Radio stations in Somalia prohibited from playing music by totally lame Islamist insurgents:

“We are using other sounds such as gunfire, the noise of the vehicles and birds to link up our programmes and news.” —Abdulahi Yasin Jama, of Tusmo radio in Somalia, reacting to a ban on…

Werner Herzog 3D documentary on cave art

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:46:31 -0500

Werner Herzog 3D documentary on cave art:

Werner Herzog is making a 3D documentary of the 30,000-year-old cave artwork at Chauvet in France.

Jim Leftwich says: “Wow, this looks spectacular. One of my favorite filmmakers putting…

The Biggest Collection of CBC Swag Ever

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:59:10 -0500

The Biggest Collection of CBC Swag Ever:

^{Some of the pins in Chris Piecuch’s CBC collection}

Chris Piecuch is putting together one of the biggest, if not the biggest, collections of CBC swag in the country.

He says it all started…

Inside Americas Toughest High School

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:42:20 -0500

Inside Americas Toughest High School:

Link of the day - I will pay you $25, if you come up with a cool domain name for me.

This show is about the Walter L. Cohen high school on the…

Pro-choice activism targets "Abortion Changes You" campaign

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:44:24 -0500

Pro-choice activism targets "Abortion Changes You" campaign:

Remember the heinous “Abortion Changes You” ad campaign that’s taking over the NYC subway system? Well, it seems an anonymous pro-choice hero wasn’t having it.

Before…

After…

Conan O’Brien Goes to TBS

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:56:46 -0500

Conan O’Brien Goes to TBS:

When Conan O’Brien left/got pushed out of The Tonight Show spot, everyone assumed the he would be relocating to FOX. Wrong. Turns out that Coco’s new show will be on TBS. TBS is likely…

wire, dogwalk, crepe, 19th century period german agricultural homestead fiction

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:17:01 -0500

wire, dogwalk, crepe, 19th century period german agricultural homestead fiction

RT @jeffcannata: P.S. It makes me SO ANGRY!!! And it should piss you off, too. Seriously, watch this...

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:12:36 -0500

RT @jeffcannata: P.S. It makes me SO ANGRY!!! And it should piss you off, too. Seriously, watch this video: http://bit.ly/at7P8f

Philosophy's Place in the Humanities

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:37:07 -0500

Philosophy's Place in the Humanities:

Jason Stanley (Rutgers) comments, and makes a number of sensible points (including ones he’s made here in the past). He is surely right that the continuity between, say, David Lewis and Aristotle or…

This is not a spiral

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:37:07 -0500

This is not a spiral:

Slightly off-topic, here, but I see lots of these optical illusion posts on the web, and although some of them are pretty impressive, this one borders on voodoo. I had to run my mouse…

i maintain that my favourite part of twitter are other people’s ‘favorites’.

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:25:48 -0500

i maintain that my favourite part of twitter are other people’s ‘favorites’.