by David | Jan 31, 2013 | culture, design, media, photo
I am sitting in a room probably very different from the one you are in now. I am sitting on a metal glider swing in the front parlor of a Somerville home facing two intensely bright lamps and listening to recorded sounds of nature. It’s artist Lyn...
by David | Jan 22, 2013 | design, technology, travel
en MacBook cover, that is. Last month, I treated myself and my new MacBook to a spiffy cedar plank of a cover from Karvt. This month, I did some flying, and that included everybody’s favorite drill, take out your computer and put it in a bin all by itself. I...
by David | Dec 12, 2012 | culture, design
It’s been some time since we had some decent ducking news around here, and drought was offically broken by @fartingduck with his retweet of this item: BREAKING: THERE IS A MASSIVE YELLOW DUCK FLOATING DOWN THE THAMES I retweeted too, because, well, who...
by David | Dec 10, 2012 | design, transportation, urbanism
Staring at the MBTA map and letting my mind wander while waiting for the train, I noticed a repeated pattern of 4/5. There were five Green line branches, but only four survive today with the obvious gap at the start of the sequence B, C, D, E. I guess if the E line...
by David | Dec 4, 2012 | design
I think one of the greatest attributes of wood is the inherent uniqueness of each piece. I dont know why it’s not used more for mass-produced objects, since each one would then be a little bit different, just like people. Uniqueness is also coming to...
by David | Nov 29, 2012 | design, economics, technology
Those who were not set to sawing wood will remember that earlier this year I acquired my maguffin of wood-encased clock radio ipod dock goodness, the Vers 1.5R. I had some reservations and some revelations, and I’ve come to an accommodation with the device. For...
