by David | Jul 17, 2014 | design, science!, technology
This week in giant ducks, we have Energy Duck, a project proposed for Copenhagen’s harbor by a team of London artists. Energy Duck isn’t just a glass and steel foil to my house fave, Florentijn Hofman’s giant rubber duck, it’s a collector and...
by David | Jul 2, 2014 | media, reading & writing, technology
I was reading an ebook on my phone (soon I’ll give in and just say, “I was reading a book”) and got to a part that included a recipe. I wasn’t about the actually try to prepare it, not least because I was on the train at the time, so I...
by David | Jun 23, 2014 | economics, technology, transportation, urbanism
Via TechCrunch, I learned that the city of San Francisco is putting legal pressure on Monkey Parking, an app that lets people who are parked in public spaces get paid to leave by people looking for parking. At Jalopnik, the same news is covered with the headline,...
by David | Feb 26, 2014 | technology
And not just the red ones, either. With all this always on equipment around the house, I don’t need night lights anymore, I can find my way around by the light of various LEDs, even ones on “standby” or allegedly switched off appliances. On the other...
by David | Jan 8, 2014 | technology, transportation
Not that long ago, I noticed a not-so-fresh quality to the air inside my car. I couldn’t find any particular source of unfreshness and figured maybe it was time to replace the cabin air filter. I’ve had this car about nine years and I don’t remember...
by David | Aug 31, 2013 | design, technology
Just noticed that the AC in my new apartment is a vintage Tufnel.
