Corpse Flower
Hopefully I'll be able to see this in person over the weekend, but if not Flatbush Gardener has some great posts about this rare bloom. Originally uploaded by Flatbush Gardener. (via GardenVoices)Originally from DefinitiveInk by reBlogged on Aug 11, 2006, 1:05PM
The Borough of Lewisham in London has launched a new program to help clean up the neighborhood with the help of the public and MMS. Everyone is allowed to download an Java application to their cell phones and then proceed to take pictures of graffiti, abandoned cars, garbage, etc. The application then uploads the photo a council who will go to the pictured spot and clean up the mess. The standard MMS fees apply for the public, but just think of how pretty the environment could be without all that nasty tagging.
The UK/France-based 
I normally don't get too ambitious about April Fools' Day pranks, but the strange food possibilities always pull me in. I admit to making a veggie meatloaf layer cake iced with mashed potatoes one year.
Seed-starting season is upon us which means it's time to figure what to grow, when to start it, and how. And of course, to further confuse, plants must be started at specific times and by various methods; some prefer to be 
RDB, or rhythm dohl bass, are one of the most successful asian bands in the uk, selling over 100,000 albums and touring extensively worldwide. yet, mainstream western media (or even alternative indie media) still can’t find a place for bhangra or desi, despite its obvious appeal. kuly, manj and surj singh - brothers from bradford - released their first self-titled album in 2001, and instantly aligned themselves to a generation of artists fusing bhangra with a love of american hip-hop and r’n’b. thus, a new younger fan base for traditional asian music was born, albeit in a tasty new guise. 
(fantastic), and a 4 volume biography of Lyndon Johnson in the April Harvard Business Review:
I don’t know much about illustrator 
the process of physically 'tagging' real-world objects with semacodes, so that users with mobile phone cameras can automatically retrieve relevant wikipedia articles on their device. see also 
a visualization that compares the words the users of the The Swedish National Public Art Council website are searching for on the site & in search engines in order to find the site, & the words used at this office itself (for example words written in emails & read by the office staff on web pages). 
We need a bright green future, but the future we are actually building sometimes looks more dark gray. Particularly in North America, we still employ a whole suite of outmoded designs and technologies which we know are destabilizing the climate, undermining living systems and exacerbating social inequalities. It's hard to pick a favorite in this category, really -- coal-fired power plants? SUVs? manicured lawns? -- but in terms of its long-term impacts, it may be hard to beat 
It's time to get busy with a thorough spring cleaning. This year, don't just do it -- do it right with Mr. Sun's spring cleaning tips:
Yesterday, a 20-something woman I was interviewing for a position with our firm kept calling me, "Sir" like I was the Ancient Mariner. As soon as we were through, I went to the men's room and this young guy who almost hit me as he opened the door on his way out said, and I quote, "Excuse me, Dude."
It's easy to add a touch of café class to your your home. Here are a few projects and ideas to get you started.
I love making mix CDs for friends. I usually try to come up with music that fits a given theme, like Hawaiian music for a Tiki party. To make a truly over-the-top gift, take the time to customize packaging for the CD. Instead of space-hogging (and environmentally insensitive) jewel cases, wrap your soundtrack in heavy photo paper of cardstock. The devil, as they say, is in the details.
an interactive mobile prototype which examines the layering of physical space with the on & off zones of wireless networks. 'trace' maps the invisible quality of wireless technology in the urban landscape onto PDAs to produce a series of cartographies visualising nodes, zones, users, and routes. [
The experiment I'll be mentioning in this post is called 
With the May 8th Assembly polls approaching, politicians in India are hitting up SMS and mobile technology for their latest barrage of new media political canvassing. [Justin Oberman's 
Today is my birthday. I am 31 years old. 31 is such a blah age. There was so much fan fare for 30 that it seems strange to turn an age only that firmly plants you into a decade. I have some mixed feelings this year. I am in a period of reevaluating some things in my life and it has been pretty intense. Honestly I am not sure what will become of it. What the carnage from it will be. It is been tough having things that I can not talk about online because well, you just do not talk about them online. It leads to cryptic entries which are always a bit lackluster. I never wanted to be the blogger who only wrote entries about how "cool" their life was. I always wanted to show all sides because I have gotten a lot of insight from the blogging community. Today though, since it is my birthday, I am just going to write about the cool parts. We'll see where it takes me.
(based on an image created by 
Whenever we make it over to Grand Army Plaza (as we did on Saturday morning to hit the greenmarket), our eyes our drawn up to this large wedge of a building that, in addition to its prewar terra cotta detailing, is particularly notable for its triangular shape. We're guessing it's a co-op but don't know for sure. Anyone ever been inside or know anything about the building's history?
According to AM New York, "the MTA is calling for unspecified subway service cuts in 2007, and G train riders fear the 13-station Queens Boulevard segment will get axed." However, there's also talk of adding 5 stops to the G after its current termination point at Smith and 9th. Apparently, after the last passengers depart the train, it continutes down the F train's track to Church Avenue, anyway, before it has room to turn around. Some MTA board members and rider advocates have suggested that the G keep picking up and dropping off passengers along the way.
