Eating well.
January 30th, 2007 by rbanks
Wise advice for eating well from this New York Times article.
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Archive for January, 2007
More One Letter uses
January 24th, 2007 by rbanks
A couple of years ago I formed a group on Flickr called One Letter. I’ve been really happy with how well it’s grown, and how autonomous it has become. I’m not really involved in it anymore. It just runs itself.
Quite a few people have written code that draws on the letters to create words. Here’s a new one from quakr…
Japanese generations
January 24th, 2007 by rbanks
Bruce Osborn: Oyako – Portraying Japanese Generations.
These shots by bruce Osborn of different sets of parents and their children in Japan are really interesting, and in some way unsettling. I love the fact that in some shots the kid is the non-conformist, while in others it’s the parent. And how many kids have followed in their parents footsteps.
Nice one, M&S
January 16th, 2007 by rbanks
PSFK: Marks & Spencer Goes Green. ‘M&S also aims to stop sending waste to landfill sites by that date, increase the amount of food sourced locally and regionally, increase the use of recycled materials and end the need for consumers to throw away any of its products or packaging.’
Really got to commend Marks & Spencer for this move. It doesn’t matter if this is a marketing-driven idea, as long as it is genuinely implemented, and they minimise the need to use carbon offsetting to achieve their goals of being carbon neutral. It definitely seems like an ambitious but thorough attempt to cover a lot of green issues including energy consumption, recycling and carbon mileage.
I may even be forced to take a closer look at their range of men’s “slacks” and underwear just so they get the consumer vote from me…
Not quite an Airstream
January 12th, 2007 by rbanks
DESEO – Simply clever, the new DESEO!.
But still pretty modern.
Coffee roasting
January 11th, 2007 by rbanks
DIY coffee roasting – Lifehacker. ‘You’ll bask in DIY satisfaction AND you’ll save a bloomin’ bunch. As for the ‘specialized’ coffee roasting equipment, try these two economical options: an air-pop popcorn popper or a cast iron skillet.’
Another thing to add to my list of hobbies I’d love to take up.
Capsule hotels at London’s airports
January 11th, 2007 by rbanks
Boing Boing: Capsule hotels in London’s airports. ‘Yotel has opened capsule hotels in London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports; they’re modelled on the famous coffin hotels of Tokyo, but bigger and more luxurious, aimed at business-travellers in for a meeting who don’t want to haul ass all the way into London for their hotel. The cabins can be booked in 4h increments.’
For anyone travelling through…
Fake history
January 5th, 2007 by rbanks
BLDGBLOG: Fictional ruins from fictional worlds. ‘Zimmerman’s Landmarks of Industrial Britain, for instance, is “a photographic series of fictional public buildings derived from small scale architectural maquettes.” ‘
These are beautiful, but entirely virtual, buildings that show a false history of industrial England. Beautiful work.
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