Traveling to space starts in the backyard (check the video) | The Age of Wikipedia Journalism | In Situ View full entry
The covert campaign targeting street art began about seven months ago, with blobs of paint that appeared overnight, obscuring murals and wheat-pasted art on walls in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. Arcane messages were pasted at the sites, but it was difficult to ask for an explanation. The author... View full entry
Street artists have speculated for months about the identity of a mysterious figure who has become known as “the Splasher” because he or she hurled colorful blobs of paint at prominent pieces of art on exterior walls in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. NYT 1 | NYT 2 | gothamist | Entire... View full entry
From the spring issue of Pin-Up Mag, who clearly needs more bloggers on their subscription list: plush character versions of recent NYC luxury residential buildings--not the architects, the buildings--Nouvel's 40 Mercer, Johnson/Selldorf's Urban Glass House, Gluckman/Mayne's One Kenmare Sq, and... View full entry
As part of the art biennial Medellín '07 Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi installed a room on top of the baroque 'Sagrado Corazón de Jesús' church, in the 'Barrio Triste (Sad Neighborhood) section of Medellín. The room frames a forgotten cross, making it seen again. via... View full entry
Marina Markevitch of Belarus won the first prize in 24th. Aydın Doğan International Caricature Competition in Turkey. See the works. Hürriyet View full entry
For every 2 Africabikes sold at retail, Kona will donate one bicycle to African home health care workers. The bikes will aid them in the delivery of ARV drugs to HIV/AIDS patients in a variety of African countries. www.konabiketown.com View full entry
A Canadian photographer travelled across China visiting mega-factories and new corporate towns, photographing the new built environment that is modern, industrial China. Wired View full entry
On June 26, thousands of Internet radio stations will go silent for twenty-four hours to protest a recently announced hike in the royalty rates they pay to play music on their sites. If the new rates – which will be more than double the current rates for webcasters – go into effect as... View full entry
Heavytrash strikes again: "With trash production outstripping L.A.'s limited landfill supply, Forever Landfill is a private, residential refuse disposal service that allows you to secure your own landfill plot and ensure your trash receives a proper home now and in the future." read View full entry
A new collection of poetry written by Guantanamo Bay detainees will be published in late July. Attorney Marc Falkoff, who represents 17 Yemeni prisoners, edited the book, Poetry from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak. via NPR View full entry
Shortly after sunrise, Harvard Law School moved three Victorian houses down Massachusetts Avenue to make room for the new Northwest Corner complex. Harvard Law News | Day to Day (listen) View full entry
It seems whenever Wal-Mart proposes a new store, controversy sprouts...but the protest of a planned 215,000-square-foot store in Monsey, NY has a decidedly religious overtone. NYT View full entry
Surprise! Not only will the Olympic Flame be carried to the top of Mount Everest on its way to Beijing in 2008 but it will be partially sped along by a new"blacktop highway fenced by undulating guardrails" to be built from from the foot of the mountain to a base camp halfway up the peak. Could... View full entry
WASHINGTON - American Indian tribes throughout the country will receive 2,000 unused trailers that were intended for but never given to Hurricane Katrina victims. yahoo View full entry