Dug up from Greg Lynn's studio at Yale: a catalog of robot typologies, complete with cute names. Get your Voltron on. | pdf View full entry
For those of you waiting on your grad school admissions you can track down a copy of GSD prof. Michael Meredith's first book-- a McSweeney's-esque manifesto for people "getting into the profession of architecture." | link | video trailer View full entry
Thomas Dold of Germany beat defending men's champion Rudolf Reitberger by 17 seconds Tuesday to win the annual Empire State Building Run-up, climbing 86 floors in 10 minutes, 19 seconds. Read in SF Gate. View full entry
You can no longer deny that there is nothing sharky about the guy who offered you a low interest loan the other day. View full entry
Something irresistably allegorical about it that surpasses all other transplants. Even this one. View full entry
Megachurches Today 2005 (pdf), a survey conducted by researchers at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut and Leadership Network in Dallas, has identified 1,210 American megachurches with an average weekly attendance of 3,612. This article in the CS Monitor also reports that, "The study debunks many... View full entry
The universe is made of "1,000-light-year-wide bricks" consisting entirely of dark matter. Guardian. See earlier for time's geometry. View full entry
"Using more than 100 images," a new exhibition in San Francisco documents the infamous 1906 earthquake, using vintage "aerial panoramas, 3-D stereoview double-images to be viewed through a stereoscope, glass lantern slides intended to be projected before an audience and chromolithographic... View full entry
Perhaps a generation thing, but if you havent heard of Betty Friedan, you're showing your age. A very important figure in womens movement passed away. NYTimes View full entry
In a tribute to earthquakes and liquefaction; Artist Liz Hickok has created a series of San Francisco cityscapes in the medium of Jello. From the NYTimes . View full entry
A new AIA Detroit Architectural Tour Brochure has been prepared and will be available during Superbowl week. The 2-color foldout features notable architecture in the Detroit area. 50,000 copies are being printed and 5,000 copies are being included for distribution in the Superbowl XL media press... View full entry
Where else? > Slashdot. "time is not a single dimension of spacetime but rather a local geometric distinction in spacetime. While this may seem very esoteric, it is actually quite simple. Not too long ago, people thought the Earth was flat, which meant they thought that gravity pointed in the... View full entry
Bill H.R. 683, the "Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005." could make it illegal for artist, designers, and other people to use famous trademarks. This can affect American's wanting to criticize or parody policies and wrong-doings by companies. Public Knowledge | Public Citizen | Ars Technica... View full entry
Interactive map by the ACLU of the NSA Surveillance (Gonzalez!...up to the plate!). Like the commercial says: "the network goes with you." via View full entry
DOUG HARVEY of la weekly reviews two so cal institutions, getty villa and reagan library. "for me a museum's success depends heavily on its ability to surprise me, and while some surprises are deeper and more nourishing than others, I'll take the Reagan Library's high what-the-fuck quotient over... View full entry