Archive for January, 2010

Matthew Albanese

January 26th, 2010 by Jeff | 0

Photographer Matthew Albanese uses household items like grout, paprika and steel wool to build elaborate little miniature worlds to photograph. Read more about how the photos are made.

 

Chernobyl

January 22nd, 2010 by Jeff | 0

Tropisms > Chernobyl > Lost Souls from POLYMORF.

What They’re Watching in the ‘Burbs

January 13th, 2010 by Jeff | 0

The New York TImes has created a great infographic that looks at Netflix rental patterns, neighborhood by neighborhood, in a dozen cities. Who knew Mad Men was such a consistent demographic predictor.

The Streets of San Francisco

January 6th, 2010 by Jeff | 0

Because you were curious, here’s how San Francisco streets got their names.

Vic Chestnutt

January 4th, 2010 by Jeff | 0

Take Away Show #74.1: Vic Chesnutt.

Vic Chestnutt died on Christmas day from an overdose of muscle relaxants. He was 45.

Szymon Roginski

January 4th, 2010 by Jeff | 0

Polish photographers Szymon Roginski and Kasia Korzeniecka have created an inventive, three-dimensional way to display their photos with their o mia o project. Roginski’s night photos are pretty cool too.

SBU

January 4th, 2010 by Jeff | 0

 

The SBU self-balancing unicycle is slightly less geeky than a Segway.