- Demo of Google’s Android platform [video] - Seems cool, but becomes infinitely cooler at the end of the video when they demo Street View for Google Maps. Worth a watch just for that alone.
- Laser-etched skateboards - Laser etching must be all the rage these days. First Moleskins and laptop lids and now skateboards. You’ve got to admit that there’s some stunning work here. I’d never do a single grind or rail slide on something this beautiful.
- Trek Soho S - I’ve never been much into bikes, but I’ve been looking towards alternative commuting solutions lately (to solve my $10+ per day problem) and came across this bike. Blacked-out, single-speed fixie. Sad that I could buy it new for less than two months’ worth of gas commuting to work. And Jonas could ride in a sidecar with aviator goggles and a scarf. Sweet.
- Ira Glass on Storytelling (#3) [video] - In this short clip, the host of This American Life touches on how makers/creatives cultivate taste and trudge through the wasteland of years leading up to truly creative work. I’ve never heard someone articulate this so perfectly. Hopefully I’ll get there soon.
- Mapping the Human ‘Diseasome’ - Nice example of (mildly) interactive infographics presenting a vast amount of data. Interesting topic too. Helps the medically-dumb get a wider view of some of these genetic similarities.
5 Things I Love for Friday #117
Originally posted on May 30, 2008
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Splitting Hairs
Once, in college, in an attempt to dye my hair, I stripped all the color out of it, but with the wrong strength solution.
My scalp started bleeding profusely and eventually my entire head scabbed over. So I sucked the dead skin off with a vacuum.
