Most people may recognize Zhang Huan from his “My New York” work that had him dressed in a beefy muscle suit. Above is “My Boston,” but I have a feeling it might get repurposed elsewhere during finals this spring to represent the agony of study. Ups to Ryan for the pointer. art, book, books, boston, […] » about 100 words
Snow and rain mixed throughout the day Tuesday, but we awoke to glistening white fields and trees. Above is the view due west in Wentworth this morning, before the warm spring sun melted it all away. glisten, glistening, landscape, morning, pine, pines, snow, snowfall, spring, tree, tree farm, trees, winter, woods » about 100 words
| We were excited in New Hampshire to have the first week of weather warm enough to go out without our coats at midday, but <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=atlanta,+ga&ll=33.749179,-84.39045&spn=0.079074,0.215092">Atlanta</a> was <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/tags/atlanta/">warm enough</a> to hop in the pool and hot tub after midnight. » about 100 words
I found Germaine across from the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=boston,+ma&ll=42.348808,-71.082487&spn=0.008278,0.027037">Prudential Center</a> Friday. <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/misterbisson/Dumbkins/GermaineDrummer.mov">His sound was good</a> and I especially liked his snare drum. » about 100 words
| I found myself <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/tags/bostonpubliclibrary/">wandering about</a> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=700+Boylston+St.,+Boston+MA+02116&ll=42.349252,-71.078281&spn=0.016556,0.054073">Boston</a> <a href="http://www.bpl.org/">Public Library</a> for longer than I expected Friday. Part of it was the <a href="http://www.bpl.org/journeys.htm">map exhibit</a> and part of it was the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/117723887/">architecture</a> (and simply a place to relax for a bit). Amusingly, stairs and stairways seem <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/117723175/">filled with drama</a> at BPL, and if the guard hadn't just warned me about taking flash photos, I might have tried to sneak a peak behind that door. » about 100 words
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/search/tags:library%2Creference%2Cinformation%2Csilly/tagmode:all/">These pictures are mostly foolish</a>, but here's a small point: none of us had ever seen a cop pull over a cab -- certainly not a cab with passengers -- before this, so we were all rather curious about why. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=cambridge,+ma&ll=42.372947,-71.094954&spn=0.004137,0.013518">In front of us</a> stood a question, an example of the many questions we all encounter every day, and it's the kind of question that few of us would ever suggest going to the library to answer. » about 200 words
I won't say why I went looking for pictures of people getting poked with sticks (but you'll figure it out in a later post). I will say I was happy to find these from the <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sc/poke.html" title="Poke-A-Spontaneous-Combustion-Member-With-A-Stick-Day">Poke-A-Spontaneous-Combustion-Member-With-A-Stick-Day</a> at <a href="http://www.rice.edu/">Rice University</a>. Look, they even have <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sc/pics/03-pokeus.jpg">a price list</a> that includes: <ul type="none"><li>$1<ul type="none"><li>poke with a stick</li> <li>song/poem on demand</li> <li>two minute massage</li> <li>lick a SC member</li></ul> </li> <li>$2<ul type="none"><li>picture with [unreadable]</li> <li>kissing</li> <li>whack with a stick</li></ul> </li> <li>$3<ul type="none"><li>marker tattoo</li></ul> </li> <li>$4<ul type="none"><li>attempt hedge jumping</li></ul> </li> <li>$5<ul type="none"><li>human piñata</li> <li>shave a leg</li> <li>we wrestle each other</li></ul> </li> <li>$15<ul type="none"><li>jump <span style="text-decoration:underline;">into</span> hedges</li></ul></li></ul> » about 200 words
<a href="http://troyb.net/">Troy</a> expressed both great amusement and trepidation in his message alerting me to <a href="http://www.riya.com/">Riya</a>, a new photo sharing site: <blockquote>I don't know whether to say cool, or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E33W1W/ref=maisonbisson-20/">zool</a>.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.riya.com/learnMore">The tour</a> explains that you upload photos, Riya identifies faces in your photos, then asks you to name them (or correct its guesses!). Then you get all your friends to join up and we can all search for everybody by people, location, and time. So say "hi" to <a href="http://www.riya.com/search?btnSearch=btnSearch&faceID=34848e86a2df7a0a9228e0a3a18f2a9f65841d7d_0&acct=&scope=99 ">Andrejs</a> and <a href="http://www.riya.com/search?btnSearch=btnSearch&faceID=34848e86a2df7a0a9228e0a3a18f2a9f65841d7d_1003&acct=&scope=99">Nora</a>. » about 400 words
I like pretty much everything <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkvision/">Paula Wirth</a> puts up on Flickr, but this afternoon I could do well with a dive like Scolari's Office in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=3936+30th+St.,+in+North+Park,+San+Diego,+CA&ll=32.749204,-117.130265&spn=0.019996,0.054073">San Diego</a>. But, that's probably because it mixes “office” and “cocktails” in the sort of way that has anonymous tipsters slipping photocopies of the alcohol policy from our HR handbook under my office door. Eh, here's to happy hour. » about 100 words
The Willie Mae Rock Camp For Girls: just another example of why New York is cooler than New Hampshire. Photo by Rocco Kasby, performance by the Pink Slips. Yet again, a tip of the hat to Ryan Eby for the pointer. Willie Mae Rock Camp For Girls , Rock Camp, Rock Camp For Girls, Willie […] » about 100 words
Scott Smith’s Imperfect Ten too slow for you? Take a look at Nash Edgerton‘s Lucky over at Blue Tongue Films. What would you do in 4 minutes 25 seconds? How would you escape? body in trunk, car chase, escape, film, lucky, nash edgerton, short film, trap, trapped, twist » about 100 words
Who of us didn’t want to try it when we saw Jackie Chan bounce down a mountainside in one in Operation Condor (well, who of us who saw Operation Condor didn’t want to try it)? But until Cool Hunter gave me a pointer, I had no idea what the these strange inflatable balls (yeah, go […] » about 500 words
The nice folks at Coudal Partners are hosting Scott Smith’s Imperfect Ten, “wherein one man breaks all ten commandments before breakfast.” It’s Friday (March 10th, even), go watch. 10, adultery, cheat, coudal, covet, film, honor, idolatry, imperfect ten, lie, murder, sabbath, scott smith, sex, short film, steal, ten commandments, video, worship » about 100 words
Between the MIT show and Microsoft’s vaporware, origami is back in a big way. Here’s drumsnwhistles answer: a very crisp green shirt. crisp, crisp shirt, green, origami, origami shirt, paper, shirt » about 100 words
I found the above image of a yFiles-generated site map at visualcomplexity.com. We’ve seen a lot of internet diagrams, including this one from 1977, but what about mapping food? Or disaster situations? Or air routes? It’s like data porn, and there’s more in the visualcomplexity gallery. » about 100 words
Ryan Eby and MAKE magazine alerted me to MIT’s student origami exhibit, in which Jason Ku’s ringwraith won the Best Original Model prize, and Brian Chan’s beaver — the MIT mascot — got special attention from the MIT News Office. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, beaver, competition, mit, nazgul, origami, paper, ringwraith » about 100 words
I heard birds chirping yesterday morning for the first time in a while, and from my office window I could see robins returned from the south. Spring, it seems, has arrived in New Hampshire, but nobody’s captured it better than Breezin with the photo above — obviously taken from a somewhat warmer place than this […] » about 100 words
The Millyard Museum was hosting the New England Lego Users’ Group Saturday, building LEGO replica’s of Manchester NH‘s old victorian-era houses. It turns out they’re building a scale model of the entire millyard. lego, legos, mill, millyard, manchester, manchester nh, new hampshire, nelug, new england lego users group, replica, construction » about 100 words
Forest Grove, Oregon claims to have the world’s tallest barber pole, apparently presented by the Portland Area Barbershoppers in recognition “Ballad Town USA’s” role in promoting and encouraging barbershop quartet singing. It stands in Lincoln Park (visible from sat photos!) just north of Pacific University. Barbershop poles and quartets they may have, but the barber […] » about 100 words
Above: tonight’s sunset view of Mt. Hood from atop Mt. Tabor, an ancient volcano. Roadside America claims: this is the only volcano located within a city limit in any US city. You can view the cinder cone and a few feet away from the parking lot is a kids play area. mt. hood, mt. tabor, […] » about 100 words
The gallery at Pulse Photonics has more than a few images that seem to pause time in impossible moments. They’ve got images of balloons pierced by arrows and darts, oranges exploding from a gunshot, bullets shattering glass and slicing through jelly, and all of this falling water and oil in so many little droplets. You […] » about 200 words
To go along with summer’s bicycle riding mower is this “Vancouver Snowplow” from Joe-ks.com (yes, I feel appropriately stupid for linking to a site with an animated gif splash page). Oddly, this isn’t the only such snowplow. winter, funny, bike, bicycle, snow, snowplow, plow, snow plow » about 100 words
Here’s Zach hidden in plain sight on a couch at a friend’s house the other day. That’s skill. couch, zach, hidden, photo, camouflage, funny, zach, zach tirrell » about 100 words
The folks at WMUR‘s Chronicle are featuring my friends Joe and Wendy and their dog sledding tonight. The photos above are of Justin in a race a few years ago (video of the finish also online). Warren hasn’t been so proud since we put the rocket up. dog sledding, warren, winter, snow, wmur, television, wmur […] » about 100 words
It’s an unseasonably warm and rainy January here in Warren, where warm actually means daytime highs of about 30 degrees and ‘seasonable weather’ would be closer to zero. The point is that it’s the worst possible winter weather: the rain ruins the regular winter activities, and it’s still too cold to take up summer activities. […] » about 200 words