It’s not just a message for the holidays, but everyday. Take a minute and a half to watch.
5 Best Toys of All Time [via WIRED]
As we approach Christmas, I thought it was a good opportunity in this time of decadence, over-indulgence, and plain old over the top sillyness of gift lust, to remind everyone [and myself] of the best toys of all time.
[Also, with that being said ... I promised the boys I'd post their Amazon wishlists, ugh.]
[Copied verbatim from WIRED's Geek Dad column dated Jan 31 2011 written by Jonathan Liu]
Dogs + Bikes, what’s not to like?
Wordless Wednesday …
How could you not like Lily … a little terrier going the speed of light on a little downhill course. Excellent.
You need this
Guaranteed to be something you needed today. 2 minutes, sit back and enjoy.
Wordless Wednesday – Less Stuff + Less Space = More Happiness
Writer and designer Graham Hill asks: Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness? He makes the case for taking up less space, and lays out three rules for editing your life.
Be Well Mr. Jobs
I am sure by now, everyone has read the news that Steve Jobs is stepping down as CEO of Apple. Additionally everyone has probably already read 20 articles extolling the virtues, or mocking the lapses of Mr. Jobs. I read this post written by John Biggs over on TechCrunch and decided it was worth repeating …
The Beauty of Design: BUILD
In case you’re new to my blog, or me in general, I am a huge design fan. Good, clean, warm, Scandinavian design. The fine folks at BUILD LLC, whom I a proud to call my friends, had a documentary short about them released today that I’m hoping you’ll take 7 minutes or so to watch. Today is a special day for the Swedish half of my family, and some of what the build guys talk about, reminds me of some of the feelings I have about my Mormor & Morfar’s house in Eugene, OR. The warmth that not only came from the people who in habited the space, but the space itself. Vast majorities of their furnishings came with them from Sweden.
The footage dives into some of BUILD’s favorite projects, allows them to speak about their design philosophy, and gives a peek at some projects that influence them. Also check out their blog [one of the great Architecture blogs out there]
Have a look.
Macklemore: Wings
One of my favorite Seattle Hip-hop artists pushed out a new video yesterday. The video is really well put together and a fine example of another of my recent obsessions, Kickstarter. If you’re not familiar with it, follow the link and go check it out.
Since I was around the first time we put it on film at one of Chase’s Songs For Eating and Drinking dinners a couple of years ago, I thought I’d link to that video too, just to show y’all how far it has come.