Sep 17
Playground Fence

A playground fence that can be as much a part of the playground as the border [via]

Aug 27
Analysis of Value

analysis of value

Since I am currently neck deep in research design studies and formulating my research proposal, I can completely relate to this. Click image to enlarge.

Geography Lesson

Do Americans know little about geography because they don’t have enough maps? Well, at least Miss Teen South Carolina seems to think so. I guess we can excuse her this time and let her go to college first but I’m sure Little Miss Sunshine would have given a more honest answer.

Aug 24
All the world’s a stage…

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.

 - Art Buchwald

Make the sun set at will

Drag your mouse up or down along this image and see the effect of sunlight on the skyline of the city at various times in the day.

Park Avenue Before and After Cars

Before…

park avenue before cars

After…

park avenue after cars

You choose which one you prefer (via TreeHugger).

Liveable Cities

Cities in Australia and Canada are rated the most liveable in the world. Sadly, no American city in the top ten liveable cities of the world. But fortunately, none in the bottom ten as well.

Aug 21
A Door Handle



Shake hands?

Why fuel so expensive?

The house that Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi built. He even has a silver (the metal, not color) Audi [click link for pics].

Aug 20
Log a Forest Leave a Tree

And you think you’re cramped?

Images from erstwhile Kowloon Walled City in Hongkong before it was demolished. It had a density of 1,900,000 /sq.km.

Aug 18
Buy Low, Divorce High
“a greater deviation between actual and expected earnings increases the probability” of divorce.

- Gary Becker quoted in New York Times

Aug 16
Pie Town Dugout circa 1940

“Before industry and technology gave us sawmills and frame houses, this is how the average person lived in much of the world. The dugout or pit house, with sod roof, log walls and earthen floor, is among the most ancient of human dwellings — at some point in history your ancestors lived in one.”

Wired Living Home

Wired Living Home

WIRED and LivingHomes—a pioneer in green, prefabricated development— will open the doors to the first ever WIRED Home, a showcase of the best in sustainability, technology and design.

Plannersphere

A Planners Wiki.