Mezza’s photo of the Sydney dust storm from within a laundry room is one of the more interesting shots I’ve seen of the event so far. [via]
Testing a child’s patience with a marshmallow
September 14, 2009 @ 11:41 pm
Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.
This might be one of my favorite videos online.
In this video, various children are told to sit in a chair in a room with one marshmallow. The adult tells the child that they can either eat the marshmallow now or wait until they come back and as a reward, the child would receive another marshmallow for their patience. It’s funny to watch the kids squirm and wrestle with the temptation to eat the marshmallow. [via]
Century-old bowling alley at The Frick Museum
June 10, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
The New York Times published a fascinating article today about a relatively unknown section of the Frick Museum (a good one, I might add) that has a century-old bowling alley! As you might imagine from something residing inside the Frick collection, the bowling alley is lavishly decorated.
Built in 1914 by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, the alley cost its owner, the steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick, $850 — a princely sum that did not include the set of custom balls. In a letter to Mr. Frick from Lee R. Johns, manager of Brunswick’s bowling department, it was flatly stated that the alley he had purchased was the finest “known to the alley builder’s art” and that the balls — an additional $100 — “are absolutely perfect and remain that way for years.”
Unfortunately, unless you’re somebody famous in the art world, it looks like you’ll never see the lanes in person as the entire room is off limits to the public. What a shame. But at least you can see a 360-degree panorama over at the NYT!!!
Nyle – Let The Beat Build
April 28, 2009 @ 12:40 am
Nyle “Let The Beat Build” from Nyle on Vimeo.
I’ll have to agree with Gawker here: Nyle is one NYU student I actually like.
The whole music video here was shot in one take and took about 6 rehearsals before it was solid. The full list of musicians, producers, and assistants is available at Nyle’s blog.
New baby room by Les ateliers L. McComber
February 4, 2009 @ 3:22 am
Not everybody has a big house, so when Les ateliers L. McComber was asked to make a new room for a baby in a small apartment loft, they came up with a plan that put the parents literally above their baby. The 700 square foot space in Montreal, Canada was split vertically allowing the baby room and crib to reside beneath the master bedroom. The master bedroom sits on top of solid piece of curved douglas fir plywood and steel tubes, and everything is lit by fluorescent bulbs along the walls. To get up to the bed, you have to climb a ladder that is also made of steel and plywood.
I think it’s a pretty neat space-saving idea and I would trust the construction of such a space over my baby. But really, I think the curved plywood alone is reason to build such a division in a house. Pretty neat huh!
Check out some more images inside.
I moved my desk over
January 6, 2009 @ 3:14 am
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