January 2011
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EMILIE GOSSIAUX
this week radiolab ran a segment featuring the incredible tale of emilie gossiaux, a 21 year old art student who was struck by an 18-wheeler truck earlier this year while riding her bike. against all odds she lived, which is both a miracle and a testament to emilie’s will to survive.
you can listen to this sad but incredibly inspiring radiolab segment here:
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this is an amazing video of a tiny submersible that descended to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, aka. the deepest part of the ocean fifty-one years ago.
very interesting & also the visuals are tops!
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MY NEW OBSESSION: THE COCONUT MILK...
today, i finally found the answer to a question i have been asking for years: is it possible for a vegan cappuccino or latte to actually be good?
those who know me well know i love my lattes (after all, i did work as a barista for a smidge), but, being lactose intolerant (and just generally dubious about the hormones in milk) i try to keep my dairy consumption to a minimum. unfortunately, no...
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i just backed the jelloware project over at kickstarter. it is amazing & i hope you’ll join me as they still have a little ways to go in the next two weeks. as for the rest, swissmiss took the words right outta my mouth!:
I am truly hoping that these ladies will raise their $10,000 to develop this fantastic idea further. I can only imagine how much fun these would be at a kid’s...
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mind = blown: exploring generative systems, pt. 1
it’s been a while since i last posted!
i’ve been busying myself this winter learning processing, fine-tuning my html/css skills, researching, searching, re-researching, reading, nature-labbing, thinking, and just generally hunting for thesis information & inspiration.
busyness aside, prepare yourselves for a barrage of blog posts...
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HOW TO.
i was just browsing through my classmates’ blogs and rediscovered sara’s sage words for “how to”:
1. often
2. unfinished work
3. thoughts to remember
4. questions
5. connections
6. the happy part