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Mike Meginnis cracks me up: …my preference would be the version that doesn’t require murdering the ruling class and anyone else who gets in our way. At least we could fail humanely. My alternative would be capitalism with limits — allow people to seek profits, but under serious guidelines and with tremendous, progressive taxation. A hybrid of [...] I’m not the biggest Elliott Smith fan, but this is assholic. All the graffiti artists I know (and by all I mean both) take pains to avoid hitting anything that’s at all valuable — and there’s so many ugly urban surfaces available, it’s hardly very restricting. But it’s this kind of tomfoolery that gives street [...] So here’s the most biased description of salting you’ll ever see: “Salting” abuse is the intentional placing of trained union professional organizers and agents in a merit shop facility to harass or disrupt company operations, apply economic pressure, increase operating and legal costs, and ultimately put the company out of business. Now why would the goal [...] In light of the recent Pennsylvania boosterism of Tyler Cowen and Pax Americana, I wanted to promote/inquire into Braddock, Pennsylvania (link to artsy town website), which was given a glowing review in the current issue of ReadyMade (which sadly is not online). Instead, quoting the Pittsburg Post-Gazette: How many places could be like this: [...] …the evidence I’ve studied and my life experiences all suggest that men and women are like two overlapping Venn diagrams in almost everything. Partly different and partly the same. Eek! Gender…not…binary? Does…not…compute….(Combustion) The Goddess has/had a great post about The Armpit Wars. A portion: The reactions to the armpit hair revolution were swift and of the expected type. [...] Architecture + Morality has a good post from a bit back titled: The Panopticon of Celebrity: The Image of the City in the Age of Luxury Condominium Towers. Very impressive title, as it references both Bentham/Foucault and Kevin Lynch, all of whom I don’t fully understand; well played. One criticism though (and I only point [...] Seeing news of this J-Lo music video (of which I am skeptical) reminded me of David LaChapelle’s Rize, the amazing documentary about clowning and krump dancing. Here’s the trailer: [coolplayer width="480" height="380" autoplay="0" loop="0" charset="utf-8" download="0" mediatype=""] Everyone should see it, and not just for the ridiculously fast body movements and pretty shots (which come [...] I roll my eyes at skyscrapers, looking down (while looking up) at their ostentatious display. They are the MySpace of architecture; scandalous pursuits of the nouveau rich. Of course, I do have substantive objections (see this post), but mostly: they’re gaudy. However, they have a deep appeal to my inner engineer. Building in extreme environments is [...] I Am Not A Weapon is the new blog founded to “look at gendered issues from a male, pro-feminist perspective.” Founder Mike Meginnis has two posts (here and here) at his own blog, explaining the purpose of this project. I want to explain why I think this is very important. Men have a self-interest [...] Apparently, grad school is the place to be these days, as most of my friends are opting for 2, 3, or 5 more years of book learnin’. Great for them, but it has left us all scattered across the country (or at least California), which makes it hard to all live together in a [...] Things you learn in engineering school: All systems have a resonance frequency. If you push on them at the right interval, the amount they displace skyrockets. This is why soldiers break step when crossing a bridge. This is why certain frequencies of light cause our cells damage. This is why you push [...] Nice to see this highlight of the Southern California Library, which I’ve mostly visted during their book sales to acquire classic leftist tomes. It’s a great resource both as a library and community center in South Central, and people should go there. Especially USC students in need of radicalization — it’s only 2 [...] Who among us has not wondered about the habits and rituals of the rich exclusive? Now, you too can know the secrets of those mischievous Brentwood residents. Just go to the nearest viewing platform, set up by Heavy Trash, and gaze in wonder… It saddens me that the group hasn’t publicized a project in [...] I don’t actually know what cricket is or why you have to play it with a fraternity’s hazing paddle, but am glad that it’s finally being used to liberate the struggling proles from their nefarious capitalist oppressors. It’s about damn time. In the Space Hijackers 4th Midnight Cricket match, the Anarchists battled the Capitalists for [...] I like that term. I might just start referring to myself as a hippie-tect. Thank you Dwell posting on Earthships. What appeals to me most about Earthship construction (and it is not the aesthetics) is that they demonstrate how a lot of our industrial infrastructure could be decentralized. Need power? Use photovoltaics! [...] |
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