http://iamtheweather.com rain, snow, sun, art, design Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:31:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en iPhone events Describes how to handle mouse events in mobile safari with css and javascript ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/26/links-for-2008-08-26/ Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit A film on industrial design by the guy who made Helvetica. Can't ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/25/links-for-2008-08-25/ The Boombox Project is created by photographer Lyle Owerko. A great visual archive of 'ghetto blasters' and 'jam boxes' via Thought of the Week http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/25/the-boombox-project/ Tutorial: Making rainbows and other color cycles in Javascript ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/22/links-for-2008-08-22/ In Architecture school I spent alot of time with one of these KOH-I-NOOR 5611 leadholders in my hand. Usually loaded with a 2H or 3H lead. Its all metal construction felt heavy in the hand and very very solid. I havn't used one in years and I think I kind ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/22/drafting-leadholder-museum/ NPR MAP | NPR Station Map | UncommonGoods ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/21/links-for-2008-08-21/ Lost Formats Preservation Society The society was founded in 2000 with the design of Emigre issue no. 57. It's sole purpose is to save formats from obscurity. http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/21/lost-formats-preservation-society/ Debate Graph (tags: ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/19/links-for-2008-08-19/ .flickr-photo { border: none } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } http://iamtheweather.com/2008/08/19/married/ Every year the ID Annual Design Review highlights the best in design across several design disciplines. I took some photos of the items that really caught my attention. Click through the photos to go to the flickr set or go grab the magazine on the news-stand. You can also see ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/07/24/id-magazine-annual-design-review/ Ok I will give you 10 bucks as soon as I can. Will twitter even be around next week? http://iamtheweather.com/2008/07/22/thanks/ Hello world http://iamtheweather.com/2008/07/22/testing-wordpress-app/ Twice a month I get an email from photojojo that shows me a few pictures from my flickr from 1 year ago in a Photo Time Capsule. As things move so fast, and, at least for me, time to reflect and revisit past events seems to be missing from my ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/07/15/photos-from-the-past/ last week I received my muxtape-to-tape from russelldavies. I still haven't listened to the tape (I cheated and listened to crusty.muxtape.com Many thanks to Russell for this little gem of internet physicality. http://iamtheweather.com/2008/06/30/muxtape-to-tape/ The undersea cable that make up much of the long haul data transfer on the internets. This map from the Guardian details the incident where a cable was damaged by a ships anchored and internet traffic was significantly affected. Hacker Tourist's may be interested in the story surrounding many ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/06/27/undersea-cables/ RFIDs are usually hidden from view within a plastic card, an opaque sticker, or our passport. There is quite a bit of unexpected beauty hidden in the physical chips themselves and they project a level of personality where one expects bland functional uniformity. Ping Mag has taken a look at ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/06/27/rfids-are-beautiful/ .flickr-photo { border: none } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The systems of the distribution of power are depicted in this map from the Open Street Map Project. If you are in New York City on the weekend of ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/06/19/united-states-in-powerlines/ I have no commentary on the suitability of the IKEA in Red Hook or its impact on the local neighborhood. I do however like the apartment inside a cardboard box promotion. And appropriately sized. In Zurich I saw IKEA cabinets walking around to promote a new store. http://iamtheweather.com/2008/06/10/ikea-comes-to-brooklyn/ [UPDATE: It's a hoax. ]Artist Erik Nordenankar placed a customized GPS into a travel case and gave it to the nice folks at the shipping company DHL along with some instructions. Upon its return 55 days later the GPS tracklog produced the above drawing. There is a video and ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/05/27/biggest-drawing-in-the-world/ my first post to dawdlr went up today. dawdlr is set up by one of the more interesting people around, Russell Davies who describes it as such: I've tried to make dawdlr way slower than twitter. I reckon most people I know twitter about twice a day, so dawdlr is going ... http://iamtheweather.com/2008/05/21/what-are-you-doing-you-know-more-generally/