March 9, 2010
From A to Z: Words David Foster Wallace Circled in Dictionary + a bunch of other great scans from the David Foster Wallace archive at The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.

From A to Z: Words David Foster Wallace Circled in Dictionary + a bunch of other great scans from the David Foster Wallace archive at The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.


March 8, 2010
Sansevieria hyacinthoides by Jan Moninckx The advantage that houseplants have over other plants is that they are adapted to tropical areas where they grow beneath dense tropical canopies and must survive in areas of low light. These plants are thus ultra-efficient at capturing light, which also means that they must be very efficient in processing the gasses necessary for photosynthesis. Because of this fact, they have greater potential to absorb other gases, including potentially harmful ones.

Sansevieria hyacinthoides by Jan Moninckx

The advantage that houseplants have over other plants is that they are adapted to tropical areas where they grow beneath dense tropical canopies and must survive in areas of low light. These plants are thus ultra-efficient at capturing light, which also means that they must be very efficient in processing the gasses necessary for photosynthesis. Because of this fact, they have greater potential to absorb other gases, including potentially harmful ones.


Illinois is the beer belly of America.

Illinois is the beer belly of America.


March 7, 2010

Ali Spagnoli will paint something for you… for free. This is the one he did for me.

Ali Spagnoli will paint something for you… for free. This is the one he did for me.


March 6, 2010

“ It must be understood that as long as art stands aside from the problems of life it will only interest a very few people. Culture today is becoming a mass affair, and the artist must step down from his pedestal and be prepared to make a sign for a butcher’s shop (if he knows how to do it).
Bruno Munari

Douk-douks

Douk-douks


“The collision in early February of the 60-mile-long B-9B iceberg with the protruding tongue of the Mertz Glacier in East Antarctica is captured here in a series of satellite radar images.” (via WIRED)

“The collision in early February of the 60-mile-long B-9B iceberg with the protruding tongue of the Mertz Glacier in East Antarctica is captured here in a series of satellite radar images.” (via WIRED)