Just collecting things I find around the web.Tumblr (3.0; @eggtea)http://eggtea.com/<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tCpHaL50YO5_I5Cfy2v8b5IBhCs/0/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tCpHaL50YO5_I5Cfy2v8b5IBhCs/0/di" border="0" ismap/></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tCpHaL50YO5_I5Cfy2v8b5IBhCs/1/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tCpHaL50YO5_I5Cfy2v8b5IBhCs/1/di" border="0" ismap/></a></p> <p><a href="http://io9.com/5348876/what-is-this-strange-dystopian-disneyversese" target="_blank"><em>Epic Mickey</em>’s stylized concept art</a> is a mecha-filled vision of the Disney apocalypse, but <a title="Click here to read more posts tagged #alexisrockman" href="http://io9.com/tag/alexisrockman/" target="_blank">Alexis Rockman</a>’s paintings take a more natural view of a post-human Disney World — and imagines other cities and monuments long after we’re gone.</p> <p>[<a href="http://alexisrockman.net/projects/american-icons" target="_blank">Alexis Rockman</a> via <a href="http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/11/06/drowned-worlds/" target="_blank">{feuilleton}</a>]</p> <p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_disneyworld1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_disneyworld1.jpg" width="500"/></a>Disney World I<br/><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_disneyworld2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_disneyworld2.jpg" width="500"/></a>Disney World II<br/><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_capitolhill.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_capitolhill.jpg" width="500"/></a>Capitol Hill<br/><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_churchandwhite64x96.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_churchandwhite64x96.jpg" width="500"/></a>Church and White<br/><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_east-82nd-st.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_east-82nd-st.jpg" width="500"/></a>East 82nd St.<br/><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_gatewayarch.jpg" width="340"/>Gateway Arch<br/><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_hollywood.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_hollywood.jpg" width="500"/></a>Hollywood<br/><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_hollywoodatnight.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_hollywoodatnight.jpg" width="500"/></a>Hollywood at Night<br/><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_hotelscape.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_hotelscape.jpg" width="500"/></a>Hotelscape<br/><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/5_manifestdestiny.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_5_manifestdestiny.jpg" width="500"/></a>Manifest Destiny<br/></p>http://eggtea.com/post/236687062http://eggtea.com/post/236687062Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:36:57 -0500<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8bYIUTDVYiT4SVbQBes4TrpZCKI/0/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8bYIUTDVYiT4SVbQBes4TrpZCKI/0/di" border="0" ismap/></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8bYIUTDVYiT4SVbQBes4TrpZCKI/1/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8bYIUTDVYiT4SVbQBes4TrpZCKI/1/di" border="0" ismap/></a></p> <div style="float:right;margin-left:10px"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationisbeautiful.net%2F2009%2Fvisualising-the-guardian-datablog%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationisbeautiful.net%2F2009%2Fvisualising-the-guardian-datablog%2F" height="61" width="51"/></a></div> <p>I’m doing a regular weekly visualisation for the excellent <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog" target="_blank">Guardian Datablog</a>, the front-end for an amazing library of statistics and data, lovingly hand-gathered by The Guardian. </p> <p>My first post is about <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/nov/06/drugs-bnp" target="_blank">Deadly Drugs</a>.</p> <p>There’s been a furore over here in the UK about the dangers of illegal drugs. The Government has sacked its most senior drugs advisor, Dr Professor Nutt, after he claimed cannabis was no more harmful than alcohol. And that horse-riding, and…</p>http://eggtea.com/post/236375836http://eggtea.com/post/236375836Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:21:24 -0500<p><img title="ny_jungle_3" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ny_jungle_3-610x483.jpg" alt="ny_jungle_3" width="610" height="483"/><br/> NY Jungle<br/><br/><img title="untitled1" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/untitled1-610x477.jpg" alt="untitled1" width="610" height="477"/><br/> Untitled<br/><br/><img src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/coloured-cactus-610x493.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="493"/><br/> Coloured Cactus<br/><br/><img title="toiletpaper" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/toiletpaper-610x493.jpg" alt="toiletpaper" width="610" height="493"/><br/> Toilet Paper<br/><br/><img title="mother-nature" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mother-nature-610x492.jpg" alt="mother-nature" width="610" height="492"/><br/> Mother Nature<br/><br/><img title="mirrortree-jaap" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mirrortree-jaap-610x493.jpg" alt="mirrortree-jaap" width="610" height="493"/><br/> Mirror Tree<br/><br/><img title="paris-ganabeaubourg" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/paris-ganabeaubourg-610x457.jpg" alt="paris-ganabeaubourg" width="610" height="457"/><br/> Rode Deur and Chemicals - Paris Ganabeaubourg<br/><br/><img title="ufo-clouds" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ufo-clouds-610x493.jpg" alt="ufo-clouds" width="610" height="493"/><br/> UFO Clouds<br/><br/><img src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/identity-crisis.jpg" alt="identity-crisis" title="identity-crisis" width="480" height="600"/><br/> Identity Crisis<br/><br/><img title="garden-chairs" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/garden-chairs.jpg" alt="garden-chairs" width="482" height="600"/><br/> Garden Chairs<br/><br/><img title="05_cmykprint" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/05_cmykprint.jpg" alt="05_cmykprint" width="479" height="600"/><br/> CMYK - Fake Flowers in Full Coour<br/><br/><img title="isolation" src="http://zero1blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/isolation.jpg" alt="isolation" width="486" height="600"/><br/> Isolation<br/><br/> Jaap Scheeren lives and works in Amsterdam.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.jaapscheeren.nl/" target="_blank">jaapscheeren.nl</a></p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235867http://eggtea.com/post/236235867Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:01 -0500<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2009/11/06/adobe-photoshop-android/&service=bit.ly" target="_blank"><img width="51" height="61" src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2009/11/06/adobe-photoshop-android/" align="right"/></a><p><img src="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/android-photoshopmobile.jpg" alt="android-photoshopmobile" title="android-photoshopmobile" width="260" height="190"/>Last month, Adobe released a <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/10/09/photoshop-iphone/" target="_blank">Photoshop app for the iPhone</a> and we deemed it “awesome.” Being able to edit photos on your phone or from your <a href="http://www.photoshop.com" target="_blank">Photoshop.com</a> by flicking your finger is intuitive, convenient and very, very cool.</p> <p>Today, Adobe is bringing <a href="http://mobile.photoshop.com/android/" target="_blank">Photoshop.com Mobile</a> to the <a href="http://mashable.com/category/android" target="_blank">Android</a>. The app is available in the Android Market now and although it has only been tested on the G1 and the myTouch 3G, we imagine that it should work on other Android handsets too.<br/><span></span><br/> Using the…</p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235869http://eggtea.com/post/236235869Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:01 -0500<p><a href="http://newsweek.tumblr.com/post/235082100/this-is-why-you-were-bored-as-a-teenager" target="_blank">newsweek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>From<i><a href="http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/nurtureshock/archive/2009/11/05/why-teenagers-are-growing-up-so-slowly-today.aspx" target="_blank"> NurtureShock:</a></i></p> <blockquote>In his new book, Dr. Joe Allen has concluded that our urge to protect teenagers from real life – because we don’t think they’re ready yet – has tragically backfired. <b>By insulating them from adult-like work, adult social relationships, and adult consequences, we have only delayed their development. </b>We have made it harder for them to grow up. Maybe even made it impossible to grow up on time. <p>Basically, we long ago decided that teens ought to be in school,…</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://eggtea.com/post/236235871http://eggtea.com/post/236235871Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:01 -0500<p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/11/110609-wafflecookies.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/17/2009/11/500x_110609-wafflecookies.jpg" width="500"/></a> Baking cookies in your oven is fine and all, but if you want to turn out some tasty cookies in a very short time, consider turning to your trusty waffle iron. Turns out you’re only 90 seconds away from crispy, chewy, cookie-goodness.</p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/srgblog/1749725842/" target="_blank">Fine Living</a> & <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com" target="_blank">Martha Stewart</a></em></p> <p>Although your oven will still have its place for making large batches of cookies, using your waffle iron can bake up a cookie in just 90 seconds. It’s the perfect solution for previously prepared dough when you…</p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235875http://eggtea.com/post/236235875Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:01 -0500<p><blockquote>Shared by joe <br/> …</blockquote> <div style="text-align:center"><img alt="" src="http://i38.tinypic.com/641gnm.jpg"/></div> <br/>Rap superstar Jay-Z is disappointed he missed out on a collaboration with rockers MGMT after the New York band rejected his request to work with them.<br/>The Empire State of Mind hitmaker wanted to team up with the duo to record a track for his latest album “The Blueprint 3,” but admits he never got the chance to turn his dream into a reality.<br/>He tells Gotham magazine, “MGMT turned me down.” <br/><br/><a href="http://music.msn.com/jay-z/photo-gallery/in-focus/?gt1=28102" target="_blank">Source</a></p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235873http://eggtea.com/post/236235873Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:01 -0500<p>I’ve discussed in the past the question of whether or not there’s even a <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091014/0147596522.shtml" target="_blank">moral question</a> to consider when it comes to copyright, if you can first show a situation where everyone is better off (i.e., if the end result of content being shared, willingly, is better for both the content creators and consumers, why should morals even be a question?). Separately, I have made clear that I do not engage in any sort of unauthorized file sharing — noting that it is illegal and, I personally believe,…</p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235855http://eggtea.com/post/236235855Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0500<p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/11/Screen_shot_2009-11-06_at_11.28.11_AM.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/11/500x_Screen_shot_2009-11-06_at_11.28.11_AM.jpg" width="500"/></a>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin" target="_blank">Pangolin</a> is a spiny anteater covered in razor sharp scales, with razor sharp claws, that can shoot acid out of its anus. This backpack is inspired by the creature.</p> <p><br/> It is made from old truck tires. [<a href="http://www.wannekes.com/categorie/personal_accessories/product/urban_design_backpack_fair_trade_bags_men" target="_blank">wannekes</a>]</p> <br style="clear:both"/><br style="clear:both"/><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c0bc6419b88123faceb13027e18cf751&p=1" target="_blank"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c0bc6419b88123faceb13027e18cf751&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226"/><p><iframe src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~ah/f/2vrroe33vbbeargtb2gi9i1pqg/300/250?ca=1&fh=280#http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5398996%2Fpangolin-backpack" width="100%" height="280" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe></p> <div> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=dx1SX54aG_Q:eCEPNy2rK0w:H0mrP-F8Qgo" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=dx1SX54aG_Q:eCEPNy2rK0w:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=dx1SX54aG_Q:eCEPNy2rK0w:D7DqB2pKExk" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=dx1SX54aG_Q:eCEPNy2rK0w:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=dx1SX54aG_Q:eCEPNy2rK0w:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=dx1SX54aG_Q:eCEPNy2rK0w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/></a> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/dx1SX54aG_Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://eggtea.com/post/236235849http://eggtea.com/post/236235849Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0500<p><a href="http://twitter.com/CopyrightLaw/statuses/5178480990" target="_blank">Michael Scott</a> alerts us to a recent paper by professor and copyright expert Jessica Litman about <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1474929" target="_blank">“Real Copyright Reform.”</a> While there’s been some chatter here and there about doing real copyright reform, there seems to be no real effort behind it. That’s for a few reasons, including the fact that many people still remember what a pain the last attempt at real copyright reform was (it took decades) combined with the realization (especially on the part of copyright holders) that their ability…</p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235859http://eggtea.com/post/236235859Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0500My latest Locus column, “Teen Sex,” explains why I think young adult literature should have sex — and other “mature” topics — in it. <blockquote> There’s really only one question: “Why have your characters done something that is likely to upset their parents, and why don’t you punish them for doing this?” <p> Now, the answer. </p> <p> First, because teenagers have sex and drink beer, and most of the time the worst thing that results from this is a few days of social awkwardness and a hangover, respectively. When…</p> </blockquote>http://eggtea.com/post/236235860http://eggtea.com/post/236235860Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0500<p><img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2009/11/07/microsoft-transparent-computer-display_K1iVz_54.jpg" alt="microsoft transparent computer display"/><br/> Tired of moving your fingers over multitouch surfaces, then this transparent glass display from Microsoft Research, which lets the body to be used as a control mechanism, is sure to be your liking. On display in various colleges across the United States, this prototype display recognizes inputs through touch-free gestures and eye-tracking. The content on the display can be manipulated with the help of voice commands or some other notable hand gestures, and in case you’re concentrating too…</p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235862http://eggtea.com/post/236235862Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0500<p><a href="http://ostatic.com/blog/sixthsense-creator-releasing-code-for-super-cool-wearable-gesture-interface-device" target="_blank"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="16" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/sixth-sense-headgear-tiny2.jpg" alt=""/></a>If we’re being honest (and trust us, we’re being honest), Pranav Mistry’s <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/mits-sixth-sense-augmented-reality-demonstrated-on-video/" target="_blank">Sixth Sense</a> contraption has always <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/05/mit-concocts-wearable-sixth-sense-device-bruce-willis-is-like/" target="_blank">baffled us</a>. It’s kind of like Sony’s <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Rolly/" target="_blank">Rolly</a>. It looks cool, it sounds rad, but we’re fairly certain only 2.49 people actually know and fully comprehend how it works. That said, we’re more than jazzed about the possibility of having wearable gesture interfaces gracing every human we come into contact with, and rather than attempting to make his invention “comply with some…</p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235866http://eggtea.com/post/236235866Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0500<p>You may recall earlier this year that there was a fair bit of <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/05/white-house-photos" target="_blank">controversy</a> when the White House started putting photos up on Flickr. Or, rather, there was controversy over the licensing. Everyone thought it was great that the White House would have its own Flickr channel and constantly post photos — but since Flickr only had certain licensing options that you could put on a photo, there was a problem. Even though the White House chose a Creative Commons Attribution license at the time, that…</p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235833http://eggtea.com/post/236235833Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:16:59 -0500<p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VrAHSlZ2ku8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br/><br/> The trailer above is for <a href="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/getinvolved.html" target="_blank">Between The Folds</a>, a new feature documentary film presented by PBS’s Independent Lens. You can view the whole film on PBS on December 8 or at one of Independent Television Service’s free <a href="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/getinvolved/" target="_blank">Community Cinema</a> screenings upcoming around the country. From <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/the_intersection_of_arts_and_scienc.html" target="_blank">MAKE</a>: </p> <blockquote>The film documents “a determined group of theoretical scientists and fine artists who have abandoned their careers and scoffed at their graduate degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders.”<br/> </blockquote>http://eggtea.com/post/236235831http://eggtea.com/post/236235831Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:16:59 -0500<img border="0" alt="We should let robots take over the world, expert says" src="http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/11/4-robots-that-will-takeover-Terminator-thumb-550x474-28076.jpg"/><p>Dr. J. Storrs Hall is an expert on molecular nanotechnology and the head of the Foresight Nanotech Institute (which raises awareness about the very same). That means he spends a lot of time thinking about robots. Or, to be specific, the kind of robots that will <a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/09/tokyo-utility-c.php" target="_blank">take over the world</a>.</p> <p>In a piece titled “More on the AI takeover,” Dr. Hall outlines four classes of ‘bots he could see rising up: </p> <blockquote><i> • Robo insectis: rote, mechanical gadgets (or thinkers) with hand-coded skills, such as Roomba…</i></blockquote>http://eggtea.com/post/236235837http://eggtea.com/post/236235837Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:16:59 -0500<p><a href="http://www.jruiter.com/jruiter/conceptsLatest.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/prototype-bike-20091106-161846.jpg" alt="Prototype Bike"/></a></p> <p>Forget about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle" target="_blank">fixies</a>, Grand Rapids, MI design company <a href="http://www.jruiter.com/" target="_blank">Jruiter</a> has created a really cool <a href="http://www.jruiter.com/jruiter/conceptsLatest.php" target="_blank">prototype for a minimalistic inner city bike</a>. The design is so simplified to the point that it doesn’t even have a chain, instead the pedals directly drive the back wheel. Of course the next logical step would be to remove the brakes.</p> <blockquote> <p> Our project, simplicity in inner city bicycling, was at first glance a fun aesthetic opportunity in new trends, color, and materials. Our target lived / worked…</p> </blockquote>http://eggtea.com/post/236235842http://eggtea.com/post/236235842Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:16:59 -0500<p><a href="http://www.life.com/image/92774997/in-gallery/35982/superbad-antiwhaling-stealth-boat" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/images/seashepepep.jpg" height="178" width="617" border="1" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Seashepepep"/></a> <br/> That is not Batman’s boat but rather Earthrace, the <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/" target="_blank">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</a>’s ultraslick bio-diesel-powered anti-whaling speedboat. It’s 80-feet long and very stealthy. Next month, it will head out to the seas around Japan to, er, <em>protest</em> the country’s whaling industry. Life magazine has photos of Earthrace currently docked in Auckland, New Zealand. <em>(Click image to see full photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images.)</em> “<a href="http://www.life.com/image/92774997/in-gallery/35982/superbad-antiwhaling-stealth-boat" target="_blank">Superbad Anti-Whaling Stealth Boat</a>”<br style="clear:both"/><br style="clear:both"/><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=26b5e113c234e2190450b25e3e700e19&p=1" target="_blank"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=26b5e113c234e2190450b25e3e700e19&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~4/mPrHxcl1WXY" height="1"/></p>http://eggtea.com/post/236235846http://eggtea.com/post/236235846Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:16:59 -0500<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zt-uHqBJfqFRCli80R32jIHKkxk/0/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zt-uHqBJfqFRCli80R32jIHKkxk/0/di" border="0" ismap/></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zt-uHqBJfqFRCli80R32jIHKkxk/1/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zt-uHqBJfqFRCli80R32jIHKkxk/1/di" border="0" ismap/></a></p> <a href="http://www.life.com/image/92774997/in-gallery/35982/superbad-antiwhaling-stealth-boat" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/images/seashepepep.jpg" height="178" width="617" border="1" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Seashepepep"/></a> <br/> That is not Batman’s boat but rather Earthrace, the <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/" target="_blank">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</a>’s ultraslick bio-diesel-powered anti-whaling speedboat. It’s 80-feet long and very stealthy. Next month, it will head out to the seas around Japan to, er, <em>protest</em> the country’s whaling industry. Life magazine has photos of Earthrace currently docked in Auckland, New Zealand. <em>(Click image to see full photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images.)</em> “<a href="http://www.life.com/image/92774997/in-gallery/35982/superbad-antiwhaling-stealth-boat" target="_blank">Superbad Anti-Whaling Stealth Boat</a>”<br style="clear:both"/><br style="clear:both"/><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=26b5e113c234e2190450b25e3e700e19&p=1" target="_blank"></a>http://eggtea.com/post/236166422http://eggtea.com/post/236166422Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:45:36 -0500<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0RLotKuyJQbVQhf_1sA-SyFS4fU/0/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0RLotKuyJQbVQhf_1sA-SyFS4fU/0/di" border="0" ismap/></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0RLotKuyJQbVQhf_1sA-SyFS4fU/1/da" target="_blank"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0RLotKuyJQbVQhf_1sA-SyFS4fU/1/di" border="0" ismap/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.jruiter.com/jruiter/conceptsLatest.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/prototype-bike-20091106-161846.jpg" alt="Prototype Bike"/></a></p> <p>Forget about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle" target="_blank">fixies</a>, Grand Rapids, MI design company <a href="http://www.jruiter.com/" target="_blank">Jruiter</a> has created a really cool <a href="http://www.jruiter.com/jruiter/conceptsLatest.php" target="_blank">prototype for a minimalistic inner city bike</a>. The design is so simplified to the point that it doesn’t even have a chain, instead the pedals directly drive the back wheel. Of course the next logical step would be to remove the brakes.</p> <blockquote> <p> Our project, simplicity in inner city bicycling, was at first glance a fun aesthetic opportunity in new trends, color, and materials. Our target…</p> </blockquote>http://eggtea.com/post/236166420http://eggtea.com/post/236166420Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:45:35 -0500