JoEllen

"Solid Poetry is a new kind of concrete that reveals a pattern once it gets wet. Dry, it looks like regular concrete (just like a regular hypercolor tee) but wet, a flower pattern emerges and then disappears again as it dries. The concept was a graduate school project from Frederik Molenschot and Susanne Happle in the Netherlands (where it rains all the time)." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

Blog that follows Bryan at Paper Foldables he shows his sketches, illustrations and the processes for his print-and-fold papercraft toys. - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

the first one on the page for Krang is awesome! - Robert de Castro

Dell computers has introduced a new site for women who apparently found traditional laptop shopping to be a hypermasculine, intimidating experience chillingly devoid of new music and throw pillows. Called Della -- like Della Reese! -- the site at first appears more like a lifestyle magazine than a computer store, with "featured artists" and soothing portraits of women sipping their morning coffee and getting their chakras aligned near scenic mountains. I mean, I think I want an Inspiron, but will it match my chai latte and my upscale yoga retreat? It's great to see Dell reaching out to female customers, but the language of the site is painfully dopey. Take, for instance, the site's "Tech Tips": "Once you get beyond how cute they are, you'll find that netbooks can do a lot more than check your email." Huh. OK. Like what? "Eat better: Find recipes online, store and organize them, and watch cooking videos." Also: "Your mini can be your meditation buddy." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

"Founded by Paul Budnitz in 2002, Kidrobot has virtually created a category of themed collectible toys for adults. Kidrobot has become the world's foremost creator of limited edition art toys and clothing at the intersection of street culture, pop art, and post-modern life." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

I would admit immediately that I'll try my best, but I have no history with the project so any of my fumblings or misunderstandings are explained. And then I'd try to knock it out of the park!!! - JoEllen

I've been in this situation a lot and I always go with the truth. I tell them I'm not making excuses, just stating the facts, and that I will work hard to get up to speed and solve their problems. It's been my experience people are much more understanding and will try to be helpful, it's in their best interest after all. And, once in a while, depending on their needs and timelines, they've opted to just wait for whomever is in charge. I don't like that though, makes me feel as if I've disappointed them. :) - ♥patricia♥

It's the first time I've heard it. What bugs you about it? - Ginger Makela Riker

I thought choosing products based on what you can do with the packaging/etc. later, was called precycling. - April Russo (app103)

Missouri Pettway, 1902-1981. Blocks and strips work-clothes quilt, 1942, cotton, corduroy, cotton sacking material, 90 x 69 inches. Missouri's daughter Arlonzia describes the quilt: "It was when Daddy died. I was about seventeen, eighteen. He stayed sick about eight months and passed on. Mama say, 'I going to take his work clothes, shape them into a quilt to remember him, and cover up under it for love.' She take his old pants legs and shirttails, take all the clothes he had, just enough to make that quilt, ahd I helped her tore them up. Bottom of the pants is narrow, top is wide, and she had me to cutting the top part out and to shape them up in even strips." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

That sentiment is so beautiful, it nearly breaks my heart. - JoEllen

Christie's "Ten Little Indians" meets "Fantasy Island" in "Harper's Island" for CBS by the creators of lonelygirl15. Guests at a wedding are picked off one by one in a weekly murder mystery. - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

"they are killers" = Yosemite, CA "At the skunk place" = Chicago, IL "Let's have intercourse" = Loleta, CA "Pregnant Women" = Yakima, WA - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

Shadow Hare and the Muffin Top Crimefighting Allegiance - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

sounds like fun! - Lindsey is Fierce!

The guitar bag is pretty cool, but real rockers would beat you up. - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

I haven't heard if this means the print edition is ending. NYLON is the perfect magazine for this kind of distribution, in my opinion. I hope it works for them. Where will all the fashionistas will get their mail art/wall art from now? - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

I am not interested in boxing and never have been, I am not interested in Mike Tyson and think he's kind of a jerk, but Terry Gross's interview with "tyson" filmmaker last night made me interested in both. That is why I love NPR. - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

I heard over 100 people had died. - Shevonne

The disparity in health care access probably has a lot to do with why they haven't been able to confirm the causes of death in all these cases. It only takes a few hours to confirm it if you have access to the techniques. - Victor Ganata

"A pair of giant robotic spiders designed and built by French performance art group La Machine have come to Yokohama to take part in the upcoming Expo Y150, a 5-month festival commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the city’s port. " - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

Who doesn't love giant mechanical spiders? - Kevin D. White

Kevin: that would be ME. NO like spiders of any kind. especially giant robotic types. RUNNING AWAY NOW!!!! - Morgan Haley

The haunting work of Daniel Danger. - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

"Rosemary Travale started with a blank clipboard and painted the basic figure with chalkboard paint. She then painted over the top of it with gouache to make the hair and tshirt permanent additions to the board. Once dry, the face can be customized in any way she see's fit." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

"Dutch conceptual artist Helmut Smits (blogged before on Neatorama here) came up with this idea: a "Dead Pixel" in Google Earth that is actually 82 cm x 82 cm (~ 2¾ sq. ft.) square of scorched earth - the size of a pixel from the altitude of 1 km!" - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

"the size of a pixel from the altitude of 1km"? - ⓞnor

Depending on what you think a pixel is and what the field of view / focal length from up there is. - Andrew C

"A researcher argues that peers are much more important than parents, that psychologists underestimate the power of genetics, and that we have a lot to learn from Asian classrooms" - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

“The kit that helps young designers, 6 and up, create fashions. Hundreds, thousands, even millions of fashionable combinations can be created.” - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

I remember these! I loved Fashion Plates. You find the coolest stuff, girl. - Ginger Makela Riker

"Contrary to what was known, all octopuses are venomous, a new study finds. Researchers knew that the blue-ringed octopus packed venom. Now they say all octopuses and cuttlefish, and some squid are venomous. In fact they all share a common, ancient venomous ancestor, the study indicates, and the work suggests new avenues for drug discovery. " - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

What about OctoMommys ? - johnpiercy

"We sell brand name liquid soap packaged in old plastic soda bottles, plastic water bottles and glass beer bottles to help clean up our environments. Each bottle is cleaned, sanitized and processed for reuse as packaging for your favorite brand of liquid soap. Big companies aren’t going to do this on their own. So we’ll do it for them. We buy name brand liquid soap by the barrel and package it in old bottles here in America." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

89 square feet + sleeping loft. - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

"This novel’s inventive format strives to overcome its wan plot and familiar characters. Titled Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, it’s a narrative assembled as an auction catalog. Author Leanne Shapton presents a parade of objects from the couple’s life together, improbably put up for sale following the collapse of their four-year relationship. The book features blunt black-and-white photographs of personal artifacts—from a heart-shaped silver toast rack to a taxidermied squirrel—numbered and captioned with the cool eye of an undertaker or an intern at Christie’s." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

hmm....new albums from mt. st. helen's vietnam band, diamonds, the raveonettes, god is an astronaut & bell orchestre have been on my list lately. all pretty indie-ish. check for that new beirut too. just leaked - Cee Bee

the pains of being pure at heart is a very good album - Cee Bee

Cool new teapot design. Graphics appear when the water is hot enough inside. "is made from enamel-coated stainless steel and a high-temperature silicone- which allows you to place the teapot directly on the stove, but still pick it up to pour when it’s ready. so when you attach the magnetic trivet to the bottom you can carry it with you to the table- no need to pour into a separate teapot." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet

But the point of the teapot is to allow steeping with loose leaves, not what ever they're trying to say it's for. - Matthew DeVries

"The Blascka glass flower collection at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, over 3,000 models were created by glass artisans Leopold Blaschka and his son, Rudolph began in 1886, continuing for five decades. The collection represents more than 830 plant species." - JoEllen from Bookmarklet