This upcoming documentary, featuring the first year of life for four babies from around the world, looks like it’s going to be a great one. Just the trailer, above, had me in tears of sentimentality. It’s amazing to see not only how different the external realities are for newborns in different cultures, but also how…
Coining a term: Signal Surfing
Signal surfing: the act of making your way across NYC (or any city w/grid system), plotting your course based upon the traffic signals that happen to go your way. For example, you gradually make your way in a North Eastwardly direction, but the exact turns and street-crossings are determined solely by which lights turn green…
I Want: Titanium Jewelry for Women
For those of us with nickel allergies — and there are a lot of us — the jewelry options are pretty limited. I mean, I don’t mind platinum, but it just isn’t an everyday item. Still, I shouldn’t be made to suffer because of my faux-punk teenage indiscretion. (I’m convinced wearing safety pins as earrings…
NYC “in Miniature”.. sort of
The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo. This video, at first, appears to be using a miniature set, but, then, you see that it’s real. Very cool. (via @KBAndersen)