Catching Up

this H1N1 kid will forever brighten my day

Just like my series of failed attempts at journaling my youth, my previous attempts at blogging have led into a random smattering of posts full of intentions to spread the thoughts I came back to my lonely blog to share out over the course of a few days. In planning for this inevitable mistake I offer the interwebs a cannonball-esque splash of interactive thingies, wild stories, random thoughts and neat videos that I hope I will return to expound upon, knowing all to well that I probably won't.

Electronic music lab for dummies. Its near impossible for any tunes created with this upgraded version of this old favorite to sound bad. Using the tone matrix to see what small pixled images sound like is a happy two-person activity. I would say its magic, but that would be a lie, its aural science.

Kim Jung-il's fashion sense is a little wack, but fooling an old farmer into selling his prize rabbits to be cooked at said Premier's b-day partay by telling him they would be bred to feed starving North Koreans is just plain tasteless.

Interactive art makes me wish I could man up and learn Max again, furreal this time. When I do, I'll get in touch with David Tinapple, wherever he is.

Boxes are good.

I like keeping my eye on what mega-corporations are doing for society, because let's be real- we can't change the world without them. Sustainable packaging and Wal Mart (not good enough)

Eleven questions to ask before you design, specify or buy anything:

1. Do we need it? Can we live without it?
   
2. Is the project designed to minimize waste?
3. Can it be smaller, lighter or made from fewer materials?
4. Is it designed to be durable or multi-functional?
5. Does it use renewable resources?
6. Is reuse practical and encouraged?
7. Are the product and packaging refillable, recyclable or repairable?
8. Is it made with post-consumer recycled or reclaimed materials and how much?
9. Are the materials available in a less toxic form? Can it be made with less toxic materials?
10. Is it available from a socially and environmentally responsible company?
11. Is it made locally?

The wild success of Improv Everywhere missions, flash raves, and Mexico City's obsession with being in the Guiness Book of World Records shows an interesting need to be a part of something fun. Now if we can only figure out how to utilize that need to incite positive change.....