Slow is Beautiful

The Slow Media Manifesto is a worthwhile read for any business owner.

...an emphasis on quality over quantity

Docs

Weary of watching Gaga and smoking babies? 100 Best Free Science Documentaries Online.

Magazines

The recent Rolling Stone / Obama flap reminded me that I used to subscribe to Rolling Stone during the late 70's and early 80's. That got me thinking about other publications I used to devour. Although I have little interest in print mags now (I read tons online), here's a chronological list of the ones that I read on a regular basis back in the day:

Mad
Creepy
Heavy Metal
National Lampoon
Circus
Hit Parader
Creem
Skateboarder
Rolling Stone
Omni
Trouser Press
Spin
Option
Sound Choice
Wired

Disclosure: fully aware this is of no interest to anyone but me.

Quake

My first earthquake! Today at 1:45 - I definitely felt it. My chair shook in small waves. Back to work, show's over.

Electric Cars

NPR program, On Point's first hour yesterday was focused on the state of the electric car, specifically, what's happening in California. Quite interesting and inspiring. Listen to the archived show here.

Office Spaces

Large Lifehacker workspace photo collection at Flickr.

Inspiring. Most of these absolutely crush mine.

Lighting the Sails

Laurie Anderson and hubby Lou are this year's curators for Vivid Sydney, a festival of light, music, and ideas. The iconic Sydney Opera House is currently adorned with projected imagery produced by Anderson.

Backyard Movies

Everything you need to know about creating a backyard theater can be found, naturally, at backyardtheater.com.

As someone who loves movies but generally doesn't care for the traditional theater experience, the backyard theater concept is intriguing to me. I'm imagining myself watching "Goodfellas" in my backyard, with a beer or two, on a warm July night - that sounds pretty damn nice.

Three Times a Lady

How long since the Big Bang - 13 billion years? It's taken that long before any human had a reason to write the phrase "Lady Gaga arrives with a rhinestone encrusted crustacean on her face", but it was finally necessary.

Upper Manhattan

The Ty Warner Penthouse Suite at the NYC Four Seasons goes for $35,000 a night. Check out the photo gallery - the view is incredible.

Homeland

Laurie Anderson's looooong awaited new album "Homeland" is streaming via NPR until June 22nd. Finally, I get to hear it.

APM

All the cool kids are doing Architectural Projection Mapping. Seriously, this one is pretty impressive.

The Sundays - Wild Horses

Harriet Wheeler - gone, but not forgotten. That voice, it haunts.

Packing Tape Cocoon

Viennese/Croatian design collective For Use/Numen uses nothing but packing tape to create huge, self-supporting cocoons that visitors could climb inside and explore.

Details and photos.