Month: April 2011

  • bookmobility: According to Inside Higher Ed, the University of Denver’s Penrose Library (its stacks are pictured above) is poised to make a mistake, much like the one at the Newport Beach Public Library which I wrote about a few weeks ago. From the story: But plans at the University of Denver to permanently move four-fifths…

  • bookmobility: According to Inside Higher Ed, the University of Denver’s Penrose Library (its stacks are pictured above) is poised to make a mistake, much like the one at the Newport Beach Public Library which I wrote about a few weeks ago. From the story: But plans at the University of Denver to permanently move four-fifths…

  • (via 20 Most Useless Degrees – Galleries – The Daily Beast) Click through for slide show. Art has no less than three slots in this list. Some of the others may surprise.

  • (via 20 Most Useless Degrees – Galleries – The Daily Beast) Click through for slide show. Art has no less than three slots in this list. Some of the others may surprise.

  • The mathematical foundations of electronics predict the existence of four fundamental electronic devices. The resistor, capacitor and inductor are well known. The fourth device, the memristor, was only discovered in 2008 and even now remains an exotic piece of kit. Memristors are electrical elements whose resistance depends on the current that has passed through it…

  • imgfave: ★ discovered on imgfave.com (social image bookmarking)

  • Building Adaptive Capacity: Towards a Design for Sustainability 3.0, by Michael Sammet As social, economic and ecological conditions continue to worsen and with the increasing sophistication and connectivity of information technology and social media, design for sustainability is now moving towards a new qualitatively different area of exploration: designing to build adaptive capacity.

  • Building Adaptive Capacity: Towards a Design for Sustainability 3.0, by Michael Sammet As social, economic and ecological conditions continue to worsen and with the increasing sophistication and connectivity of information technology and social media, design for sustainability is now moving towards a new qualitatively different area of exploration: designing to build adaptive capacity.

  • albotas: Cubeecraft Show Opens May 6th @ Brave New Worlds in Philly. Don’t even act like you don’t know WTF Cubeecraft is. They’re those cute, blocky, little papercraft models featuring all sorts of characters from comics, games, movies, and TV shows that you can print out and assemble yourself. They’re basically free designer toys for…