Looks practical for both wild and urban environments.
via Inhabitat
Archives: 2012
FASTER ARCHITECT:
Faster Architect
Over the years I’ve given out architecture pro-tips to colleagues and friends who’ve noticed there are faster ways of getting things done at work. I’ve decided to collect these tips here, hoping it will make the world a better place. Sort by category, “Faster Architect” (derived from Faster Pussycat…)
And please, send me your tips anytime.
FASTER ARCHITECT:
IrfanView Image Viewer/Editor
Tired of waiting for Photoshop to load just to resize an image? Worried about giving up precious memory to a non-CAD application? Enjoy lightweight, high-performance mini-applications? You should use IrfanView.
Free download, extremely small footprint (opens instantly on even the slowest machines), lots of useful features. Resize, rotate, crop, save as another format, batch processing, slide shows… And everything has a shortcut key. It’s so fast you use just S for Save-As, not Ctrl-Shift-S.
One of my favorite tools. Go get it.
Wind map
The 80s are clearly a high water mark in our cultural evolution
Nice implementation. How much of today is based on understanding and reinterpreting the 1980s? Will we ever be so self-assuredly innovative (albeit wrong at times) again?
Robotic 808 drum-machine – Boing Boing.
Gradients and the human eye
Worth reading if you ever work with color gradients.
The Magical Tech Behind Paper For iPad’s Color-Mixing Perfection | Fast Company.
Flashy
Old-timey seat meets old-timey hat
Student project that converts rocking motion into knitting. Extra points for putting the beanie right over the sitter’s head.
MAKE | A Rocking Chair That Knits You a Beanie.