Author: Marcus Trimble
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Hive Mind Cartography
Google is employing the hive mind in mapping parts of the planet where existing data is difficult to obtain. Their mapmaker service allows people to chart out their environment using collaborative tools. Below we see Islamabad, Pakistan taking shape: [youtube]1vdX1j5KwVc&fmt=18&ap=%2526fmt%3D18[/youtube] The emphasis of the service on regions where existing map data is thin is represented…
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EM Farrelly on the MCA Extension
EM Farrelly on the MCA Extension. In a nutshell — she is not impressed. And referring to the original 1997 plan for the extension: “Shouldn’t Sejima simply be invited back to finish the job?”
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Zaha’s €46,000 Christmas Tree
Zaha Hadid’s Christmas tree was the top seller at €46,000 when 44 designer Christmas trees were auctioned at the Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs charity auction in Paris. ‘No live Christmas tree was used in any of the designs, making all of the ‘trees’ sustainable luxuries.’ IHT.
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Served on Facebook
The Supreme Court of Australia has ruled that lawyers will have the right to serve legally binding court documents by posting them on defendants’ Facebook sites.
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Green Void
A thousand photos of the Green Void project by LAVA.
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Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today
Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today. I can’t seem to link to individual posts, but if I could, it would be to their Gundam biomods. via LWB.