Author: Marcus Trimble
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Super Colossal is Hiring
[Position Filled. Thanks to everyone that sent their portfolios in!] Okay. So we need some staff. If you are looking for work and you fit the outline below, then please send your CV and portfolio to info@supercolossal.ch Some notes for those interested in sending in their CVs: We are looking for someone to start in…
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Archinect’s new CAD hatching t-shirts
Archinect’s new CAD hatching t-shirts are pretty rad. Concrete would be my pick.
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WiFi Advertising
Using WiFi access point names as an advertising medium, a Dutch coffee chain routinely changes it’s network names to things like “HaveYouTriedTheCarrottCake” and “BuyAnotherCupYouCheapskate”.
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The Infrastructural City
The Infrastructural City: Networked Ecologies in Los Angeles. A new book from Actar. “Once the greatest American example of a modern city served by infrastructure, Los Angeles is now in perpetual crisis. Infrastructure has ceased to support its urban plans, subordinating architecture to its own purposes.”
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Knowledge Window
This just in: “So there’s a big hub-bub about what to call the CCTV tower. People are leaning towards Zhichuang which translates to “Knowledge Window” but it’s a homophone for haemorrhoids” – Aaron via Matt. Those that feel like translating, please do so in the comments.
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The Economist’s Best books of 2008
The best books of 2008 according to the The Economist.