A transmission from the deep south.
Cory Doctorow’s new TSA logo. Get the t-shirt.
Stripping the concept of a hotel down to its simplest form 9h (nine hours) offers a futuristic capsule to sleep in, showers, and space to rest. The hotel and concept was created by Design Studio S in Tokyo, Japan.
You guys will all quit filling up my Dashboard while I’m away, right? And any further suggestions for things to do would be welcome (please reply here, as the answers facility on that post appears to have stopped working). Unrelated coincidence: it’s exactly two years since I made my first posts on Tumblr.
Our next generation must think boldly in terms of a goal for the space program: Mars for America’s future. I am not suggesting a few visits to plant flags and do photo ops but a journey to make the first homestead in space: an American colony on a new world.
— On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, achieved on less processing power than a cellphone, Buzz Aldrin thinks further afield in The Washington Post. (via Jason Kottke)
The contraction of space on a shrinking planet suggests a time, not far off, when there will be no remoteness: nowhere to become lost, nothing to be discovered, no escape, no palpable concept of distance, no peculiarity of dress — frightening thoughts for a traveler.
— Paul Theroux. (via José Barbosa)
My wife and I will be in New York this November for a little over a week. It’s not a long stay, and we already have a few things planned, but I’d love some recommendations for stuff to do that’s not on the regular tourist list, especially from locals. What’s your favourite way to spend time in NYC?
Written and designed by Matthew Buchanan. Colophon. Please give credit. Email
