ichiban : : 10 reasons why the sun still rises in the east
[1] industrial design : : In Japanese design, every little part, every little line, evry button is well thought-out. It's as if each element is saying, 'I'm part of this machine and I have a job too, no matter how small.' Next year's model may not seem new, but it's improved. And it's not just consumer electronics... As a culture the're not necesarilly choosing to inovate: They choose to perfect." - Gray Holland is part of the brain trust at frog design
posted by [d] at Friday, August 24, 2001

Inner Space Meet Outer Space ::
Interesting interface?
I thought they were weird even before I saw the pics.
:: Nice to Meet You
Hotelli Kultakala (Habbo Hotel Originale) has a new public space: a swimming pool.
Just click on SISÄÄN or try here.
(creating a character is in Finnish, but just as easy as in Habbo - friends can ask me to create a guy for them)
A differnet kind of a weblog. Textism is Neat.
posted by [jm.] at Friday, August 24, 2001

sustainable design resources
hmm, i heard that the O2 organization have a liaison in Finland.
some interesting news on re-designing and a
Danish site on manufacturing..

posted by [j] at Friday, August 24, 2001

Film festival ::
Me this week: watching films in Espoo.
Today: Stanley Kubrick -documentary.
Possibly interesting: kubrick.org

Björk :: Sauna
Just called a friend. He met a friend in Espoo who had received an advance copy of Björk's new album Vespertine. They went to the friend's place and listened to Björk in the sauna. "Excellent", he says.
posted by [jm.] at Thursday, August 23, 2001

Plenty 2 ::
...snyggt
...perfect
posted by [jm.] at Thursday, August 23, 2001

there are plenty of things too see here at linkdup

from [L]

posted by [j] at Thursday, August 23, 2001

[info]
...'Big bang' astronomer dies
...Watch the Kursk lifting operation
...'Pac-man' micro-teeth to bite blood cells

[tech]
...Philips unleashes Europe's first DVD recorder
...Sony Ships Five-Megapixel Camera
...Fujitsu Smashes Hard Disk Density Record
posted by [v] at Wednesday, August 22, 2001

idgrid will be back online in about 24 hours
we figured out the idgrid problem. we are changing our hosting service. also renewed the name for another two years.
posted by [d] at Tuesday, August 21, 2001

Williams + D'Ambrosio Architects
I visited their studio around 4 years ago and enjoyed a few
days looking around at their projects...
" when designing for clients, we think about the way things were; history,
the way things are; context and the way things could be; vision."
posted by [j] at Tuesday, August 21, 2001

[egronmics]
...A
...B
...C
posted by [v] at Monday, August 20, 2001

[tech]
...Sony Unveils New 'Networked' Handycams
...HP unveils first DVD+RW drive

[info]
...Only in Canada: "With this doughnut, I thee wed"
posted by [v] at Monday, August 20, 2001

wapblogger : : WAP interface to the popular weblog tool
about past year i was telling [m] how nice it would be to be able to update the site from a mobile. than posting content on idgrid would get even more interesting. now wapblogger has written code that would allow us to do that. yupyyy.
posted by [d] at Monday, August 20, 2001

idgrid : : has encountered some technical problems
do not be allarmed, idgrid will be back and running asap. if you post through blogger all your posts (publised) will show once the normal activity is resumed on the site. please contact [d] or [m] if you have any questions.
posted by [d] at Monday, August 20, 2001

earth-like planets might circle big dipper star : : reuters
so maybe we're not alone after all... ')
posted by [d] at Monday, August 20, 2001

Here's an interesting computer built by SaintSong. It is a notebook, but without the LCD, keyboard or mouse, all packaged in a really nicely designed, tiny case (think CD-player sized). The point? Well, I'm sure [d] and [m.] will understand after they (along with myself) had to lug around our 16 ton computers to a LAN party.
posted by [c] at Sunday, August 19, 2001