S-Cities: Overcaffeinated Edition

Peter Gabriel and the Polar Music Prize

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:22:15 +0200

Peter Gabriel and the Polar Music Prize:

Peter Gabriel is one of this year’s winners of the Polar Music Prize, which was presented today at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. In honor of the occasion, here’s a video of Peter Gabriel…

I’d totally ride this, but I’d have to get boxier...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:11:21 +0200

I’d totally ride this, but I’d have to get boxier clothing to match.

BauBike is Tribute To Bauhaus

“Modes of Transport”, an album by Ann Vriend. How...

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:16:17 +0200

“Modes of Transport”, an album by Ann Vriend.

How did I miss this? All transport researchers should have this in their collection. I suppose.

How far is the farthest humans can see?

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:58:02 +0200

How far is the farthest humans can see?

"I had a blog for a while, but..."

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:55:00 +0200

"I had a blog for a while, but..."

How the internet sees me. See http://personas.media.mit.edu/ to...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:02:14 +0200

How the internet sees me.

See http://personas.media.mit.edu/ to try your own.

rommy: Bagger 288! (via rathergoodstuff) This is seriously...

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:36:14 +0200

rommy:

Bagger 288! (via rathergoodstuff)

This is seriously the coolest YouTube video and song ever made in the history of mankind.

Not to mention the largest land-vehicle ever built. I both love and hate the Bagger 288.

Stockholm-based dance troupe Bounce (known now for their...

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:34:49 +0200

Stockholm-based dance troupe Bounce (known now for their “Beat-It” tributes) tries the flash-mob thing again, this time at the Gröna Lund amusement park, with nice results. But the corporate sponsorship bugs the hell out of me. I miss the anonymous, slightly subversive flash mobs of the old days.

"Mannahatta": what Manhattan was like in 1609

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:19:34 +0200

"Mannahatta": what Manhattan was like in 1609:

Fun, interactive map simulation of what Manhattan was like before the city existed.

For comparison, in 1609, Stockholm had a population of just under 10,000, and basically occupied only the small island now known as Gamla Stan (Old Town). Gamla Stan is about 5 square km, while Manhattan is about 60 square km.

I’m headed to these parts. Catch up with you after the...

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:33:25 +0200

I’m headed to these parts. Catch up with you after the 29th of July.

Amazon sneaking into people's homes...

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:38:36 +0200

Amazon sneaking into people's homes...:

Wow. This just shows what’s so horribly wrong about the Kindle business model.

This animation does a good job of explaining why the Appalachian...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:34:42 +0200

This animation does a good job of explaining why the Appalachian Mountains, and the Scandinavian Mountains, are so much softer than, say, the American Cordillera (which includes the Andes, the Sierras, and even that mountainous peninsula on Antarctica).

The “Taconic Orogeny”, which happens basically at 0:04 seconds (400 million years ago), forms the mountains that later become the Appalachian and Scandinavian Mountains, as well as the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, whereas the Cordilleran range only forms at about 0:20 second into the animation (closer to 225 million years ago). Interestingly, the Alps only form at a time almost indistinguishable from the present. Those are some seriously young mountains.

Starbucks “observes”, then replicates, the Seattle...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:38:05 +0200

Starbucks “observes”, then replicates, the Seattle indie coffee shop

I can just imagine these Starbucks marketing staff walking into Solstice or Victrola with clipboards and (in my imagination) wearing white lab coats, taking phenomenological notes about the {experience} therein.

Maktub: Five

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:32:00 +0200

Maktub: Five:

“New wave soul” band Maktub is making its new album available for you-name-the-price, Radiohead-style. This is well worth the effort to download.

Route for This Year’s Hike

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:51:32 +0200

Route for This Year’s Hike:

This year’s backpacking objective. The blue line is the route, the yellow line is the Norway-Sweden border.

The route starts and ends on the Norwegian side at Sulitjelma, then takes…

Your U.S. Senator from Illinois…er, I mean Minnesota…

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:56:46 +0200

Your U.S. Senator from Illinois…er, I mean Minnesota…:

Woo hoo! Liberal policy-wonk with a sense of humor and a funny face Al Franken will be sworn in today! Finally he’s in the real Senate — not just on TV.

Posted in politics …

Stockholms Akademiska Orkestern, featuring Christopher Sander...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:59:28 +0200

Stockholms Akademiska Orkestern, featuring Christopher Sander (or is it the other way around?)