2005/6/23
In Tokyo, where space is at a premium, they now have underground farms under the city:
Perhaps, if/when the oil crash causes the collapse of transport-based economies, such farms beneath farmland-deprived cities may help keep them somewhat viable.
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Rebetika - I guess that's why they call it the Greek blues - Times Online
SBaGen -- Binaural Beat Brain Wave Experimenter's Lab
Piece on Akin Fernandez, compiler of the Conet Project CDs
toneshared.com - free ringtones by electronica artists
Flash site on Australian Art Deco exhibition at the NGV
Six Trains, Two Boats - blog of a journey from Cardiff to Taiwan, overland
Is American Apparel's Dov Charney a sleazebag, or is it just clever anti-marketing?
Five luxury sleeper train journeys (The Independent)
Evenhanded piece about Buckminster Fuller, in the New Yorker
just came back from a dusk walk up and down the Thames. (7/7)
Tidied up my desk a bit, shifting some of the clutter. As of today, my Wii is doubling as a USB charger for my WiFi Skype phone. (7/7)
Just read Adrian Tomine's "Shortcomings". Now there's a book that's begging to be turned into an indie film. (7/7)
At Southbank at dusk. Note to self: come back another evening with a DSLR. (7/7)
is at Southbank, seeing Josie Long's Splendid Evening. (7/7)
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2007/7/5
In East Sussex, pagans are pissed off at an ITV makeover programme , for desecrating an archaeological site, the Long Man of Wilmington, with pigtails and breasts: Arthur Pendragon, a Druid battle chieftain, said: "We are2006/7/7
Police in Berlin have arrested two men on suspicion of placing cement-filled soccer balls around the city , along with spray-painted messages reading "Can you kick it?" The two are accused of causing serious physical injury,2003/7/7
Ever wonder about those "THIS IS A HEAVY PRODUCT" stickers that were up everywhere? An outfit calling themselves Knee Length Press (who are apparently not connected with the Cave Clan, but have the same PO box nonetheless)