Banana Blog

Links

• The Singapore Grand Prix

  Beautiful photo set of the Singapore Grand Prix on Boston.com. It was the first ever night time grand prix event.

• two slam poets you may not know

  Courtesy of everyone's favorite house mouse: two slam poets you may not know. Watch both videos. They're outstanding.

• DCR Historic Curatorship Program

  You can live rent and tax-free in a historic home owned by the state provided you promise to renovate it. Interesting...

• Example Issu

  Issu is a very neat flash interface for newspaper/magazine style content. Check out the example magazine!

• How to Butcher a Chicken

  I'm not sure it can be properly called a blog, but this website on how to butcher a chicken is really well done. It makes me wish I had some chickens to butcher.

• Zurich Chamber Orchestra Commercial

  Lovely animated commercial with classical music.

• Beauty

  Will Ferrell misses the mark on occasion, but when he hits it, he's pretty damn funny.

• Nova Zurich

  Images of a giant three dimensional LED display at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurcich.

• Flickr: Items tagged with sleeveface

  Flickr stream of photos incorporating album covers. Some of them are really fun.

• Publications - Umass Building Materials & Wood Techonology Dept.

  Listing of their articles on construction materials and techniques. The handful I've read have looked pretty good.

• Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone

  Your child is more likely to drown in a pool than to be killed by a handgun; why aren't we crying to ban pools?

• Frans Masereel

  Black and white graphic art. I like this style a lot.

• The Residential Building Code

  Test Your Understanding of Some Common Issues

• Specific Gravity Weights Of Materials from READE

  Handy list of weights of common items.

• ivarch.com: Pipe Viewer

  Another shell script status bar specifically designed for use in pipes.