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Real world is just beyond the gift shop. Grief and vinegar with your chips? | We are OCA. A History of the Sky: 126 Days from Ken Murphy on Vimeo. wisdom is only one possible destination. Yesterday morning, you looked good. Yesterday evening, before you went out, you’re pretty sure you looked real good. So who the hell is this schlub in the Facebook album from last night, tagged with your name? It’s a phenomenon nestled somewhere between universal annoyance and urban legend: People see something different in the mirror than they do in photographs. More often than not, the former is controlled, predictable and palatable, while the latter is an endless source of nasty little surprises. So, why the disparity? The answer is complicated, but it boils down to this: Your eyes, your brain, [ continue reading Giz Explains: Why You Look Different in Photos Than You Do in the Mirror ] “The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” – Tom Clancy Church and 30th St. San Francisco MUNI Construction from Ken Murphy on Vimeo. 14 October 2010  |  | category: can't make it up!, film, photography, rail, transport, travel, world of work  | comments are closed  Panoramic photo by Scott Anderson. Click the image to open the interactive version. Panoramic photo by Scott Anderson. Click the image to open the interactive version. Site of the ruins of Saint Finnbarr’s church. Saint Finnbarr (who is the patron saint of Barra) is believed to have introduced christianity to the Isle in the 1st half of the seventh century. A feast is held in his honour on the 27th September each year. [ continue reading Scotland: Cille Bharra ] The contractor was driving a van through the 16th century Augustinian Archway in the grounds when it hit the arch, bringing down tonnes of ancient stonework. Valerie Stuart, manager of Colliston Castle Scotland Ltd in Arbroath, said the driver had been collecting a marquee from the palace after the weekend’s Perth Hunt Ball. Manager tells of shock at destruction of historic Scone arch ] Heeley Development Trust (HDT) have made huge progress with plans to bring life back to the site at the old Ann’s Grove School, Heeley. The old school is a highly valued historic landmark for the neighbourhood and, with significant community support, the Trust has negotiated an agreement to transfer the building from the Council to HDT on a lease of 119 years. After a long period of research and surveying the buildings we are now submitting plans for planning permission. We are submitting proposals to funders to raise the money necessary to undertake the huge job of refurbishing [ continue reading Anns Grove School Community Hub – a new landmark for 21st century Heeley ] I have not been drawn to architecture in a long while, but this is my local swimming baths and such a lovely, old building, I thought I’d give it a go: (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Urban Sketchers Heeley Baths: .) Why is John Simm so often cast as a chippy bugger? “Am I?” he asks. “Define chippy.” Well, there’s the brooding journalist Cal McCaffrey in TV drama State Of Play who feels he’s up against the world, and the displaced detective inspector Sam Tyler in Life On Mars, thrown back into the 1970s and misunderstood by all. Then there’s the vengeful Master in Doctor Who – you don’t get much more chippy than him. And now he’s playing the ultimate chippy bugger – Hamlet. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» John Simm: ‘Sometimes I do feel underappreciated’ | Stage [ continue reading John Simm: ‘Sometimes I do feel underappreciated’ ] 350 from Hans Hansen on Vimeo. What does the number 350 mean? 350 is the most important number in the world—it’s what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Two years ago, after leading climatologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other frightening signs of climate change, they issued a series of studies showing that the planet faced both human and natural disaster if atmospheric concentrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million. 350 graffiti art — so beautiful! | 350.org. [ continue reading 350 graffiti art … so clever ] Rapid urbanization and widespread habitat destruction stemming from human activities are negatively impacting wildlife populations as never before. City-dwelling birds, which are an integral part of urban ecologies, are no exception. As this thought-provoking ‘mass bird-housing’ installation by eco-artist collective London Fieldworks shows (more photos after the jump), encouraging urban biodiversity — whether in urban planning or green building — is something that deserves more thought. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» ‘Spontaneous City’ of Birdhouses Springs Up in London : TreeHugger: .) [ continue reading ‘Spontaneous City’ of birdhouses springs up in London ] Google has reached a pivotal moment in its history. What can it do to expand beyond its incredible core business, which is now reaching a more mature phase? For insight on how it can develop, let’s look to Pixar. Pixar is as close to a constant learning organization as there is, with a proven ability to reinvent and a genuine cultural humility. Google’s founders could learn from Pixar’s founder and president Ed Catmull’s prolonged and [ continue reading What Google Could Learn From Pixar ] It all began with this question: “If the bicycle is the standard bearer for sustainable transportation, shouldn’t the object itself communicate the same message?” via Robillard victor. Bloq (Paul Johnson) is just one of more than 220 highly talented designer/Makers have been chosen to exhibit at Origin: The London Craft Fair, which will take place September 23-29th during this year’s London Design Festival. Paul says of his work, “The furniture that I design and make uses clean lines and solid shapes to produce precisely detailed, minimalist and elegant forms that have a host of uses from functional to social.” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Design Milk Bloq: .) [ continue reading Bloq – The London Craft Fair ] Angela Brady has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession. Angela will become President Elect on September 1, 2010 and will take over the two-year elected presidency from Ruth Reed on September 1, 2011. Angela will be the 74th RIBA President, a position previously held by Sir G. Gilbert Scott and Sir Basil Spence among others; she will be the second woman President. LINK It was the murphia what done it! [ continue reading Angela Brady has been elected the next President of the RIBA ] fairynormal has added a photo to the pool: (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Sheffield Pool fairynormal has added a photo to the pool: : .) The cost of building our local leisure centre had ballooned to more than £30 million when it was opened in 2000, eye-wateringly expensive to our London borough, one of the poorest in the UK. Four years later the centre had closed because of serious building defects. A law suit, several years, and another £13 million later, it reopened. It’s big and bright, but has left a nasty taste in the mouth of the locals. There is time to ruminate on this, in our age of austerity, as I wait for the kids to emerge from the Kafkaesque changing rooms. [ continue reading Leisure Centre, London ] Mathematically-inspired bug houses designed to promote urban biodiversity Winning London’s recent Beyond The Hive competition, the “Insect Hotel” is a five-star refuge for bugs living in urban environments. Architecture firm Arup Associates designed individual compartments in a mathematically-derived pattern known as a Voronoi tessellation to house an array of species spanning spiders, beetles and moths. Recently featured on Good, the competition was commissioned by real estate company British Land and the City of London with the goal of bringing biodiversity to cities and to celebrate the London Festival of Architecture. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» [ continue reading Urban Insect Hotel ] MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. Photographer Jane Fulton Alt’s latest series is called Crude Awakening. She writes on her web site: Living on the shores of Lake Michigan, I am acutely aware of the disastrous toll the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has taken on all forms of life, especially as our beaches opened to the 2010 swimming season. This environmental, social and economic catastrophe highlights a much larger problem that has inflicted untold suffering as we exploit the earth’s resources worldwide. We are all responsible for leading lives that create demand for unsustainable energy. We are [ continue reading Photographer portrays swimmers in the oil spill region ] 10 July 2010 | | category: blue wobbly stuff, energy, one world, photography, swimming | comments are closed In the Third Dimension | PDN Photo of the Day. |  
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