excavation by spoonfuls » genius http://www.davidrager.org/blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:00:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 sea garden http://www.davidrager.org/blog/sea-garden http://www.davidrager.org/blog/sea-garden#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:15:22 +0000 admin http://www.davidrager.org/blog/?p=1073 plastiki garden
plastiki garden
the plastiki has finally set sail complete with a rotating garden for growing vegetables while hundreds of miles out at sea. more here.

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nice work m.i.t

]]> http://www.davidrager.org/blog/the-copenhagen-wheel/feed 0 how to open a bottle of wine sans corkscrew. http://www.davidrager.org/blog/how-to-open-a-bottle-of-wine-sans-corkscrew http://www.davidrager.org/blog/how-to-open-a-bottle-of-wine-sans-corkscrew#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:06:59 +0000 admin http://www.davidrager.org/blog/?p=869
step 1: find seam in bottle.
step 2: follow the seam quickly with a hard object (a fork in this case)
step 3: gently rock to safety.
step 4: imbibe.
demonstrated at the OFR editions afterparty by the talented mr. xavier deluxe.

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pencil by alexander hulme
via it’s nice that

]]> http://www.davidrager.org/blog/alexander-hulme/feed 1 eames foundation member appreciation day 2009 http://www.davidrager.org/blog/eames-foundation-member-appreciation-day-2009 http://www.davidrager.org/blog/eames-foundation-member-appreciation-day-2009#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:00:36 +0000 admin http://www.davidrager.org/blog/?p=638 eames foundation member apprecation day 2009
eames foundation member apprecation day 2009
eames foundation member apprecation day 2009
eames foundation member apprecation day 2009
eames foundation member apprecation day 2009
eames foundation member apprecation day 2009
eames foundation member apprecation day 2009
eames foundation member apprecation day 2009


the eames foundation member appreciation day was on saturday and every inch of their case study house still inspires me. sadly, no interior photos allowed but there was plenty of wine and good friends to color our own house of cards with and i got one of the docents to demonstrate the rotating front door bell. illustrations by andrew, mandy, cheri and me.

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James Howard Kunstler at TED (2004)

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from radiolab

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i first read about the curta in a william gibson novel and wasn’t sure if it was real or not, wikipedia, monoscope and ebay all confirm it’s existence.

“The Curta Mechanical Calculator had 605 parts and required no electricity; it operated by means of a handcrank at the top, earning it the nickname of The Pepper Grinder Calculator, and made a pleasing mechanical purr as the parts moved.

It was designed by Curt Herzstark while he was a prisoner in a concentration camp.”
via monoscope

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dutch public bike racks with built in bike pumps. genius.

via backcountry.com

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