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2 Pieces of Awesomeness for a Friday

Best comment this week: "We've given a bird a piece of bread designed to drop at the exact spot where over heating for the particle acceleratot. [sic] Lets see if the scientist notice." From This PopSci story (thanks Eric!) Best tweet EVER: "Twitter is like daytime TV for working ...

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Going Wild With Wild Things: An Interview with Dave Eggers

Most everyone I know was looking forward to The Where the Wild Things Are movie with great anticipation. It had taken so long to bring to the screen and when it was announced that Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers were collaborating on the film there was an audible buzz about things like integrity an...

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SEMA (auto-modder's paradise) show photos

The SEMA show, an annually-held automotive specialty products trade exhibition, closes in Las Vegas today. The industry-only event doesn't allow members of the general public to enter, but Car & Driver's got loads of photo galleries depicting what went on, like the tricked-out Scions seen a...

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Tools that do more with less

One of the oldest physical things proving man's intelligence is tools, and when we find them on archaeological digs we then attribute a certain amount of cleverness to whatever tribe's bones we found them under. I am fascinated by modern tool design. Now that adjustable wrenches, sheetrock scre...

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Super design-y high chair for toddlers

The Scoop High Chair, designed by British firm Seymourpowell, brings design to the table--from a toddler's position. Looking rather like the customer throne from a hair salon, the Scoop's rounded surfaces leave no place for dirt to accumulate and can be height-adjusted, from sofa to table heigh...

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Carl Alviani interviews Hong Kong designer Freeman Lau this Saturday in Portland

If you're in or near Portland, Oregon this weekend, a couple of things to keep in mind: First, the China Design Now exhibition is on, and it's a thing of beauty. One of only two American museums to host it, the Portland Art Museum has done a great job of taking viewers on a crash course of Chi...

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