This viddy is so hot right now.
Monthly Archive for November, 2008
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Effective January 1st, 2009 a new tax benefit was added to the IRS Code section 132(f), employees who commute to work by bicycle can now be reimbursed for certain bicycle expenses on a tax-free basis for reasonable expenses incurred by the employee during the calendar year for the purchase of a bicycle, bicycle improvements, repair and storage, provided the bicycle is used regularly to travel between the employee’s residence and the place of employment.
You Go America! You are the DUDEST!
Find out if you qualify HERE~
On another note, Please wear your helmets!
Love,
Taylor
The Red Digital Cinema Camera Company is turning out to be the little company that could.
A short while ago, Red execs stood up at a trade conference and announced their intention to build a digital camera capable of capturing resolution as yet unheard of. Better yet, the cameras would be cheap, rugged, and modular, with obsolescence built right out. And they were going to do it in a year.
They were laughed at…
Who’s laughing now?
We are all laughing now! Everybody now gets insane resolution at amazing prices!
This means that all of the existing “top of the line” digital devices will be going for pennies two years from now. Everybody wins.
An whole new era of digital film making is just beginning, and the Red camera will be responsible for jump-starting it.
Wired.com has a great article on the Red.
It’s pomegranate season yo!
And I’m going to teach you the proper way to eat this delectable goodie nature has provided us. Okay so maybe it’s not the proper way…actually it isn’t very proper at all but it is definitely the most fun!
Step 1: Choosing the pomegranate. Most pomegranates at around this time of year are delicious so choosing good ones is not much of an issue however, for the purpose of this exercise; you want to look for a few characteristics. Here are pomegranates A, B, and C.
Pomegranate A is beautiful no doubt about it however the smooth and shiny outer surface tells us that the skin on this one is a little too thick. Pomegranate B has much thinner skin and normally, although it is uglier, it would be perfectly good to eat but again, for the purposes of this exercise we want to avoid these sorts of pomegranates specifically because of its scars and the fact that those mean it could easily burst open. Lastly we have Pomegranate C, these are the sorts of pomegranates perfect for this method of consumption. Its bumpy outer shape shows us that the skin has thinned and that its lovely grains on the inside are full of juice. It is also smooth and scar free. Once you have chosen your pomegranate you are ready to move on to the next step.
Step 2: Wash the pomegranate, for obvious reasons.
Step 3: Give it a good squeeze. By squeezing the pomegranate you are releasing all of the juices in the inside (we avoided the pomegranates with scars before because if it were to burst during this step, things could get ugly). Do this until the pomegranate is relatively soft.
Step 4: Take a small bite. This should be just enough to pierce through the skin and create a small hole. Spit out the skin you’re not supposed to eat it.
Step 5: Drink the juice and enjoy. Place your lips over the incision and suck as if your life depended on it while squeezing the pom. Be careful not to spill any of it, pomegranate stains can be quite nasty and quite permanent.
How much more organic can a drink get? Recent studies have shown that pomegranate juice also offers several health benefits. So there you have it, delicious and super healthy for you as well.
Ummm, whoah…
An all girl metal band is awesome enough, but an all girl metal band that could be executed for revealing their identities (!) takes awesome and ties it to a rocket and fires it directly into the sun resulting in a supernova of awesomeness the world has yet to match.
From the NYTimes:
“JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — They cannot perform in public. They cannot pose for album cover photographs. Even their jam sessions are secret, for fear of offending the religious authorities in this ultraconservative kingdom.
But the members of Saudi Arabia’s first all-girl rock band, the Accolade, are clearly not afraid of taboos.
The band’s first single, “Pinocchio,” has become an underground hit here, with hundreds of young Saudis downloading the song from the group’s Web site. Now, the pioneering foursome, all of them college students, want to start playing regular gigs — inside private compounds, of course — and recording an album.”
Oh man, so awesome. First Acrassicauda, now this.
Here’s the full story from the Times.
Freedom rock, y’all. Turn it up man, turn it up.
Thanks to Robert Worth over at the Times.
Hello All,
Just got an email from SuperForester Neal, who wonders why we haven’t yet covered the art car phenom. Hmmmm. We wondered the same thing!
It seems that the wily and clever SuperForester Neal has converted his Geo Tracker into a rolling chalkboard, redubbed: the Geo Chalker!
Take it away, Neal!
“Hello SuperForest,
I recently became a Superforest fan. I like the commitment to saving the world while still keeping things cool. The art postings are great too. One thing I don’t see is any mention of art cars. I’d love to see someone cover this fringe art. As an art car driver myself, let me tell you why I chose to drive an art car.
My beat up, rusty 1996 Geo Tracker was a sore sight on the road. But being an artist and an employee of a nonprofit, I can’t yet afford to purchase a better car. While I dream of one day having a zero emissions car, I’m stuck with what I’ve got. It may be ugly but it gets me there. Plus thanks to it’s lightweight and four wheel drive, I’m rarely ever stuck in the MN snowfall. (To all considering 4×4 transportation, check out an old Tracker. Their small size and small engine get great gas milage compared to other SUV type vehicles. I still get 25+ mpg.)
I decided that if I have to drive this vehicle (I do bike whenever I can) it should at least add some kind of beauty to the roadways and parking lots of the world. So I decided to turn it into an art car. More specifically, an interactive art car where the rest of the world creates the art and I drive it around. I spraypainted the entire car in chalkboard paint and attached a bag of chalk to the spare tire. Two small signs encourage passerbys to leave their mark on my car, aptly named the Geo Chalker. When I see a new chalking, I snap a photo and upload to www.GeoChalker.com.
I think you’ll find that a lot of Superforesters out there would drive an art car if they had the choice and most art car artists would consider themselves a Superforester. I also encourage anyone out there to transform their car into a piece of art. The roadways of the world need a touch of beauty to them. If you do, send me a photo at blackboard(at)geochalker(dot)com. I’d love to post images of Superforester Art Cars.
Video of me painting the car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=duobxzsZbVQ The Flickr Set can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/geochalker/sets/ 72157603192665014/ But some of my favorites are:
People chalking it up at an art car gathering:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/geochalker/3048701176/in/set- 72157603192665014/ Fire and squiggles:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/geochalker/1673779457/in/set- 72157603192665014/ A random chalking:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/geochalker/2790118158/in/set- 72157603192665014/
Neal, that rules in so many ways. Thank you so much for the amazing post!
ANy other SuperForesters out there drive or seen any art cars? Send them on in: superforestnyc(at)gmail(dot)com.
Nice!
Love to All,
SuperForester Jackson
Sometimes the video’s title says it all.
Enjoy!
This astonishing piece is the work of artist Thomas Kuntz. Here’s his site.
From The Automata / Automaton Blog, (which I found through the 100 blogs.)
What happens when
Steven Strogatz a mathematician, 
& Carlo Ratti an engineer/architect, 
get together and interview each other about large city/human systems planning, designing and monitoring?
BRAIN JAZZ!
slibby dip dop do dippy dip tee dee doooo! OOoooooooo Yeeeeeaaaah!
Love to ALL,
Taylor
Good Morning SuperForesters!
Here’s a nice way to start your Monday.
If we work together, there’s nothing that cannot be accomplished.
P.S. Call your parents. Tell them you love them.
Much love,
Jackson SuperForest
“Hiya Superforest,
I noticed this clever cross light just this morning on my way to work
in Brooklyn. It’s by artists called “Thundercut”.Here is a link to NYMagazine on the artist:
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/ 11022/ Nifty, eh?”
Bee
Amazing! Cheers Bee.
Seen something SuperForesty? Send it on in: superforestnyc(at)gmail(dot)com.
Much love,
Jackson and Team SuperForest
Herzog & de Meuron’s residential building on 56 Leonard Street, NYC.
Amazing.
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