Archive for July, 2006
Robin Charron, the man who transformed his life when he fiddled with his diesel car engine to make it run on straight up vegetable oil, never imagined things would get to this point. After spending 3000$ on changing his car’s mechanics and on oil barrels and contraptions, Robin can now boast huge saving$ on unreliable [...]
July 31st, 9:17 AM | posté par luce | comment
C’est tellement agréable de bloguer avec ma nouvelle interface et mes nouveaux gadgets WordPess 2.0 Merci à Patrick (à qui je dois plusieurs drinks) pour l’upgrade! C’est vraiment satisfaisant de voir qu’Akismet à bloqué 293 spams posts à ce jour depuis même pas 12 jours…
Parlant de spams, j’arrête pas de recevoir des %$*#@ pourriels (au [...]
July 30th, 9:31 PM | posté par luce | comments (15)
After being washed and dried, ubiquitous beige canvas bags do not pass the test. POSCH however, looks good ever time. What would YOU rather pay for?
July 30th, 3:24 PM | posté par luce | comment (1)
I love birds. And I love design. So you KNOW I loved reading about Charles Harper, a minimalist realist naturalist artist/designer/illustrator, who is still plugging away at age 83.
Well done, Dwell!
July 28th, 11:12 AM | posté par luce | comment
“The computer industry is immature; it has been preoccupied with technology and driven by technologists. In some senses, the value proposition for consumers has degenerated into an argument that ‘Five is a greater number than two.’...There was an obsession with product attributes that you could measure with numbers. And that’s an easy value proposition to [...]
July 28th, 9:22 AM | posté par luce | comment
Je viens de m’apercevoir que le blogue a eu plus de 100 000 hits depuis sa création!
July 27th, 9:44 PM | posté par luce | comments (8)
A clip made by AIGA starring 20/20’s John Stossel. Remember: never use Comic Sans.
July 27th, 3:19 PM | posté par luce | comments (2)
I’ve been on the look-out for the Perfect Peppermill for… ever. At the moment, I am still using the tried-and-true technique of the mortar and pestle, and am quite satisfied with the wide array of possibilities this simple way of grinding condiments allows me.
But once in a blue moon I come across a peppermill [...]
July 26th, 1:11 PM | posté par luce | comments (5)
Mélanie m’a envoyé un courriel à propos du projet Little Brown Dress qui m’a jeté par terre.
C’est l’histoire d’une chorégraphe de Seattle, Alex Martin, qui a un jour décidé de porter la même robe couleur chocolat pendant 365 jours pour lancer un message puissant aux conglomérats de la mode qui en jouant sur nos insécurités, [...]
July 26th, 12:26 PM | posté par luce | comment