Are Robots Taking Over?

Hi!

Just a little unknown fact:

Interesting...hmmm....

Via SwissMiss via Spoon & Tamago

Have a robotic day!

n

AKQA's Christmas Card

Via the incomparable swissmiss.

How's It Made? - Eames Shell Chair

Amazing the amount of work that goes into creating an object. Any object.

via swissmiss.

Frederico Jordan's Art Makes Me So Happy!

Frederico Jordan.

Oh yes.......

First heard about him via swissmiss.
Swissmiss means bizzniss.

The Person You Love is 72.8 Percent Water

Peter Horridge – 'The person you love . . .'
Quote by Alan Fletcher – the Art of Looking Sideways,
Art direction, Rob Duncan

Limited edition giclee print, run of 10 only on 100% cotton
Somerset enhanced paper, 50 x 70cm. £120 + p&p.

Wantee? Can has!

Saw on the beautiful and talented Swissmiss.

Vincent Laforet: Divers

Vincent Laforet is a photographer who recently worked the Beijing Olympics, and this amazing photo set is a result (among many.)

"By the time many of your are reading this post, I will be on my way to the airport to catch my flight back to New York City. The Beijing Olympics will have concluded and thousands of others will be making their way home—some with gold medals, some with memorable images and stories, others with bruised egos and many with goals of practicing for the next four years in order to shave an extra few hundredths of a second off their performances in time for the London games in 2012. I for one couldn’t be happier."

-Vincent Laforet

Incroyable Vincent!
Check out Vincent's site.

(saw it first via the magic of swissmiss, who is the best and nicest, and when she coughs, little puffs of cotton candy come out.)

Why We Drink

Love it.
Saw it first on the amazing, unstoppable swissmiss.

These Bees can dance!

Good Morning!

This is such a great viral campaign that Haagen Dazs is running to help save the bees.

The video is really funny--check it:

Why is Haagen Dazs supporting saving the bees, you ask? 

Because 1/3 of all the foods we eat are pollinated by bees, including many of the natural flavors in Haagen Dazs's ice creams.  Their site, www.helpthehoneybees.com is really well done. Simple and informative. They have done a great job at presenting a serious issue in a way that is full of humor and entertainment, making it palpable to millions of people. 

Way to go Haagen Dazs! 

And many thanks to the great SwissMiss for making my morning!

Happy Friday!

Niki 

Keep On Moving!

In a letter to his son, Einstein wrote, “Life is like a bicycle, to keep your balance you must keep on moving.”

(via SwissMiss, via Hello Bauldoff)

Speaking of which--The MOMA has my wonderful Strida on the cover of their new catalog!

Way to go Strida!

Happy Riding!

Niki 

Jerry Levitan: I Met the Walrus

Wow.

This youtube video soothed, inspired, enriched, and practically spit-shined my chi.
I feel like I could watch this once a day for the rest of my life.

"In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit, and timeless message."

(via swissmiss via youtube user imetthewalrus.)

Spaghetti for Dinner?

Thank you SwissMiss for posting this awesome video--



Ah..the never ending beauty of stop motion. So good.

Happy cooking!

n

Dress For Dinner Napkins!

via swissmiss!

So funny.

The Girl Effect

A short and powerful film about what happens when girls are given more opportunities to succeed.



Amazing, no?

Here's some further info on the Center for Global Development, a co-originator of The Girl Effect.

Thanks to swissmiss for the tip.

How Obama Reinvented Campaign Finance

One of the major things that has drawn we SuperForesters to Barack Obama is his 'net savvy. For reals, this cat understands what web 2.0 is, and most importantly, what it can be.

Check out this infographic up at xplaned, showing how Obama's micro-campaign finance system has beaten the odds.

G'Obama!

Special thanks to swissmiss for the head's up!

Jean Jullien: Don't Protest

"don't protest

Visual essay about social apathy and the culture of protestation."

jeanjullien.com

Saw this first over @ swissmiss.

Crayon Physics Deluxe!

crayon physics deluxe is an amazing puzzle game that lets you use your drawing and physics skills to level up. Insanely good fun.

Thank to swissmiss for the heads up!

Where Do You Get Your News?

Afternoon All!

Jackson here.

Whenever I meet people these days, if we have the chance to have a real, honest to goodness conversation, I'm bound to ask: "Where do you get your news?"

I don't have a television. I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't ever like to ever own one again. (I'd prefer a nice HD projector.)

That said, I no longer get my info from TV, and what a difference it seems to make in terms of my daily outlook. I was over at SuperForester Andrew's apartment recently to watch Saturday Night Live and was completely transfixed by the television. The opinions and information in every moment are such an incredible peek into the zeitgeist (spirit of the times,) that I wonder if perhaps I should get back into TV, or risk being left behind.

Nah... The truth box is all the TV I need.

So now I get my info from the internet, and I am free to check facts, balance multiple viewpoints, and cross-reference news items in a way that I feel portrays events in a much more objective light.

So here is where I get my "news":

Google.com/news - the broad strokes.

cnn.com - the Amero-centric broad strokes and assorted zaniness.

treehugger.com - Pink news ("green" is over.)

inhabitat.com - Pink architecture and design news

slashdot.org - Nerdcore wonderland

boingboing.net - Sexy nerdcore wonderland

swissmiss.typepad.com - wry design and kid-centric product news

wikipedia.org - reference (taken with a grain of salt, but taken liberally)

imdb.com - all things Hollywood.

aicn.com - all things nerd Hollywood fanboy-style.

vbs.tv - the hipster version of 60 Minutes.

It is through these 11 sites that I get my daily dose of news, information, and opinions.
I love these sites dearly, and champion them relentlessly.

So, tell me: Where do you get your news?

Comment at the bottom, or email: superforestnyc@gmail.com

(Note: Dirrrr. I forgot nytimes.com!)

Eat your Veggies, Kids (and Adults, too)!

Good Morning!

I just saw this over at swissmiss---


Chomp from rei on Vimeo.


Reina Takahashi, a student at Carnegie Mellon made this video, to encourage kids to eat more vegetables!

The communication is so simple and so clear!

It's making me hungry for more veggies!

Have a wonderful lunch today!

Niki

Dinner With Barack

"Make a donation to Barack Obama's campaign in any amount between now and 11:59 pm EDT on Monday, March 31st, and you could join Barack and three other supporters for an intimate dinner for five."

Thanks to swissmiss for the heads-up.

Oh yeah! And don't forget to..

Awesome VW Website Ad!

(via swissmiss)

Love this! My family all drive diesel VW's, 'cause you can run them on biodiesel.

Great site. Thanks as always to swissmiss.

Check out: Volkswagen.co.uk