And a pigeon pillow by Salvor Fauna. The pigeon pillow is part of a larger collection of pillows with animal prints on them, including cats, bears, porcupines, and owls. They are pricey though. Some of the large pillows, up to 22″ high, will set you back $99.
I wants it. Who could not love a crying ghost?
More tents and sleeping bags
Took these photos awhile ago. I’ve only ever seen these miniature displays in Target stores. I got such a kick out of them the first time I saw them. I like to think of them as matching tents and sleeping bags for your ferret should you go camping with your ferret. You could have the miniatures inside of the human-sized counterparts. Very postmodern.
I spent the July 4th weekend in Boston. I’ve been to Boston a few times now, but I still learned new things about the place, the characteristics that make each city unique. For example, sometimes two people will go through a rotating turnstile together on one subway token. I’d never seen that done anywhere else, but apparently it’s common in Boston, at least in places where security cameras have yet to be installed. I’m not even sure two people can fit into the turnstiles here in the New York City subway.
The T is phasing out its token fare system. One night, I had to buy a token from the attendant. I could see through the glass that he had lined up all the tokens on the counter to his left. On his right he’d lined up different coins so he could quickly give out change.
The T passes are known as CharlieTickets and CharlieCards, named after the Charles River. That’d be like New York City’s MTA naming its passes the Hudson or, as a friend pointed out, the East.
The announcements on the T sound a little mournful, not at all jaunty like the announcements on the Chicago El. No one can hear anything on the MTA, at least not on the older trains. (Saturday Night Live got it right with its sketch about why subway announcements are impossible to understand.)
I was poking around online looking for sustainable design and found Crazy Cardboard, which offers corrugated cardboard furniture, including the “Royal Assets,” at right. They also have tables, a bookcase, a fireless (fire)place, and a line of kids’ furniture.
I’m not sure how durable their furniture is, but like the cardboard bed that I blogged about in an earlier entry, you can throw this into your recycling bin once it’s past its prime.
People of Mars, you say we are brutes and savages. But let me tell you one thing. If I could get loose from this cage you have me in, I would tear you guys a new Martian asshole. … I came here in peace, seeking gold and slaves. But you have treated me like an intruder. But maybe it is not me who is the intruder but you. No, not me. You, stupid.”
(I just did a quick search and it seems as if this “speech” first appeared in the New Yorker. It’s probably even better hearing him read it. He speaks in this deadpan, which is part of the reason I like his work. He’s not deliberately trying to be jokey. His humor’s kind of twisted, almost cruel.)
The itbed, from Swiss firm it design looks awesome. It’s kind of hard to believe that cardboard can be manipulated to support something as heavy as a mattress and sleepers, but I guess it’s all about the triangles. (Any other geeks remember building a tower out of balsa wood to support as much weight as possible?) Now that’s portability.
