Elly Williams' Weblog

• IDS07: Brin Studios (TreeHugger)

  George Brin builds furniture out of local, sustainably harvested alderwood and maple that he laminates into plywood with a water based adhesive.

  (tags: furniture sustainability)

• Folding under pressure (that’s an old origami joke) (kottke.org)

  Origami Bugs!!!

  (tags: design origami)

• Oh yeah… and it’s quite close to the railway. on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

  Another reminder of the stupid things house builders do. Also seen from above
  

  (tags: architecture building houses downrightridiculous)

• Inhabitat: WOVEN FIBEROPTIC CHANDELIERS

  The three fiberoptic “Lace Bobbin Lamps” provide stunning light without the use of lightbulbs. Instead, their light is delivered via a remote power box.

  (tags: furniture fibreoptics lights)

• Inhabitat: BEIJING BUBBLE BUILDING: China�s National Swim Center

  If I’d know this was taking so long to build, I’d have been less worried about cribbing it back in 2003!!

  (tags: swimmingpool beijingolympics etfe architecture)

• BLDGBLOG: I think I may be involved in some different types of architecture than these people

  Gawker asks: “So what is it like being surrounded by nubile 23 year olds in khaki coordinates at all times?” “I am not really sure, to be honest with you,” Frankie answers. “I think I may be involved in some different types of architecture than these people

  (tags: architecture advertising fashion comment)

• BLDGBLOG: Interchange Tiles

  “So you can decorate your bathroom with the freeways of Barcelona.”

  (tags: design)

• Band Geeks do Mario on Bottles – The Last Boss
  More people with too much time on their hands.
  (tags: youtube themetunes music geekery)

• Drivl.com | How to Make Square Corners with CSS
  “12 – 83: Once dementia has set in, enjoy a 13 hour parasailing excursion with imaginary cherub-beasts.”
  (tags: css humour tutorial satire howto)
• RIBA: Why do women leave architecture?
  Currently, women comprise just 11% of RIBA chartered architects. The number of women entering architecture courses has risen from 27% in 1990/1 to 38% in 2002/3
  (tags: diversity architecture wherearethewomen)
• Gender diversity at web conferences (kottke.org)
  Jason Kottke counts the numbers of female speakers at a variety of web conferences.
  (tags: diversity conferences web wherearethewomen)
• Eric’s Archived Thoughts: Diverse It Gets
  “I’ll absolutely give consideration to any name you mention for AEA speakership—but everyone will be considered using the same set of criteria, and their plumbing isn’t part of that set.”
  (tags: diversity conferences wherearethewomen)

I have just discovered that you can draw circles in AutoCAD by area.

1. Draw a circle roughly the right size.
2. Open up “Properties”.
3. Edit the “Area” attribute.

Very handy for drawing organisational diagrams.

• UserFriendly Strip Comments
  “Even Evil needs a growth strategy”
  (tags: cartoon humour webcomics)

• Dilbert Comic Strip Archive – Wally’s Goals
  They sound like excellent goals to me
  (tags: cartoon humour coffee dilbert pointyhairedboss)
• SketchUp Pro Forums – The Dennis Technique
  (tags: photoshop SketchUp graphics design)

• How do they do that? | Chicago Tribune
  “What it takes to create the Bears logo and the words “Go Bears” on the sunset-red CNA Center” – I should be worried that I’m a little too excited about them using AutoCAD to do this…..
  (tags: architecture building advertising lights chicago gobears)
• zestyping: If marriage is for procreation, then…
  ….they wouldn’t have let my grandmother get remarried after my grandfather died.
  (tags: equality marriage politics)

• PawSense helps you catproof your computer.
  If a cat gets on the keyboard, PawSense makes a sound that annoys cats. This teaches your cat that getting on the keyboard is bad even if humans aren’t watching.
  (tags: software cats technology animals)
• Rainbow Parkade on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
  Excellent use of colour
  (tags: colour architecture building elevation)
• Deal or No Deal – a mathematicians’s perspective.
• A day in the life
  Norm! spends a day photographing co-workers and Diet Coke cans….
  (tags: photography projects flickr)
• Jason Santa Maria | Fighting Off Design Stagnation
  “You cannot sit on your design knowledge forever and expect to get ahead. You need to keep learning to maintain a sharp mind for designing and conceptualizing new ideas”
  (tags: design creativity motivation inspiration articles)