design: March 2004 Archives

I love Frontline on PBS, but I often miss it. Fortunately, I've just discovered that a bunch of episodes are available online, including some of my personal favorites - Merchants of Cool and Dot Con.

In other news, I'm reading Eric Schlosser's Reefer Madness, which is finally out in paperback. It's a great piece of journalism, and it makes me want to write stuff like it...or just write, period.

Oh, speaking of journalism, there was also an interesting interview in this week's The Stranger with Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass. I still haven't seen Shattered Glass, but it's on my list.

And here's a random link that's too good not to share - a bunch of Flash art pieces (I especially like the black ribbon one) by Yugo Nakamura.

While wandering around the city today, I noticed that a surprising number of gratings have the words "Urban Accessories" printed on them. Lo and behold, there is a company that makes custom city accessories. It's like an Urban Outfitters for tree grates, drain covers, and trenches. Maybe I should mount some bollards to the walls in my apartment.

In other urban planning-ish news, check out this collection of hand drawn maps. (via xBlog)