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Monthly Archives: October 2008

100 Days in the News: day thirty-seven project:DIY Universe Kit

Welcome to day 37 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 63 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s inspiration comes from:
Boingboing’s
$20 kit produces trillions of universes

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, October 31, 2008 2:21 PM | permalink
Okay. So I know [...]

100 Days in the News: day thirty-seven project:Bluefin Lives Here!

Welcome to day 36 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 64 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s inspiration is:
From the Economist:
Managed to death
Oct 30th 2008
From The Economist print edition
If nothing is done soon, the bluefin tuna will disappear from the [...]

100 Days in the News:day thirty-six project: “The Cloud”

Welcome to day 36 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 64 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s Inspiration is:
Windows Azure: The End Of Software?
Posted by Paul McDougall, Oct 28, 2008 12:20 PM
Microsoft is betting that an increasing number of [...]

100 Days in the News: day thirty-five project: Hydration bracelet

Welcome to day 35 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 65 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!

Today’s inspirations are drawn from:
Gizmodo’s
ECO Showerdrop Guilts You Into Taking Shorter Showers
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 12:00 PM on October 28, 2008
and
E-Charkha Spinning Wheel [...]

100 Days in the News: day thirty-four project: Atlas of Hidden Water

Welcome to day 34 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 66 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s inspiration is:
from BLDG BLG
The Atlas of Hidden Water
I come across today’s article with joy and twitchy reserve. UNESCO has made public maps of the [...]

100 Days in the News:day thirty-three project: How Much Political Conversation I can Tolerate with Family

Welcome to day 33 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 67 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s inspiration is:
from Psychology Today:
Communications Skills and Politics
By Jay Winner, M.D. on October 26, 2008 [...]

100 Days in the News: day thirty-two project: Fabric Art

Welcome to day 32 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 68 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s Inspiration is:
Fabric Wall Art - CRAFT Video Podcast
While in Chicago this summer I attended an event put on by a group of artists called [...]

100 Days in the News: day thirty-one project:Natural Wonder

Welcome to day 31 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 69 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s inspirations are:
from The Design Blog:
Digital art tool set will make a painter out of everyone
Naresh Chauhan (Who am I?) | Oct [...]

100 days in the News: day thirty project: Haiku: Present Times

Welcome to day 30 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 70 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s inspirations are:
from Ken’s blog:
A bouquet of haiku
from Treehugger:
Wired on Working From Home
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 10.23.08
Design & Architecture
Whoa is me. I want [...]

100 Days in the News: days 17-29(really!):12 Days Guessing at Africa

Welcome to days 17-29 ( I know, I know) of the 100 Days in the news project. For 72 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!

Today’s sources are pulled from:
The BBC’s Africa Report
Stories are pulled from Oct. 11th through the 22nd and are too numerous [...]