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Plans for Treasure Island

Have you heard about these plans? I just learned about them from Curbed.

At an estimated cost of nearly $6 billion, the development on Treasure Island, located in San Francisco Bay, would be one of California's biggest building projects. Under the plan, the island's 400 acres of man-made land would be transformed by the construction of 6,000 to 8,000 homes, four skyscrapers towering more than 40 stories, a retail esplanade connecting three of the remaining buildings from the 1939-40 World's Fair and a ferry terminal to provide shuttles to San Francisco three miles away.

From the WSJ

Gaming art boundaries

Here is a promo space for an upcoming game. It probably full of violence and flashbang but this is the part I like best, spaces.

Can you imagine being able to walk around the farm, find a stump, a bench, or lay a blanket and then read a book?

an approaching storm as a metaphor for a game release

Car Free Village in Germany (and Hayward?)

The NYT has an article about a housing development in Germany where they seriously restrict cars. To me this sounds almost idyllic, it'd be quieter, smog and designed to be more bicycle friendly.

Europe Imagines Its Suburbs With The Car

Judging by the article there is a similar type of community being planned (pending funds and further planning) in Hayward called Quarry Village.

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I think it sounds pretty interesting. They have a starting price of $250,000 for a studio.

Craigslist Ad for Person that Helped Broken Headed Guy Outside Our Door

It doesn't provide too many clues. Who was "invited by the author of this post" to clean up after the ambulence arrived. "Faceplanted"? Does that mean it was a skateboard accident?

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And A Child Shall Lead Them

From Boing of course

Jay McCarroll Documentary

As of yet undistributed.

Indoor Forest in LA Gallery

Oh how I'd adore an indoor forest!

They are having pancakes and showing bear films this Sunday at the Machine Project. I don't think I'll be able to make it. Link.

They have a great Flickr set for the construction here.

Tetris lessons offered at affordable rates (Vancouver)

Only $30 here!

I find it somewhat erotic what is going between the purple block and the blue block. You may have to click on the image to see the whole thing.

Passive Agressive Anger Machine

You insert a coin and then a peice of china moves forward and smashes.

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Spreadsheet short story

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Signed Mark Ryden Prints for sale.

"The Ecstacy of St Cecilia"
giclee print
#77/200
professionally matted and framed
signed by Ryden in pencil below image
image 15.5" x 15"
frame 22" x 25"
$ 2500.







"Jajo, Patron Saint of Clowns"
giclee print
professionally framed and matted
signed by Ryden in pencil below image
#56/200
image 12" x 15"
frame 20" x 24"
$1500.




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Website to Sell Storage Space for $$ (We could be sitting on a gold mine!).

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First book written in ALL CAPS?

The editors review is in ALL CAPS, and some of the funny Amazon reviewers use ALL CAPS, so PERHAPS.

LINK!@!!.

Video Game Movie

This movie seems to express what I like about video games the most, more than playing them for me, the pleasure is simply moving freely about in an "environment". It is like the act of playing golf on a beautiful course. Having a game to play, like golf, simply keeps you in the garden so that you end up enjoying it more.

I would have editted out the ending though. The main love story part is sufficient for me.


World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

Art of Video Games in Valle d'Aosta

Ahh...Aosta.

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The Hipster PDA Key Chain

Loverly! Link.

In fact they have a whole mess of links on the subject. Links.

Pizzeria Delfina Makes T-shirts Out of Their Worst Yelp Reviews.

It was on BoingBoingBoingBoingBoing. Link.

Documentary about Working Class Art Collectors

Dorothy and Hebert Vogel are unlikely art patrons. Her librarian paycheck paid the bills and his postal worker paycheck bought art. In 40 years they collected 4000 works of art.

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60,000km from Doom Last Night

We were 60,000 km from an asteroid last night. Link.