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my newfound interests
It's 3:30am. Do you know what is on your LJ profile?
I wouldn't have even noticed, except for the fact that I've for some reason never listed more than 100 interests on LJ, ever. So when I accidentally clicked on my own profile, I was about to close the window in disgust - before something stabbed me in my eye.
I have 105 interests?!
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home in a seed
The Human Ecology Design Team at MIT developed Fab Tree Hab, a proposal to grow homes from seeds (thanks for the link, spiritofnow). Admire:
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ben sheares revisited
I know I posted a photo of the Sheares Bridge circa 2003. But that photo has long since been lost, most of you didn't see it anyway - and most importantly, I probably wouldn't have taken it the same way today. So let's see how our old friend's doing.
I'm quite pleased with how this one turned out:
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s'pore from a gutter
Has anyone ever stopped to consider what a horrendous image the green lung of a city actually conjures?
(And incidentally, the government that wants people to stop smoking also wants everyone to know how lovely it is to live in a green lung.)
Anyway, enough of this green lung rubbishing. Allow me to present the urinary tract.
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o my prophetic soul
I'm generally not in the business of repeating myself, but this seems an appropriate point to do so.
The world needs earthquake-resistant, hurricane-resistant and flood-resistant housing more than ever.
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see; no touch
Are Singaporeans the only nation of people who, when asked if they want more public space, actually say noIn their print edition, the Straits Times reported that 9 out of 10 people they polled said that they wanted the Istana kept out of bounds to the public except on special occasions. It's slightly flabbergasting to see the same sentiment being ( Read more... )
