just wondering

if i forget my helmet, would taping a hard hat to my head cause more good than harm in a car accident? i wonder.
safety is picky.


i am just saying.
wrong wrong right hard hat harp white.

Faux Pixels

There was an article in the Times about the new services offered for photo retouching. click here. “Most pictures are about memories,” Mr. Berend said. “They’re to be looked at years later. When you show your kids your wedding picture, it’s nice that they’re nice. Harsh reality is not always what people want.” The article speaks more to the vanity that photoretouching targets, I see that vanity and I challenge it. Don't stop at just retouching, save BAD, TERRIBLE pictures of yourself and others and have a laugh parade about it for years to come.

Anyway, this only adds much needed fuel to my desire to create a bad photo archive. It is my fear (not that major...) in life that one day children will never know the site of closed eye and big smile, and so forth. So, I urge my reader to not delete "bad" photos, and not touch up the rest. A call to a purer worse personal image. I leave you with this image, that I at first wanted to erase, but preserved, phew...

Council House 2

I just read about Australia's greenest building, on Inhabit.
Check it out: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=171&pg=1941

Bike spaces: 80
Showers for cyclists: 9
Car spaces: 20 plus one disabled space. The car park can be converted to office space or other uses.

Payback period

It is estimated that in 10 years time the sustainability features will have paid for themselves. Further benefits that could reduce this figure include:

* healthier staff – less time lost to colds, flu and other illnesses;
* increased workplace effectiveness;
* less costs for public domain and infrastructure; and
* the value of building as a guiding light in sustainable building.




fantastic!
http://www.inhabitat.com/

tiaras live on a wall

as part of the fun exploration of forbidden nyc, i got to secretly take pictures at kleinfeld's bridal palace.
only of tiaras, but that was enough, why does bride=princess? does a wedding a princess make?

wo ai zhongguo!

CHINA STOPS!!
I am going to china, tibet and cambodia for 4 weeks, this is where i will be staying:

Shanghai, China
Beijing, China
Xian, China
Chedngdu, China
Boat trip from Chongquing, China
Lhasa, China (Tibet)
Hong Kong, China
Siem Reap, Cambodia

hallway to purity

hallway to purity
Originally uploaded by robot glue.

Mikvah Living on the UWS, I went to see a Mikva that was under construction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikvah

This one made me want to cleanse after all inpure thoughts and acts...

Unafforable Housing

In a recent work assignement, I had the opportunity to observe som unaffordable housing, specifically a Penthouse unit on Central Park South, in a Trump Building.
It is a 4000 Sq. Ft. for 2 people, a banker and his lady. 5 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, and views that make me melt.
Check it out:






Also, the basement looks like the one at Magnolia Plaza, I am not sure if I posted it, but it def looks like a Magnolia hall.