FixMyStreet another great idea that completely passed me by (via blackbeltjones) (tags: environment government Interactive community)

Eco – “Writings: Casablanca eco and mythical film structure (via shadowplay) (tags: readthis film criticism myth)

Happy Valentines from Frost* aaaaaaw (tags: flash art valentines)

Best Life Magazine: Health & Fitness: A growing cadre of doctors and scientists now believes that chronic back pain is a disease of the nervous system, not the spine. “A growing cadre of doctors and scientists now believes that chronic back pain is a disease of the nervous system, not the spine.” (via mindhacks) (tags: [...]

How one clumsy ship cut off the web for 75 million people | Technology | The Guardian the first cut submarine cable – a story that has wholly passed me by. (tags: guardian network technology) Schneier on Security: Fourth Undersea Cable Failure in Middle East and more cut cables (tags: network Internet security tec)

worldclock.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) smart (via cityofsound) (tags: flash visualization environment statistics) collision detection: Is text-messaging the new word processor? great piece on the thumb generation’s literary ambitions (tags: japan mobile technology literature) Thumbs Race as Japan’s Best Sellers Go Cellular – New York Times The original NYT piece by Norimitsu Onishi. Astounding. (tags: japan mobile [...]

Jacob Carter Photography lovely, scratchy london. via bldgblog (tags: photography art london) Black Mirror / rorriM kcalB mixalonga arade fire (via monoscope) (tags: video music flash)

The Long Now Foundation – Seminars About Long Term Thinking (tags: culture video technology lectures)

TheFutureDept (tags: design magazine newmedia community)

Gerry Canavan: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair collection of broken-statue-of-liberty-as-end-of-the-world-signifier images (via ballardian) (tags: culture images iconography ballard)