Monthly archive for January 2008

House gymnastics

House gymnastics

Your house is a dangerous place. Most accidents happen at home. However, there is a discipline, that aims at better understaning of our interiors.

House Gymnastics is a cross breed of yoga, breakdancing, climbing and gymnastics in a domestic setting. House Gymnastics can be performed by anyone, at anytime, anywhere. The greater the height or danger, the better the move.

Like vertical biking this is a post-extreme sport where you accept that your resources are limited. And those of the humanity as well. Nobody’s going to die. Nobody’s going to get hurt.

Nearfield

Nearfield monitors

Materialwise, balancing between mobility and the quality of life is juggling. One bottleneck is the books. Sound system is another.

I had been eyeing for Harman Kardon Soundsticks for a while, but eventually changed my mind and invested in a pair of reasonably priced Edirol nearfield micro monitors. First of all, being cubic in form instead of some alien design they fit better to a T

Slippery

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The streets are covered with frozen waterdrops. The intensity varies, so anything from a firm step in 1 g to a pedestrian powerslide to a can happen.

NP: Giant Robot – Breaking Bones

Update 7 Jan 2008:

I just heard this sort of ice is called Blitzeis.