Thoughtful Wall Stickers

I have a pet peeve. And that is for wall stickers that are merely decorative -- no humor, no 2D/3D interaction, no new point of view. But these ones from Hu2 Design elicited from me an internal chuckle. They are meant to interact with your switch plates, reminding us of where our electricity comes from: hamsters, pinwheels, and coal.

VIA GOOD 

PS: I seem to always find Andrew Price's pieces the most interesting out of all the others at GOOD, which can sometimes feel a little too hyped up. Good job, Andrew! :)

Recycling Center

So two weeks ago, I decided to get off my lazy ass and finally try to get some money from my empty cans and bottles. I had previously inquired with the Ralph's nearby and they directed me to a place I can go to to recycle my stuff. Because I needed exercise, I thought it would be a good excuse to take a nice walk. So off I went with my little rolling cart from staples with about nine fairly-sized plastic bottles and a couple other recyclables. I thought I was going to a vending machine-type recycling center like they have up in Valencia, but boy was I mistaken. This place was HUGE and smelled like anything. Needless to say, I was a little overwhelmed at first, but eventually figured out what I needed to do by asking around. And of course, I had to document it in photos for the rest of my villagemen (you) to see.
Here I am in line waiting for my bottles to be weighed.
A whopping $1.39!
Mountains of trash.
You take the receipt to the cashier to gives you the cash.
An assembly line!
All the other happy campers getting their recyclables weighed.

They take everything...
And I mean everything. Color paper, magazines, plastic bags...
A conveyor belt of some sort. (thank you, iOS 4.0 zoom)

Electronic waste too!
Saw this walking back. Should've known it was going to be big.

Amazing Anthropologie Installations

This looked like stained strips of wood.


Pieces of painted cardboard, scored, folded, and nailed to the wall.


Giftwrap tissue dyed, rolled into a cone, and bunched together to form a wall of blossoms.

An Inconvenient Truth

I just finished watching Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. I love him now. And it moved me to tears. Please see the documentary/film. Download it however you download your other goodies. The copy I have on my hard disk is a little over a gigabyte. I would mail it out to you if there were 1gb cds. Are there?