Archive for November, 2007

Juxtaposed: Religion Bookshelf

5,084,000,000 people, 5,360 pages, 3,700 years, 243 countries, 7 books, and 1 reclaimed hardwood shelf.

San Franciso Designers Mike and Maaike have come up with a fascinating new piece called the JUXTAPOSED : Religion ($2500). Basically, it’s a simple hardwood bookshelf with 7 notches carved out. Each notch holds a religious text such as the Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Qur’an, Analects of Confucius, the Tao Te Ching, Discourses of the Buddha and the Torah.

Acording to the designers, "For the first time, the world’s most influential religious texts are brought together and presented on the same level, their coexistence acknowledged and celebrated."

It’s definitely art, because it’s expensive at $2500, but it’s interesting. Do you think the empty right hand side represents Atheism? [link]

Kinda ill, right? Via the green head

Colts Lose, Peyton Cries Again

Our most loyal readers will remember this post, where we highlighted, unlike anybody else on the net, that Peyton Manning was crying in ’06 when Dallas beat Indy to end their little winning streak.

We just happened to notice that for some reason, unlike the rest of his team, Peyton Manning had kept his helmet on. It was only weird because everyone else had their helmets off, and it was also clear that Peyton would not be going on the field again.

I’ll spare you all the rhetoric because you can read that in the old joint, but I will say this. REPEAT PERFORMANCE.

TAKE YOUR HELMET OFF AND LOSE LIKE A MAN, PEYTON. Injuries? Please.

That will be all, carry on.

Haiku Productivity

Occasionally we like to link you to blogs that we read and or that we just like.AA This goes in that category.AA Self help for the masses!

How many projects do you have on your projects list? How many balls can you keep in the air?

I submit that the more projects you have, the less likely you are to complete each one. And the reverse is also true: the fewer projects you have, the more likely you are to complete them. [link]

Everybody’s gotta get stuff done once in a while, eh?AA That includes you.AA Yeah, you, the one at the desk.AA Check out Zen Habits.

Quote of the Day

"We’re back with Terrel Owens, who said he has a surprise for us…" - reporter
"Well, I’d just like to thank god for this opportunity… Oh the surprise is, we call ourselves ‘white chocolate'"- T.O. on himself and Jason Whitten.

It must be football season.

ENDGAME - Blueprint for Global Enslavement

TRIUMPH OF THE WILL - RECENTLY DISCOVERED DIRECTOR’S CUT

Slang Saturdays #3

This one holds a special place in our hearts over here at mnp, so check out our amazing politricks.mnp.

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	originally a Jamacian term meaning exactly what it sounds like-politicians tricking the public and playing games. (I won’t name names here since I think this site should be for definitions, not opinions, but I’m sure some will come to mind)sort of like "downpressor" instead of oppressoror "shitstem" instead of "system" Bob Marley used these terms, along with countless other reggae artists. "babylon can’t fool I wit it’s bloodsucking thieves murders and politricks" by SG Jun 29, 2004 email it permalink: del.icio.us Send to a friend your email: their email: send me the word of the day (it’s free)
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A Jamaican term, meaning strictly what is says. Was it JLP or PNP who first coined the phrase? Answers on a postcard please, to drinkers corner

fuck dem bloodclat politricks

It’s hard work keepin’ you people so freakin’ hip.

Once more, thanks to the Urban Dictionary.

Yoshida Hodaka

Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995), well-known artist, was a Japanese modernist who worked first in oils and then from 1950 in the woodblock print medium. From the beginning of his career, he broadened the range of style and technique of the Yoshida family artists.

His father and mother, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) and Fujio Yoshida (1887-1987), were leading Western-syle artists in Tokyo in oils, watercolors, and from 1925 in shin hanga woodblock prints. Hodaka’s older brother, Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995), became the heir to the Yoshida studio, working in both oils and woodblock prints. Hodaka was destined to be a scientist, but as the Second World War ended, he defied his father’s wishes, becoming not only an artist, but one who focused on abstraction, a style his father disdained. (Skibbe, 11-12) Unlike others in the family, Hodaka’s art has an edgy feel to it and is quite complex.

Read this articleAA

Pablo Valbuena’s Augmented Sculpture

Ita€™s been a long time coming, but projection is slowly making its way out of the single, flat rectangle that so often constrains it. (Not that we dona€™t love single, flat rectangles, of course.) The idea itself isna€™t new, but artists are becoming increasingly interested in creating sculptural, three-dimensional projections. We saw Joanie Lemerciera€™s gorgeous Light Sculptures. Herea€™s another example of three-dimensional projections:

Pablo Valbuena, Augmented Sculpture [Artist page]
More info and video: Augmented Reality Sculpture Makes You Think You Are Tron [Gizmodo]

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