The Puget News

Apple Rumor: MacTouch? Perhaps I should get in line now?

Eric Franklin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:07:33 +0000

I will if this rumor is true.

Skillet is the best thing ever!

Eric Franklin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:09 +0000

If you live in Seattle and haven’t hunted down Skillet, you’re missing out.

Color me jealous. Gizmodo gets inside the Lego factory.

Eric Franklin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:32:57 +0000

Amazing access to a place not unlike Willy Wonka’s - the Lego factory. The scale will impress you.

Full Movie: Harrison Bergeron

Eric Franklin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:17:13 +0000

Google Video has the full movie “Harrison Bergeron,” adapted from the Kurt Vonnegut story. I think you guys will like it.

MP3: Zadie Smith reading Frank O’Hara’s “Animals”

Eric Franklin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:52:51 +0000

Zadie Smith, writer extraordinaire, reads a selection from an extraordinary poet.

If you’d like to follow along in print (which always helps me) you can do so here.

[from Coudal]

“The ghosts of my friends”

Eric Franklin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:42:35 +0000

I really love the idea behind this book, surfaced on design sponge, and can hardly believe that it’s over 100 years old. The concept goes something like this:

get your friends to sign their name on a page of the book with a thick, inky pen
fold the paper down the middle of the signature
admire the symmetrical artistry of a smooshed name

[from design sponge]

Pepsi TV ad: Towers of elephants

Eric Franklin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:57:13 +0000

Converted stable now beautiful cabin

Eric Franklin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:51:19 +0000

I’m presently much more interested in barns, sheds, and cabins than normal now that I’m looking at furnishing my new mountain property. I’m exploring all options on getting the most bang for my buck while maintaining a sense of modern style and fitting into the rustic terrain. That’s why I find this remodeled stable so enticing. While my property has no existing structures like this one, I like some of the natural finishes such as the use of stone in the interior walls, the slate porch; the rustic beams contrast nicely with some of the more modern wood interior finishes and windows.

Is that actually a slate roof as well? Crazy. Notice the uphill block wall which I presume is to protect against avalanches. I wonder what the long piece of timber is that extends right where you’d expect the gutter to be?

Beautiful downstairs interior light from the dining room with a wonderful view. It appears that most of the downstairs is sunken with the only windows being the ones in this photo. I wonder if this is the main entrance to the cabin?

This shows the rest of the downstairs as it links into the kitchen and a door to what appears to be the bathroom.

High ceilings with sizable windows in the bedroom. It appears the door on the right side of the bed is covered over by small sticks to maintain the rougher feel from the outside.

This looks to be the other wall of the bedroom with flush accordion closets.

Improv Everywhere: Twins on the Subway

Eric Franklin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:11:30 +0000

Trailer: Bottle Shock

Eric Franklin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:28:42 +0000

In honor of the weekend road trip we’re about to take to Walla Walla, I offer this trailer for the forthcoming movie “Bottle Shock.” It looks fun.