Here’s just a little bit of favorite music, to fill in the radio silence: “Shake Ya Boogie” by Mocean Worker Cinco de Mowo! I’ll get back to my regular blogging schedule soon.
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Life After People : The Architecture of Deconstruction
Posted on January 15, 2008 by danspira
Segue from my previous post: This month the History Channel is premiering a special called “Life After People” where a group of engineers, artists and visual effects technicians have created simulated long term decay scenarios for large, well-known structures such as the Golden Gate Bridge or the Sears Tower. PREVIEW HERE: http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=57582&display_order=1&mini_id=57517 The emphasis of [...]
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“Crystal Island” by Sir Norman Foster
Posted on January 9, 2008 by danspira
With this latest announced world’s-biggest-building-ever, “Crystal Island,” I’d say we’re finally catching up to the imagined utopian future of “the year two thousand.” No flying robot cars, but then again, I’m sure the place will have great Internet access, something they didn’t predict back in the early days of color television and Isaac Asimov. Moscow’s rapidly [...]
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Why Recruiters Are – And Aren’t – Like Realtors
Posted on January 2, 2008 by danspira
Quick observation: When you’re selling your home – a significant personal asset that you’ve invested a lot into – one of the best ways to bring it to market is through a realtor. In fact, the more you’re invested into your home (monetarily, emotionally) the more likely you’ll NEED a realtor to be your representative to maximize your revenue and [...]
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