Life & Research Notes

The folks here at Electric Works have a new online version of their store, bringing their delightful and rare merchandise to a much wider internet. Some of the highlights:

The Magic Garden makes a wonderful inexpensive gift for that special someone. Simply add the magic solution and watch it grow.

The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie surprises and delights.

Crocheted Owls (amigurumi) are a top seller, from what I hear.

Beeswax crayons are high quality and come in a variety of thicknesses.

Link: http://store.sfelectricworks.com/

OSM 2008: A Year of Edits from ItoWorld on Vimeo. Via FlowingData.

The Taco Lab, LLC is pleased to announce a radical new collaboration with world famous bitwise biologist and curiosity curator Prof. Engd. For the first time ever, Engd’s massive collection of fine miniature creatures will be published in its entirety, one each day for all of 2009:

View these mini monsters online: Professor Engd’s Étagère of Hypnopompic Hexadecimal Miniature Monsters.

The Unfinished Swan – Tech Demo 9/2008 from Ian Dallas on Vimeo.

Via arikan’s delicious. Quite lovely.

Yay, after being, uh, kinda dead for awhile, I finally resurrected Yummy, the little delicious timeline that could. I updated its code to a slightly less embarrassing state and put it under the Taco Lab masthead.