From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Is Water the Silver Lining in Every Cloud?

February 27, 2010

After I posted the snickering, tongue-in-cheek writeup on the 1931 “fog farm” concept, Angela B. sent along (via inhabitat.com) information on this real and modern example of a “fog farm” [...]

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Dinosaurs Missed The Boat

February 25, 2010

A funny theory via twitpic and @nwksgmd4 on Twitter!

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The Smart Set Always Heads for the Beach

February 24, 2010

I’m thinking (as I browse travel sites from ThirstyInSuburbia’s cold-gripped Midwest HQ) how people naturally seek out bodies of water. We are hopelessly drawn to it. Look at any map [...]

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Moral Mayhem at Vancouver’s Mini-Bars!

February 23, 2010
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Besides the Coca Cola/Dasani concession, where’s the least-likely place we’d expect to find tap water promoted during the Vancouver Olympic frenzy? Hotel mini-bars, you say?
Well, surprise! During the winter games, [...]

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Tap Water, Now Competing in Vancouver

February 22, 2010
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Water utilities and municipalities are finally getting hip to the promotional opportunity that big events can present. From little local festivals to the Olympics, events are a perfect place for [...]

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Architects Gone Wild: Water Inspiration for Yeosu 2012

February 20, 2010

Big-time international design competitions encourage architects to “design and build feats of wonderment” and for the ocean-themed Yeosu, Korea World Expo 2012 (“The Living Ocean and Coast”) we can see [...]

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Yosemite February Fire Fall: A Hot Photo Op

February 18, 2010
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It’s a good thing I read Aquafornia or I might never have known about the odd, rare and spectacular illusion known as the Yosemite “Fire Fall”… which actually involves no [...]

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Inventors Imagine a Water-Grabbing Fog Farm

February 17, 2010

This week a study revealed that California’s coastal fog has decreased significantly over the past 100 years, potentially endangering the state’s treasured coastal redwood trees.
And that’s not all! It potentially [...]

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Bottled Water: Straight to the Heart

February 16, 2010
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Those people who don’t speak Thai (or even total illiterates) can clearly understand the benefits of this bottled water, thanks to the extremely simplified illustration. We heart water! Literally and directly!

Photo thanks [...]

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Groovy! Mid-Century Modern Water Storage

February 15, 2010
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If Mike Brady had designed water towers or water tanks, I imagine they’d have looked like this!
These are pages from a 1965 promotional book from the Committee of Steel Plate [...]

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