From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Behold, The Fantastical Anti-Water Device

March 30, 2010

What if? What if there were a technology that repelled water, similar to magnets with like poles? And, what if there were a talented 3D animator who attempted to visualize [...]

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What’s a Fountain Without Water?

March 29, 2010

That’s the subject of a personal photo project I’ve been working on this past month. In Kansas City, Missouri (the urban counterpart to my suburban Shangri-la) 47 public fountains will [...]

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Reverse Caption Contest: Wastewater Overflow!

March 27, 2010
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Not the usual “write a caption for this photo! Instead, let’s find a photo for this caption! I saw this headline yesterday on Water Technology Online and was immediately driven [...]

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Provocative Poster Gallery: 40 Days of Water

March 26, 2010

Browse this neat poster set created by Flickr user pope saint victor tied to the 40 Days of Water effort from Blood:Water Mission. This initiative is encouraging groups and individuals [...]

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Shocking Water Revelations via Google Auto-Suggest

March 23, 2010
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I’m not sure if Google’s auto-suggest feature is miraculous, intuitive, creepy, or all three! How’s it work? From Google Support we get this uncomfortably vague explanation: As you type, Google [...]

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Picturing World Water Day: Seeing is Believing

March 22, 2010

World Water Day? Overwhelming! I think it best that we spread all this buzz and information out over the other 364 so that we have a chance to process it [...]

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h2o mp3: Fresh Water (Blockhead Remix) – Bisco Smith

March 21, 2010

I suspect that this graphic artist/DJ/rapper is using “fresh water” as an analogy for art, music and creativity…more specifically, the struggle to create, keep one’s soul intact and be heard [...]

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Friday 5 UK Edition: Good Stuff You Missed This Week

March 19, 2010

ONE: eBay Water Item of the Week: A working water system…just perfect for tiny suburbia! This is a 1960s vintage toy sink, made by Casdon in the UK. Seller notes [...]

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Wild Recycling: Flush Away Cancer

March 18, 2010
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I’m always on the lookout for new ideas on how to recycle old toilets (like this and this) and “Flush Away Cancer” demonstrates wild and wonderful out-of-the-bowl thinking on creative loo [...]

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Headlines that Make Me Say, “Huh?”

March 16, 2010
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South Haven officials, please get in touch. I believe I can help you unravel this perplexing mystery. Which begs the question: are there environmental problems in heaven? Lane County, how [...]

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