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Our charming friend Mathieu Miljavac is a Paris-based "taxidermy-artist" who formerly made couture for major fashion houses. Now, his precise skill in constructing forms breathes a graceful new expression of life into the bodies of fall...
As far as we're concerned, misleading people about the source and quality of their food is a terrible act that borders on poisoning. With consumers becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of food production practices upon health...
With most computers now powerful enough to produce any sound, arrangement or composition, the next area for innovation is the interface between human and machine. With the line between musican and engineer fading, ingenious devices are being built...
Unearthly beauty in Slovakian "hobby photographer and macro fan" Ondrej Pakan's closeups of bugs covered in drops of water. The drops act to magnify microscopic details and colors, to reveal intricate patterns almost resembling electronic circuitry. ...
Unearthly beauty in Slovakian "hobby photographer and macro fan" Ondrej Pakan's closeups of bugs covered in drops of water. The drops act to magnify microscopic details and colors, to reveal intricate patterns almost resembling electronic circuitry. ...
As a result of San Francisco's requirement for a minimum of public space, there exist many spaces and gardens in downtown San Francisco that are accessible to the general public. The San Francisco Urban + Planning Association offers both a ...
From the New York Times review:
"The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, among other things an extraordinary feat of editing and archival research, takes up a familiar period in American history from a fresh and fascinating angle. In the late 1960s ...
"Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, this film explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions in America and challenges the media's limiting and often disparaging portrayals of women, which make...
As part of the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, the film How to Start a Revolution will be showing at the Roxie Theater this week.
Half a world away from Cairo's Tahrir Square, an ageing American intellectual shuffles around his...
The muscles of the core are by far the most important to train for combat. They form a bridge between lower and upper body mechanics, conducting power while controlling balance. As you might expect Manny Pacquiao wastes no time in his core traini...
A day in the life of Kem Sitsongpeenong.
Tough match for Kem's 17 year-old teammate and former Lumpini champ Mapichit at Rajadamnern's last show of 2011. Orono Y. Yong 101 vs Mapichit Sitsongpeenong (Fight 3)
Nice technical match between two top fighters, Rajadumnern 2012.
Our charming friend Mathieu Miljavac is a Paris-based "taxidermy-artist" who formerly made couture for major fashion houses. Now, his precise skill in constructing forms breathes a graceful new expression of life into the bodies of fall...
With most computers now powerful enough to produce any sound, arrangement or composition, the next area for innovation is the interface between human and machine. With the line between musican and engineer fading, ingenious devices are being built...
Street Anatomy recently featured art of Seo Young Deok: sculpture created entirely of bicycle chains. The original post claims that, "while bicycle chains might be seen as a representation of the freedom a bicycle affords, Seo Young Deok’s...
Intriguing documentary by the BBC, on the nature of self-awareness and identity:
With the help of a hammer-wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anaesthetic, Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of scie...
When I was about 12, my decade-older brother introduced me to the fantastical works of Salvador Dali. Though I did not understand the language of his mythology, his effect upon me was significant: his surrealist sensibility of the world reson...
As far as we're concerned, misleading people about the source and quality of their food is a terrible act that borders on poisoning. With consumers becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of food production practices upon health...
Trusting the source and quality of our food is also vital to wellbeing, but it's getting harder to know exactly what practices mainstream producers are employing. As they say, if you want something done right, it's best to do it yourself. ...
(Edible Geography) Artificial refrigeration has radically redefined our relationship with fresh food, and not necessarily for the better. Ryou’s solution is a set of ingenious, wall-mounted storage units that draw on traditional food p...
A seed kit for growing a full acre of food to live on: "Now you can grow all the survival food you will ever need anywhere in the country with a kit that contains a special seed bank of hard to find, open pollinated super seeds, grown by small i...
In our produce boxes this week:
Strawberries, Driscoll (Watsonville)
Minneola Tangelos, Sundance (Oceanside)
Cilantro, Tutti Frutti (Lompoc)
Spring mix, NewStar (Salinas)
Sugar snap peas, Riverdog (Guinda)
Cluster tomatoes, Cedar (Pioneer)&nb...
Congratulations to Keri Taylor and Malia Spanyol, who won fights via (T)KO at the Legends Muay Thai Championship on April 28th. Both fighters have been training hard with Mark. Alexis designed and prepared meals for Keri, as nutritiona...
In this week's produce box:
Avocados, Stehly (Bonsall)
Honeydew, Covilli (Sonora)
Gold Beet, CalOrganics (Bakersfield)
Cauliflower, Lakeside (Watsonville)
Red Chard, Full Belly (Guinda)
Cilantro, ALBA (Salinas)
S...
In our produce boxes this week:
Strawberries, Limited Edition (um, Mexico*)
Gold Nugget Mandarins, Rancho Del Sol (Jamul)
Kiwi, Chiechi (Gridley)
Red Beets, Lakeside (Watsonville)
Nantes Carrots, Willey (Madera)
Cauliflower, Bonipak (Santa Ma...
Spring is here, so is fruit! Plus lots of greens to brighten the grey days.
Fuerte Avocado, Cunningham (Fallbrook)
Strawberries!!!, Givens (Santa Barbara)
Moro Blood Oranges, Sundance (Oceanside)
Asparagus, Coastal View Produc...
In the Purple & Gray...
(Purple & Gray News) About two years ago, a friend of mine took me to the Alter Center where she was taking a pilates teacher training course. The Alter Center took me by surprise - located in a quiet building in an alley of San Francisco, the front door Read more...Gallery
