This one is my favourite. I am wondering if it is irony that it is titled ‘Trailer Trash’.
I like this stuff
Random bits & pieces that make me smile, think, laugh or all of the above.
Me
My Friends
What happens when I wake up too early on Saturday morning.
(via Peter Costello)
Bamboo Bike Maker Grows His Frames, Bonsai Style
He’s been making bamboo bikes for awhile now, but because each bicycle is made to order, his workshop can turn out only limited numbers of the $2,700 frames.
To increase production and improve design, Craig is experimenting with growing bamboo into pre-formed shapes in the field. By forcing the bamboo to grow through carefully placed barriers, the naturally straight plant grows with the bends and curves he needs for frames and other components.
Calfee said he’s experimenting with a limited number of plants, but can envision fields full of bamboo. “It’s like mass production,” he said. “A factory in a field. You can have row after row of bamboo growing into the right structures for bike frames.
Homes are full of the things you love.
Not the pages of a catalogue or brochure.
There’s a few links to this house going the the internets that are all really ,talking about this photographer guy, Jay Maisel, who bought the building ages ago and now its woth gazillions of dollars. Good work Jay!
What I love though are the interior shots. This is his home and is full of his life. Things he probably got on some trip, temporary fixes for things that have become more or less permanent. Stuff he likes and is probably not sure what to do with.
Above, we’ll just bunch up those filing cabinets and make another tabletop.
Just Loads of stuff that he loves!
Admittedly, this is a 5 floor mansion and is freaking massive, but it feels like his home. One day whe I have a mansion, I hope it will be full of stuff I rock on rather than the crass marble staircases you see on MTV cribs, “Mo Money, Mo Bitches! No Personality!”