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POPSRePurpose: Hollow-Core Doors I looked thyis one up b/c in one of my design books hollow-core doors are used to make super fabulous- modern, cheap or free, bookshelves when used in combination w/ galvanized pipe!
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POPSRip off Britian The UK demands some of the highest prices while providing some of the worst services in the world.
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POPS24 Unforgettable Advertisements Just another set of weirdness that we human beings do to get attention. Marked Mature for the PETA ad as I will err on the side of caution... The Giant Prop ads remind me of the old TV shows and the movies of the 30s and 40s where they were very common... My favorite? The Mini Cooper ad... Priceless!
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POPSRise of the Inflatable Car Just when you thought the boasting from XP couldn’t get any more far-fetched, the cars also have the added advantage of being able to be driven off a cliff without serious injury and the capability to float in the event of flood or tsunami. But surely they’ll just burst? Well, actually no they won’t. Not only are they constructed out of the same polymer materials used to cushion NASA's rovers when they landed on Mars; multiple chambers will protect the vehicle from just popping like a balloon. Ludicrous as they might sound, these cars may well be the future of driving as we know it. At around $10,000, these vehicles should be in production by 2010 so don’t be surprised if a miniature bouncy castle on wheels overtakes you on the motorway in a few years time.
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POPSNorway leads the way "We want to prevent cities and town centers from dying out because all shopping moves out of the downtown area," Solheim said to newspaper Dagens Nærinigsliv. "And we want to limit the use of cars. We need to change community structures."
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POPSJonathan Coulton plays the Brooklyn Ikea opening If you don't already know Jonathan Coulton, go take a listen at http://jonathancoulton.com His song "Ikea" is a fantastic parody / send up / love letter to the swedish flat-pack furniture giant, and apparently they had him play it at the opening of the store in Red Hook! Awesome.
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POPSSeeds of a new manufacturing revolution I am following this technological trend for quite a while. It is very impressive and has the potential to allow developing countries to reach very high rates of economical growth in a relatively short time, and in a relatively environmental friendly method.
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POPS Billboards That Look Back And the issue gets thornier: the companies that make these systems, like Quividi and TruMedia Technologies, say that with a slight technological addition, they could easily store pictures of people who look at their cameras.
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POPSIKEA Village: A Community of Affordable Pre-Fab Homes Ikea is currently building a village of pre-fab homes in the UK: Creating a community of affordable homes. These homes will be like nothing else seen before in the UK and will play an important role in helping first-time buyers who have until now been unable to get on the property ladder due to the spiralling costs of buying a house. While Ikea will market the houses, Live Smart @ Home will build them. It will ask buyers to prove they are within the set income bracket and to register their interest online. Demand is expected to be so high that a lottery will then determine who becomes the first "Ikea villagers".
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POPSPortmanteau Language -- Speech Idiosyncracies Entertaining article about speech foibles. I recall my own wife's talent for coming up with appropriate but made-up words, on the spot. As a graphic artist, I remember her remarking at work that a graphic clip needed to be "smallerized". When we were assembling furniture from an Ikea-like store, she wondered why the "stickoutums" at the corners weren't covered to prevent bumping injuries. --- Entertaining site, relating to word creation, from a recent Clipmark (sorry, don't have the Clipper's name at hand): Verbotomy .
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POPSIkea offers free recycling of CFL bulbs By now most of us have heard about CFL bulbs and their energy savings. I saw them on sale for just 67 cents at Wal-Mart today. They last for years, and are a frugalite's dream come true. The problem comes when they finally do burn out. Most contain mercury, which we don't want in our landfills. Now Ikea offers free recycling of CFL bulbs in their stores. From their site: "Bring your used mercury containing lightbulbs to the IKEA store for free disposal. Since our CFL bulbs contain a small amount of mercury, they should not be simply tossed out. IKEA offers the perfect solution: a ‘Free Take Back’ program offering recycle bins in all IKEA stores. Or for lamp disposal information for your state, please go to www.lamprecycle.org to obtain more information." Link
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POPSCould YOU live in a Yurt? We talk all the time about living with less; Dave lives in 706 square feet with off grid power, a composting toilet, a shower and a full kitchen and didn't give anything up at all to live in comfort and style. When you live in 706 square feet you don't need much to run it; he collects water from his roof, power from the sun and wind, heat from sustainably cut wood. He spends about six hundred bucks a year for his propane barbeque, gas for his chainsaw and log splitter and that is about it. He appears to enjoy it, imagine if more of us lived this way. Check out the ::Luna Project
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