Kitchen destroyed in the reno, no stove, no counters, no problem. Annual late-night kick-out-the-jams goes on regardless, backyard al fresco! A BBQ, the halogens from my beloved's studio, the Coleman stove, 8kg of sugar and a beautiful end-of-summer night, with an extra helping of chiaroscuro to make berries look extra excellent.

It's canning day! We will listen to MC5, cover ourselves in pectin and sugar, and revel in the sticky security of food stored for the winter.

In the form of the weekly ice cream truck! (in winter, we replace it with the weekly shwarma wagon)

 

Oh! Oh oh oh! OH! (via @kottke)

His best since the "Weapon of Choice" Fatboy Slim video.

Really? No one said, "Go back and give it one more try, just for kicks"?

My vote: "Colourful Hoops of Prosperity" with a happy single-cell organism as mascot.

Just when I was looking for a break from book-length reading, Kevin Kelly (former Wired editor, Whole Earth Catalog alum) comes out with this fantastic list of long-form essays and articles going back more than 5o years,and mostly web-accessible. Instapaper is gonna get a workout! http://www.kk.org/cooltools/the-best-magazi.php