I Made a Strange Table We Didn’t Really Need

...We freehand routed the poppy pattern on the two horizontal surfaces. The quarter sawn white oak came from Bohnhoff Lumber. My workshop is right on the street so people walking their dogs and heading to the hip restaurants on Sunset boulevard see me working. I felt weird working on this particular table because it’s about as far from what’s fashionable now as you can get–kind of like Pearl Jam, but furniture. The brief fling with Craftsman style an...

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Weekend Linkages: Spiders and Fast Food Ghosts

...Michael Grave’s original plans for Portland City Hall had a little town on top via @jmfowl. Two Men Had To Be Extinguished After Catching Fire At Goop Store A beautiful art book about spiders LA Restaurants Are Breathing Life Into the Architectural Ghosts of Fast-Food Past China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes” Energy use from US cryptomining firms is contributing to rising utility bills...

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Weekend Linkages: Gnomecore Vibe Shift

...The New Trend Is Gnomecore Raccoon steals security camera Connecticut mechanic finds art worth millions in dumpster at abandoned barn Nixon’s resignation lunch California cities spent huge share of federal Covid relief funds on police USC Insiders Demanding Justice For 61-Year-Old Custodian Arrested For Placing Lost Backpack Away For Safekeeping...

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Weekend Linkages: Is This Charcuterie?

...bby tunneling last week and this week it’s in the news A new philosophy of art just dropped World’s best building award won by rainwater-harvesting hospital in rural Bangladesh (thank you Nic for the link!) Dawn of the Space Lords NFTs Are, Quite Simply, Bullshit The Great Los Angeles Train Robbery Is an Exercise in Misdirection The exact moment the German health minister became legendary on philosophy Twitter The new Root Simple house cocktail RI...

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Saturday Tweets: Moving Plants on the Subway, Punk Rock and a Cute Medieval Lion

...k scene: https://t.co/NeCX8oxIeN — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 30, 2019 Part of a climate warrior, safety first transportation system in L.A. would definitely include protected bike lanes on Sunset Blvd. @seletajewel @MayorOfLA @MitchOFarrell pic.twitter.com/qPM8zdOo9F — Sean Meredith (@seanmeredith) May 29, 2019 A very adorable little lion on the rood screen at East Ruston in Norfolk. This little chap and his companion have been guarding the en...

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