I'm Calling it a two-fer

The greatest pliers ever.
Fence Pliers

I know that they are meant for building fence (I know because when I worked for NYC and made fence they rocked), but they are great to have around the shop as well.



So even Kevin Kelly, one of the founders of and now editor at large of WIRED. He also writes is own web site www.kk.org and the Cool Tools portion of the site. Where fence pliers are featured.
So there it is two things Fence Pliers and the Great Kevin Kelly, KK.org.

Here it is your moment of ZEN.

Via.

The Vertebrae

It has been called a "Swiss Army Knife" for the bathroom.
An all in one column that is 8 feet tall designed by Paul Hernon.
What a great way to make the most use of all space in an room that does not need to be to big.

Via the Daily Mail.

Tag-a-long

After the post about Troy Hurtubise and "Project Grizzly" I think it would be good to fallow up with Dr. Brady Barr of the National Geographic Channel. He had a "Hippo Suit" made so he could get close to live wild Hippos to collect sweat, I know sweat kinda out there. Any way check the video.

Time to Kill

If you got time to kill and are looking for a movie I am going to tell you to get "Project Grizzly" (netflix it or whatever). The doc is about Troy Hurtubise and his quest to make a "Grizzly-Proof" suit. Troy is out there... he even got himself an Ig Nobel Prize* in Safety Engineering. You can Check out Troy's web site, here.







*The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -- and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology. (Part of me wantsto win one.)

Trash Art?

The San Francisco city dump has an Artist in Residence program. My first thought was what?!??... then, right San Francisco. But beyond, that I looked in to it more and it looks like a great residency, it has all the things one might expect 24 hour access, studio space, a monthly stipend and the thing that sets it a part is artist a encouraged make work from reclaimed metreials and they are free.
The current artists are Barbara Holmes and Casey Logan
Some of their work:

Barbara Holmes "After Hours"

Casey Logan "Galactic Tumbleweed"

There is even a sculpture garden. Check it out here.

The I-35

The I-35w bridge reopened early this morning, so i thought that I would post pictures I took after the bridge collapsed.