Tumblr (3.0; @359degrees)http://blog.359degrees.org/<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=78433_0_24_0_C">Beijing Olympic Village Wins LEED Gold Award</a>: The sprawling Beijing Olympic Village won its own gold medal today for going green. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented Chinese officials with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46488468http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46488468Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:10:57 -0400<a href="http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=78506_0_23_0_C">The Reality (Show) of "Architecture Schools"</a>: <i>by Liz Martin </i> This Wednesday, August 20, 2008, the Sundance Channel will premiere <i>Architecture Schools</i>. The docudrama follows twelve students enrolled in the Design/Build Program at Tulane…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46488469http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46488469Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:10:57 -0400<a href="http://feeds.men.style.com/~r/material_interest/~3/368444107/grand-dame.html">Grand dame</a>: <img src="http://stylemens.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/18/bugatti_h.jpg" border="0"/><p>Bugatti has unveiled yet another variation on the Veyron: the 16.4 Grand Sport, a convertible addition to the fleet. What’s under the hood remains the same, but (as is so often the case) the…</p>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46488470http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46488470Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:10:57 -0400<a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/308-the-pop-vs-soda-map/">308 - The Pop Vs Soda Map</a>: <span style="color:#666666">strangemaps via <a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/308-the-pop-vs-soda-map/">Strange Maps</a> shared by <a href="http://www.readburner.com/index.php?id=546287"> 8 people</a></span> <br/><br/><div> <br/> <p><a href="http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif"><img src="http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/popvssodamap.gif?w=680&h=410" alt="" width="680" height="410"/></a></p> <p>When on a hot summer’s day you buy a <strong>carbonated beverage</strong> to quench your thirst, how do you order it? Do you ask for a soda, a…</p> </div>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46434854http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46434854Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:10:45 -0400<a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/101762/over-one-third-of-enterprise-customers-downgrading-vista-to-xp/">Over one-third of enterprise customers downgrading Vista to XP</a>: <a href="http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/null__11/null-269132118-1219074079.jpg?ymgwy3_C9GgyIPiB"><img border="0" src="http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/null__11/null-269132118-1219074079_thumb.jpg?ymgwy3_CDEutO5rA"/></a>One of the few nice things about Windows Vista is that you can legally choose not to use it. Many versions of Vista include “<a href=”http://tech.yahoo. …http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46434855http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46434855Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:10:45 -0400<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/PseOb9RrBQc/">Google Uses YouTube To Try To Rally Public Support For WiFi 2.0</a>: <a href="http://freetheairwaves.com/"><img src="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/free-the-airwaves-logo.jpg" alt="" title="free-the-airwaves-logo"/></a>The fate of an important chunk of wireless spectrum in the U.S. is being decided by the FCC, and Google wants to rally public support for turning this spectrum over to unlicensed uses, just…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46434853http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46434853Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:10:44 -0400<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/17/ice-sculptures-of-melting-men-by-nele-azevedo/">Ice Sculptures of Melting Men by Nele Azevedo</a>: <span style="color:#666666">Alex via <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/17/ice-sculptures-of-melting-men-by-nele-azevedo/">Neatorama</a> shared by <a href="http://www.readburner.com/index.php?id=544299"> 5 people</a></span> <br/><br/><p>Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo’s artwork is cool … literally! In this art installation, Nele created hundreds of sitting figures out of ice - the…</p>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355805http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355805Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:10:28 -0400<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/014sfgQ3vwM/">Push Mail is the iPhone’s Most Pressing Achilles Heel</a>: <img style="float:right" title="iphonemail" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/iphonemail.png" alt="" width="208" height="246"/>As a first-generation iPhone owner, I’ve come to discover and begrudgingly tolerate a number of quirks with the device. Not counting the botched launch the iPhone 3G, the retrofit iPhone and…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355808http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355808Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:10:28 -0400<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080817/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_swm_phenomenal_phelps">Golden boy Michael Phelps eager for his own bed (AP)</a>: <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080817/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_swm_phenomenal_phelps"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080817/2008_08_17t000623_450x313_us_olympics.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=6EJ9cdBSb8BGdQ2eQ2ruLw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Michael Phelps celebrates after the U.S. won the men's 4x100m medley relay swimming final at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 17, 2008. (Jerry Lampen/Reuters)" border="0"/></a>AP - Michael Phelps kept every swimsuit, every cap, every pair of goggles he wore during nine magical days at the Water Cube. Every memory will be savored, too, from goofing off with his…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355809http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355809Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:10:28 -0400<a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/367601374/william-shatner-other-b+listers-start-signing-autographs-in-personalized-video-form">William Shatner, Other B-Listers Start Signing Autographs In Personalized Video Form [Must...Sign...]</a>: <img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/stills/shatnermodo_giz.flv.jpg" style="display:block"/>At a time when the $2 billion per year autograph business runs rampant with counterfeits, it’s tough to ensure your memorabilia is authentic. Thanks to LiveAutographs.com, a website that shills…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355811http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355811Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:10:28 -0400<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_us/grand_canyon_flooding">Grand Canyon floods breach dam, force evacuations (AP)</a>: <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_us/grand_canyon_flooding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080818/capt.54dd0a125ea84b70a8646b7c344513fc.grand_canyon_flood_ny111.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=Y95HXXaik9nwZq1sFTAR3A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the the National Park Service (NPS), an NPS employee is lowered down to a point overlooking the confluence of Havasu Creek and the Colorado River where one of 16 stranded rafters is waiting to be short hauled out. An earthen dam broke near the Grand Canyon early Sunday after heavy rains that forced officials to pluck hundreds of residents and campers from the gorge by helicopter. A private boating party of 16 people was stranded on a ledge at the confluence of Havasu Creek and the Colorado River after flood waters carried their rafts away. The boaters were found uninjured and were being rescued from the canyon, whose floor is unreachable in many places except by helicopter. (AP Photo/National Park Service)" border="0"/></a>AP - Days of heavy rains around the Grand Canyon created flooding that breached an earthen dam Sunday and forced helicopters to pluck scores of residents and campers from the gorge. No…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355813http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355813Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:10:28 -0400<a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/367714157/2008-08-17-gluten_N.htm">Gluten-free diets are gaining in popularity</a>: Meet the latest dietary bad boy: gluten. The grain protein causes some people serious health problems. But those people don’t … <p><a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?a=dywDz6"><img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~a/usatoday-NewsTopStories?i=dywDz6" border="0"/></a></p> <img src="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~4/367714157" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355814http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46355814Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:10:28 -0400<a href="http://www.kottke.org/08/08/phelpscavic-photo-finish">Phelps-Cavic photo finish</a>: <span style="color:#666666">jason@kottke.org via <a href="http://www.kottke.org/08/08/phelpscavic-photo-finish">kottke.org</a> shared by <a href="http://www.readburner.com/index.php?id=542918"> 5 people</a></span> <br/><br/><p><a href="http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/the-phelps-cavic-photo-finish/">Underwater photos from the finish in the men’s 100-meter butterfly finals</a>, both just before Phelps and Cavic touched the wall and just…</p>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46290504http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46290504Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:10:09 -0400<a href="http://www.photoinduced.com/archives/1054">Didja Watch History Being Made? 8 Gold Medals!!!!!</a>: <p>Do you know who the folks are that are recording it?<br/><img src="http://www.photoinduced.com/wp-content/photos/79539181.jpg" alt="79539181" width="450" height="300"/></p> <p>These are the men and women wearing the khaki Kodak vests, serving as their ID credentials, spending day after day picking the angles,…</p>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46290505http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46290505Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:10:09 -0400<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/TKWJG8kNqEA/">Twitter Invades the Nintendo DS. Sort of.</a>: <span style="color:#666666">Paul Glazowski via <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/TKWJG8kNqEA/">Mashable!</a> shared by <a href="http://www.readburner.com/index.php?id=542935"> 4 people</a></span> <br/><br/><p><img style="float:right" title="dstwitter10screen" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/dstwitter10screen.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="325"/>While Apple’s <a href="http://www.mashable.com/2008/07/24/iphone-game-security/">iPhone</a> and iPod touch platform(s) are being taken further and further into the gaming sphere, the Nintendo fanbase is…</p>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46290507http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46290507Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:10:09 -0400<a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/15/top-10-creative-ways-to-display-time/">Top 10 Creative Ways To Display Time</a>: <span style="color:#666666">Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz via <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/15/top-10-creative-ways-to-display-time/">Smashing Magazine</a> shared by <a href="http://www.readburner.com/index.php?id=539678"> 12 people</a></span> <br/><br/><p><em>By Haroon Baig</em></p> <p>Clocks don’t have to be boring. Of course, clocks need need to remain usable and display current…</p>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46194577http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46194577Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:09:48 -0400<a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wiredgeekdad/~3/365857128/the-geekdads-ge.html">The GeekDads Get Manga</a>: <a href="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/15/manga.jpg"><img width="200" height="200" border="0" src="http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/images/2008/08/15/manga.jpg" title="Manga" alt="Manga" style="margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;float:right"/></a>Notice the new portraits on the right of the layout? Well, the Twitter posse of GeekDads caught wind of a fun trend that has been sweeping the nets: manga avatars. They’re a lot of fun to…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46194578http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46194578Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:09:48 -0400<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LouisgraycomLive/~3/365863362/twitter-implements-threaded-comments.html">Twitter Implements Threaded Comments, Sort Of</a>: <span style="color:#666666">noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Stay) via <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LouisgraycomLive/~3/365863362/twitter-implements-threaded-comments.html">louisgray.com</a> shared by <a href="http://www.readburner.com/index.php?id=540424"> 20 people</a></span> <br/><br/> Today <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> made a <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/f009c76d17199084#">quiet announcement</a> on their developer mailing list that could have profound implications. On…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46194579http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46194579Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:09:48 -0400<a href="http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2008/08/15/i-left-my-star-destroyer-in-san-francisco/">I Left My Star Destroyer in San Francisco</a>: <p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2766670482_7ef492241b.jpg"/></p> <p>words: Bonnie Burton</p> <p>As a proud resident of San Francisco, I can tell you I’ve often daydreamed of how cool it would be if a Star Destroyer hovered over the Golden Gate Bridge as I was stuck in…</p>http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46194581http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46194581Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:09:48 -0400<a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/33623/hoshinos-biodegradable-flash-drive-not-all-that-biodegradable/">Hoshino's "biodegradable" flash drive not all that biodegradable</a>: <a href="http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/hughes__13/hughes-333310391-1218847308.jpg?ymNZ72_CdeBG3LMQ"><img border="0" src="http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/hughes__13/hughes-333310391-1218847308_thumb.jpg?ymNZ72_CMQCVaY4_"/></a>Those flash drives have become so disposable, haven’t they? I have a drawer full of them thanks to companies that hand them out like fliers at events, and sadly, I don’t really have a need for…http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46190400http://blog.359degrees.org/post/46190400Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:09:46 -0400