http://chriscarter.org bringing straight feed content... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:51:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Though much of the architectural world focused on massive undertakings at the Summer Olympics, Beijing didn't have a monopoly on the creative buildings of 2008. Of the many structures that graced Cool Hunting's bandwidth this year, a handful stood out from the pack. Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center Recently opened ... http://chriscarter.org/best-of-ch-2008-top-five-buildings/ Enough gloom and doom: There’s a prediction from a leading color source that cheerful and sunny yellow will be the influential color of 2009. Pantone, which provides color standards to design industries, specifically cites “mimosa,” a vibrant shade of yellow illustrated by the flowers of some mimosa trees as well as ... http://chriscarter.org/yellow-will-be-the-influential-color-of-2009/ Another new year without Dick Clark, and the question returns: Who is this Ryan Seacrest? Well, as the Bible says, he is known by many names. http://chriscarter.org/ryan-seacrest-lord-of-hosts/ Chad sends this on how John Sweeney survived the recent bad patch of weather in the Northeast by using his hybrid car to power many devices in his house. During an ice storm last week Sweeney, of Harvard, Mass., powered his house by hooking it up to his Toyota ... http://chriscarter.org/prius-as-emergency-generator/ We never knew that cameras could be constipated, nor that excrement could be framed, but apparently Takara Tomy knows better than us.Filed under: Digital Cameras, Misc. GadgetsTakara Tomy Xiao printer-camera excretes prints originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use ... http://chriscarter.org/takara-tomy-xiao-printer-camera-excretes-prints/ An interesting combination of old and new - an Apple Remote modded into an Atari 2600 cartridge for Christmas! (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com) http://chriscarter.org/17637-an-interesting-combination-of-old-and-new-an/