It’s officially called a ‘transfer accelerator’ by Dutch railway maintenance company ProRail, but everyone else would say it’s a slide. An awesome slide. Installed next to a stairway at the newly renovated railway station Overvecht in the city of Utrecht, the slide offers travellers the opportunity to quickly reach the railway tracks when they’re in a hurry. But above all, the slide is a great instrument to make the city more playful.
(Thanks to the Pop-Up City for pointing us to this fun piece of official urban bricolage)
Sometimes I spend hours browsing through the archives of videographers, looking at stuff they’ve published in the past, hunting for scenes like this one at the 2’15” mark. Epic!
(via global-culture)
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Brown Bones Swab Party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
—- Friday, 4 November 2011Would you brush your teeth twice if it could save someone’s life?
What if it was this guy? His name is Amit Gupta.
Maybe you’ve never heard of him, but Amit has touched the lives of thousands of people. We’re hoping maybe you can touch his.
He has leukemia. If he can’t find a marrow donor soon, he will die. He is Indian, so his best match will probably come from a South Asian donor.
Come to our free party on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY this Friday night 4 Nov 2011. Sign some forms, swab your cheek (it’s just like brushing your teeth), and have a drink on us. Plus cupcakes and dumplings.
Time is REALLY short. Amit has until November 30, 2011. Please help us save his life. More details at www.AmitGuptaNeedsYou.com
p.s. Most modern day marrow donations occur via PBSC, a procedure similar to donating blood. All you have to do is sit there. Saving a life has never been so easy.
p.p.s. Amit started a popular website, Photojojo.com. When he sends people products from the site he includes a couple of plastic dinosaurs. Just for fun, because dinosaurs are cool. That’s the kind of guy he is. Selfless, caring, honest. We’d like to keep him around. If you’re South Asian, please visit www.AmitGuptaNeedsYou.com Drop everything if you have to. His life depends on it.
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Brown Bones Swab Party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Friday, 4 November 20116pm - 9pm
Nick’s Tea Room
132 North 5th St #4i
Brooklyn, NY 112119pm - 2am
BabyCastle’s Closing Party with Wu Tang Clan
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=273665372656340
$15 for tickets to the concert, we’ll be swabbing outside—- backup page at http://nickgray.net/brown-bones/ will have all current info
Hey New Yorkers. Hey. Check this out for tonight. Amit’s great.
Canon unveils EOS C300 interchangeable lens video camera - dpreview article
Robin Chase “Building the cities of the future: People empowered (by technology),
Collaborative built infrastructures creates distributed, resilient and more robust systems.”
Reminds me of the quote “It’s easier to crowdsource a revolution than a light-rail system” - Dan Hill.
