Miscellaneous

Flickr Find: Reclaimed Iron Door Potrack We've seen our share of innovative overhead kitchen pot racks made out of such varied materials as bicycle wheels, copper tubing, and IKEA parts. Now we can add Flickr member and Re-Nest reader Maigh's super cool pot rack made from a reclaimed security ... Continue Reading » about Flickr Find: Reclaimed Iron Door Potrack $20

JANUARY 6, 2010 Hot 100 These are the most influential trailblazers who are setting out to make their mark in the new decade BY URBAN TULSA WEEKLY STAFF That's it. We've washed our hands of the first decade of the new millennium, and we're rolling full steam ahead into the new one. 2009 flew ... Continue Reading » about Hot 100 by Urban Tulsa: the most influential trailblazers who are setting out to make their mark in the new decade

Sunday, January 3, 2010 320 South Boston Building I knew when I took the photo of this view of the 320 South Boston Building (one of my favorites of our skyline), that the distortions of perspective due to the camera lens would lend itself to a fun abstracted view of this scene.  It ... Continue Reading » about 320 South Boston Building, Tulsa Oklahoma

Don't Buy A Nalgene Water Bottle Until You Read This by Lloyd Alter, Toronto UPDATE:Nalgene no longer sells water bottles made with Bisphenol A. Number 7 as a plastic type means any plastic that is not in the first six, so having number 7 on the bottom does not necessarily mean that ... Continue Reading » about Don’t Buy A Nalgene Water Bottle Until You Read This

Paintings of Tulsa's beautiful buildings, in blog form By Michael Bates on January 4, 2010 5:29 PM Amanda DeCort of the Tulsa Preservation Commission has a blog entry today about a blog devoted to paintings of Tulsa's buildings and streetscapes: Local artist Celeste Vaught is on a mission to ... Continue Reading » about Paintings of Tulsa’s beautiful buildings, in blog form

$530  •  google.com/phone   Google's Sexy Nexus One Pushes Android to New Limits You can now go to Google's website and pay Google directly for a phone that bears the search giant's corporate logo and the rather boring name of Nexus One. (Even if it is named after a robot in ... Continue Reading » about Google’s Sexy Nexus One Pushes Android to New Limits – courtesy Wired

Nexus vs iPhone: How they compare Beth Hale & Claire Bates, Daily Mail 6 January 2010 Google last night unveiled a hi-tech mobile phone to take on its rival Apple. Review: Google has unveiled its iPhone rival the Nexus One   IPHONE ALTERNATIVES Demand for iPhone 3G has seen ... Continue Reading » about Nexus vs iPhone: How they compare

“I draw on cups. Yes.” Julie Greicius  ·  January 5th, 2010 Cheeming Boey does astonishing, finely detailed artwork on white Styrofoam coffee cups. For most, he draws freehand with only a black Sharpie pen. For others, he does painstaking pointillism. But for a very ... Continue Reading » about “I draw on cups. Yes.” Styrofoam coffee cup art. Very cool.

Seasonal Spotlight: Kishu Mandarins One of our new discoveries this citrus season is the tiny kishu mandarin, a sweet and seedless little treasure.     The kishus we've eaten have been exceptionally sweet and full-flavored. If we manage to hold onto them long enough, we might add them ... Continue Reading » about Seasonal Spotlight: Kishu Mandarins – yum!