Mckenzie Lock

Happy National Watermelon Day!

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:49:18 -0400

Summer is in full swing, which means you might be looking for a refreshing relief to your heat wave. We’ve rounded up some cool boards to celebrate National Watermelon Day for you to peruse while you enjoy an ice cold treat.

Watermelon Sculptures by Sandy

Watermelon Fun by Mary

Watermelon Watermelon by Kate

Watermelon Party by Heather

Everything Watermelon by Brooke

Happy Pinning!

99% Invisible

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:52:00 -0400

If you haven’t heard 99% Invisible, go listen to an episode. The show is about the more overlooked aspects of architecture and design, and is one of the best produced and thoughtful pieces of radio out there.

Here are some favorite show topics:

“DeafSpace,” about how an architect created a building specifically for the Deaf
Abandoned baths in the basement of the US Capitol Building
How paper money is designed (poorly)
How and why the catastrophic Tacoma narrows bridge ever got built
How the Teddy Bear beat out the Billy Possum as the quintessential American toy

Episodes are about 10 minutes long, so you could probably fit in a few today: Go to http://99percentinvisible.org/ or search for it on iTunes.

How to help 99% Invisible:

I’m happy to report that the show has met their minimum Kickstarter goal (in less than a day!), ensuring they can produce two podcasts a month for a year. But given how layered and unreported the space is, the 99% Invisible team wants to make longer and more frequent episodes, pay great reporters to dig up new stories and syndicate the show on public radio stations around the country.

You can help them get there. If you can, I truly believe 99% Invisible will be the best show you look forward to every week.

Ready to donate? Click here. Even if you’re not able to give right now, check out the video they made for the project - it’s pretty cool.

Thank friends!

"“Our willingness to fail gives us the ability and opportunity to succeed where others may fear..."

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:20:00 -0400

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“Our willingness to fail gives us the ability and opportunity to succeed where others may fear to tread.”

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

—Michael Jordan

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Side of affect of living in hotels and friends’ living...

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:27:00 -0400

Side of affect of living in hotels and friends’ living rooms? Dreams about future apartment furniture.