Chris Dannen is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist.Tumblr (3.0; @chrisdannen)http://chrisdannen.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l810tvKN441qzpzfmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://robotindisguise.tumblr.com/post/1043122653/rainbow-rose-in-2004-two-dutch-companies-river" target="_blank">robotindisguise</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2><a title="Permanent Link: How to grow a Rainbow Rose, Naturally" href="http://www.pickchur.com/2010/05/how-to-grow-a-rainbow-rose-naturally/" target="_blank">Rainbow Rose<br/></a></h2> <p>In 2004, two dutch companies, River Flowers and F.J. Zandbergen, experimented and successfully grew a rose that had its petals rainbow colored. As petals get their nourishment through stem, the idea is to split the stem into several channels and dip each one in a different colored water. This way all the colors will be drawn by the stem into petals and resultant rose will have all the colors in it. The same method can be applied to other flowers especially to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum" target="_blank">Chrysanthemum</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrangea" target="_blank">Hydrangea</a>. You can use the same idea to color any flower, anyway you like.</p> <p><em>I’m not really ‘into’ flowers but, I didn’t know you could do this. Kinda neat.</em></p> </blockquote>http://chrisdannen.com/post/1048884347http://chrisdannen.com/post/1048884347Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:18:45 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l82sfgdohq1qzpzfmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://robotindisguise.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">robotindisguise</a>)</p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/1048806095http://chrisdannen.com/post/1048806095Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:57:58 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l82tta5SC71qzg3fxo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://i.imgur.com/e5rlQ.png" target="_blank">i.imgur.com</a></p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/1048470600http://chrisdannen.com/post/1048470600Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:29:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l82k7me2FC1qzg3fxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://i.imgur.com/CiGZq.jpg" target="_blank">i.imgur.com</a></p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/1047728253http://chrisdannen.com/post/1047728253Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:02:09 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73qdyLRFL1qzg3fxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chrisdannen.com/post/948156135http://chrisdannen.com/post/948156135Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:39:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qgqpDGFS1qz6jczo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dpstyles.tumblr.com/post/917688635/marsbot-the-1972-mta-new-york-city-subway-map" target="_blank">dpstyles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://marsbot.tumblr.com/post/912703366/the-1972-mta-new-york-city-subway-map-designed-by" target="_blank">marsbot</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>The 1972 MTA New York City subway map designed by Massimo Vignelli. (via <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/07/redesigning-the-new-york-city.html" target="_blank">O’Reilly Radar</a>)</span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://chrisdannen.com/post/922627786http://chrisdannen.com/post/922627786Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:40:16 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qxc99P6N1qzwtdlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dpstyles.tumblr.com/post/922277156/gamefreaksnz-street-fighter-abstract-edition" target="_blank">dpstyles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blog.gamefreaks.co.nz/post/913909321" target="_blank">gamefreaksnz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/infinitecontinues/4865893771/" target="_blank">Street Fighter - Abstract Edition</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/infinitecontinues" target="_blank">Ashley Browning</a>)</p> <blockquote> <p>This is a one-off piece, and a departure from usual Minimalism pieces of mine. This time I just wanted to go really, really basic. Initially, I felt I was creating a Bauhaus/De Stijl inspired piece, but after finishing it, I thought it also looked like the primitive graphics from Atari 2600 or Intellivision consoles.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://chrisdannen.com/post/922623686http://chrisdannen.com/post/922623686Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:38:45 -0400<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pkIFWzt7eR4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pkIFWzt7eR4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>a post-post-modernist film about a kitten and her self-doubt.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkIFWzt7eR4&feature=channel" target="_blank">モアレ #97 「ねこフルオープン」</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/lowdope" target="_blank">lowdope</a>)</p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/918831736http://chrisdannen.com/post/918831736Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:44:19 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6jb7vMaUw1qzg3fxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Quoting a misquote, only to lament that this misquote is “no longer the case.” Quality journalism from FT.</p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/893799560http://chrisdannen.com/post/893799560Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:59:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l69tz2Lh4R1qzg3fxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a good car is hard to find</p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/870833264http://chrisdannen.com/post/870833264Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:09:04 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l684xfKnbq1qzpzfmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://robotindisguise.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">robotindisguise</a>)</p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/867651625http://chrisdannen.com/post/867651625Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:44:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l68k5azs9W1qzg3fxo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Map of train traffic in the Untied States.</p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/867632849http://chrisdannen.com/post/867632849Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:39:10 -0400<a href="http://www.nypress.com/article-11419-flathead.html">Matt Taibbi rips Thomas Friedman apart in 2005. This is a book review.</a>http://chrisdannen.com/post/857517349http://chrisdannen.com/post/857517349Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:28:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l614f545Ip1qzg3fxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.promomachine.co.uk/save-money/" target="_blank">Spending Money to Save Money « PromoMachine</a></p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/851015852http://chrisdannen.com/post/851015852Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:16:16 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5yqxnJwXS1qzg3fxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>America in the 1930s: in Kodachrome.</p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/845296291http://chrisdannen.com/post/845296291Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:29:47 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5vpa1WBSd1qzcqpco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://fuckyeahparis.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">fuckyeahparis</a>)</p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/845287133http://chrisdannen.com/post/845287133Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:26:33 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3mq6k6eh81qzib5qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://architectureblog.tumblr.com/post/839298694/micasaessucasa-house-in-the-laurentian" target="_blank">architectureblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://micasaessucasa.tumblr.com/post/832602486/house-in-the-laurentian-mountains-by" target="_blank">micasaessucasa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>House in the Laurentian Mountains by Saucier+Perrotte Architects (via <a href="http://www.contemporist.com/2010/06/01/house-in-the-laurentian-mountains-by-saucierperrotte-architects/laurentian_010610_21/" target="_blank">CONTEMPORIST</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://chrisdannen.com/post/845284986http://chrisdannen.com/post/845284986Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:25:49 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ukuvcnEW1qzed32o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://architectureblog.tumblr.com/post/839468132/127-house-h-arquitectes-archdaily" target="_blank">architectureblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/69127/127-house-h-arquitectes/" target="_blank">127 House / H Arquitectes | ArchDaily</a></p> </blockquote>http://chrisdannen.com/post/845283717http://chrisdannen.com/post/845283717Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:25:22 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5m6i3FjBK1qzpzfmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://robotindisguise.tumblr.com/post/816283260/how-popular-science-in-1925-thought-the-world" target="_blank">robotindisguise</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>How Popular science, in 1925, thought the world was going to be like in 1950</p> </blockquote>http://chrisdannen.com/post/816313690http://chrisdannen.com/post/816313690Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:47:08 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5i6k5ifwa1qzg3fxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://i.imgur.com/3iKPd.jpg" target="_blank">i.imgur.com</a></p>http://chrisdannen.com/post/806867528http://chrisdannen.com/post/806867528Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:48:05 -0400