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NinjaFuel | Readings for the Urban Ninja (12/08/09)

“In the olden days, ninjas would develop their strength by wrestling with dogs, playing video games, and just plain hanging out. Fortunately, not much has changed.“

(excerpt from: Real Ultimate Power : The Official Ninja Book)

NinjaFuel is a theme for posts that will keep you and your Ninja senses alert. NinjaFuel combines recent spottings in the vast online space, funny links, links to my fav tunes, and general Ninja related goodies.

Just a side note – my new logo has been featured on Logo of The Day – please vote me up! 5 out 5 – I’m a big believer in peer pressure…! haha : )

Interesting spottings:

• The Moving walkways in Paris which proposed to take over the Metro – The “Trottoir Roulant Rapide” > How the moving walkway nearly overtook the Metro
• Buildings so hot they belong on the runway  > Architecture’s very own beauty pageant
• Great presentation (video) – worth watching > Weapons of mass deception: Design and responsibility
• Creative urban project bringing life in to Sydney’s normally stagnant laneways > By George! Laneways | City of Sydney
• “Imagine a community of adventurous pioneers who leave the Earth’s surface to drift and glide amongst the clouds” > Cloud Skippers – Building Nothing out of Something
• Noteworthy submissions from the ReBurbia urban design competition > Notable Submissions: ReBurbia
• Diller Scofidio + Renfro win competition for the new Image and Audio Museum in Rio de Janeiro > via ArchDaily
• Planners are expanding their ideas about what streets can really become > Rethinking the Street Space: Evolving Life in the Streets
• New blog in the archi-blogosphere which aims to expose firms that unfairly treat their employees.. ouch! > architects who eat their young

Ninjas to follow on twitter:

• @ArchitectureMNP – Ninja Please!? Ryan McClain – Master of the art of Architecture blogging – be warned.. he knows how to wield a set of nunchucks!
• @GerardReinmuth – Architect from Sydney-based  practice TERROIR – a strong believer that Architecture is the production of knowledge.
• @michaelTmartin – planner and poet based in NY, USA – very helpful and active twitterer!

Blogs you should be subscribed to:

• BLDGBLOG [RSS] – provides intriguing details from the fringes of contemporary architectural practice
• rory hyde dot com blog [RSS] – Rory’s blog is about design, architecture, research, practice, sustainability and culture
• Blog like you give a damn [RSS] – Architecture for Humanity

Hilarious Videos:

• Googling with Bing Google, Google, Google!

Tunes:

• Aklaline Trio – Goodbye Forever
• Mad Caddies – Tired Bones
• NOFX – The Longest Line

That is all for this week from the Archi-Ninja dojo. I always love hearing from my readers with guest contributions or suggestions to include on Archi-Ninja. If you have a suggestion, any ideas, or feedback please e-mail me! e: [email protected]

Sensei Linda *bows*