Cardboard bike
With a bicycle that light (9kg) and that cheap (less than S$50), I’ll definitely want to buy it. http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/11/cardboard-bicycles?spc=scode&spv=xm&ah=9d7f7ab945510a56fa6d37c30b6f1709
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ever tried to catch a snowflake with your tongue?
The Four Myths of Inequality in Singapore by Donald Low http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/10/the-four-myths-of-inequality-in-singapore/ Heard about it from him during the talk that he gave at LSE this evening. It was a very engaging presentation and lively q & a. Much of the presentation alluded to the first section of the paper that he co-authored with other people […]
Inequality and the need for a new social compact
Singapore Perspectives 2012 Singapore inclusive: bridging divides Background paper: Inequality and the need for a new social compact by Manu Bhaskaran Ho Seng Chee Donald Low Tan Kim Song Sudhir Vadaketh Yeoh Lam Keong http://www.spp.nus.edu.sg/ips/docs/events/p2012/SP2012_Bkgd%20Pa.pdf Brilliant insightful piece. Drawing on very recent research, economic policy papers and behavioural economics and psychology. A timely paper indeed. […]
Occupy Wall Street (OWS)
Great article called “Occupy: The day after”, with lots of reference to the idea of public space http://places.designobserver.com/feature/occupy-the-day-after/31698/ Some excerpts from it: That what we call public space is not and cannot be truly public in the sense of universally available and accessible to all; and yet, that we have every right to expect it to be […]
Power of Poetry
New Haiku Signs Will Make NYC Streets Safer Through Power Of Poetry http://gothamist.com/2011/11/29/new_haiku_signs_will_make_nyc_stree.php#photo-1 This is urban space, transport safety, crime, marketing all rolled into one. Amazing.
Goodge street station. Lunchtime. Fruit stall in front of the station. A newspaper stand on the South side of the fruit stall. Man in his 40s. Tall. Wearing a long black coat. Light coloured scarf. A hat. Strumming a Ukelele? Singing. Not very in tune with the music, not very pleasant, but very loud. Self-absorbed. […]
Looking at the ordinary 