Yamaha’s Wheel Rider
Gizmodo had a post about a new personal transport concept designed by Yuji Fujimura called the Wheel Rider. It was made for Yamaha (according to Tuvie, anyway). It’s really pretty, actually. The rider rides inside of a giant wheel that is protected by an outer shiny body layer. The Wheel Rider was designed to meet the demands of the urban commuter in the future.
Can you imagine a large city like Dallas, New York, or London having 40 or 50% of their vehicles as the Wheel Rider? An 8 lane road could easily become a 16 or 20 lane road! No more traffic jams!
More photos after the jump.
FYI: No posting this week!
Just letting everyone know (the 27 people that are subscribers to my blog–thanks! :D), I will be out of town today though Thursday so there will be no blog posts!
-Logan
Fifty Dangerous Things
If you have an overbearing need to over-supervise your children, know children who are over-supervised, or where raised by the over-supervised method, then you should purchase “Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)” by Gever Tulley. The idea behind the 130 page book is to allow children to learn about danger through experience.
50 experiments that can potentially cause minor harm to someone—like putting a 9V battery to one’s tongue—that help to teach people lessons about danger in a controlled environment. Perfect for that over-supervised kid that still needs to learn a few of life’s lessons. This book going somewhat along the same lines as the “Dangerous Book for Boys” and the “Daring Book for Girls“.
Seems like a really nifty book idea and worth the $24. Available at Amazon.
Caminetti Montegrappa’s Linea Series Makes Wood Stoves Cool Again
The folks at the Appliancist pointed that Italian maker of fireplaces, heaters, and stoves Caminetti Montegrappa has come up with a very modern version of the woodburning heater called “Linea.”
It has a very simple, compact look and a rough, yet elegant, heavy-gauge steel finish. The stoves come only in black and are wall mounted. The Linea comes in two models–6 and 8–featuring a front access door with a long ceramic glass to view the flames. The firebox is lined with refractory material that allow the heat to dissipate slowly so it still heats the area long after the flames go out.
The Linea series stoves have a very simple, modern design, clean lines, and a Scandinavian look. When mounted on the wall, it gives the stove the appearance of being weightless which would probably make it the centerpiece for most conversations.
More information and photos after the jump. Read on. »
The Printable CEO
Editor's note: This was a guest post by me on my good friend Michael's blog One-Year Tightrope.
David Shea’s The Printable CEO (or PCEO, for short) is probably one of the most revolutionary tools for productivity and organization a small business owner—anyone, really—can have in their toolbox.
The PCEO is a collection of 5 printable worksheets for goal tracking, task tracking, daily planning, planned versus unplanned tracking, and individual task tracking. (More about each after the jump.)
Shea came up with this amazing set of working because he didn’t have the ability to focus on moving his company forward:
[It] comes from the idea that a good CEO should focus primarily on those things that move the company forward; since I can’t afford to hire my own CEO, being able to print one out seemed like the next best thing! :-)
It’s about that simple to use PCEO: print, fill out, conquer. Read on. »
