Though the name is a little ambitious (this font will not likely save rainforests), the concept is incredibly cool: a font that requires less ink.

The free EcoFont, by SPRANQ.

(via Dan)

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BMW will soon release the “Mini E” – an electric version of the beloved Cooper Mini. A pilot program will release 500 Mini Es for lease in Los Angeles and New York.
BusinessWeek Link.

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Sailing in a watercraft made from junk, from Los Angeles to Hawaii, the JUNK team is raising awareness about plastic junk in our oceans.

JUNK blog

(via Notcot)

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Cool idea: this disposable paper coffee cup is actually a ceramic mug.

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If you live in the Bay Area: GO!
It’s happening tomorrow (Sunday) also.
GO! . . . and be crafty.

Bonus Round: Hacker Mullet!

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This Saturday and Sunday (May 3nd – 4st) is Make Magazine’s third annual ‘Maker Faire’ – a festival of DIY and all things hacker.

At the San Mateo County Fairgrounds, adult day pass $25, student $15, child $10.

Here’s a video I made of last year’s Maker Faire:

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Last Fall, someone tried repeatedly to break into a neighbor’s apartment – windowscreens torn or pulled off, and attempts to pry open the window locks. I helped her to better fortify her windows and I decided it would be wise to protect my own.

I went with minor antipersonnel gardening: planter boxes beneath all of the windows, each filled with cacti. The project itself cost around $25 for each antipersonnel planter box, and it took an afternoon to do. IKEA (at the time) had sets of 3 small cacti for ~$5.00 and single large cacti for ~$5.00 each.

Some points to consider:
• This won’t prevent anyone from breaking in if they are hellbent on doing so. It provides ‘disincentive’ – making it uncomfortable or more difficult to casually approach and open windows from the outside. They provide a visual threat (I’ve considered adding poison oak to some of the planter boxes, also).

• The cost is relatively low.

• It is easy to do – Screw the planter box into the bottom of the window sill. I suggest you use BBQ tongs or pliers to handle the cacti when you’re planting them.

• It is easy to maintain – Cacti are low-maintenance and often only need watering on a monthly basis.

• It looks cool – every time I look out the window, it looks like I’m in Arizona.

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[update from Heywood]: According to you a YouTube comment, this is a clip from a British TV comedy called ‘Drop the Dead Donkey‘. Still; pretty freakin funny.

(via Ronnie; via BeVideo)

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It goes without saying that there are certain things that white people love (usually because no one else wants to go near these things for good reason). Stuff White People Like is dedicated to chronicling the things that affluent white people go berzerk about:

• #74 – Oscar Parties
• #67 – Standing Still at Concerts
• #64 – Recycling
• #63 – Expensive Sandwiches
• #62 – Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
• #60 – The Toyota Prius
• #57 – “Juno”
• #49 – Vintage Clothing
• #47 – Arts Degrees
• #45 – Asian Fusion Food
• #44 – Public Radio
• #36 – Breakfast Places
• #28 – Not Having a TV
• #25 – David Sedaris
• #21 – Writer’s Workshops
• #17 – Hating Their Parents
• #16 – “Gifted” Children
• #11 – Asian Girls
• #10 – Wes Anderson Movies
• #5 – Farmers Markets
• #1 – Coffee

(via Susan)

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Say what you want to say about pot, but this is certainly interesting, and I will be curious to see how this experiment works out for all parties involved. Machines are ‘open’ for business 24 hours a day, and have security guarding them. Furthermore, potential consumers will have to check in and have prescriptions approved, have a photo and biometric fingerprint scan taken before making a purchase, and use a prepaid ‘credit’ card with dosage information pre-programmed in to prevent people buying more than their allotment.

Patients can buy 3.5 or 7 grams, up to 1 oz. a week, in 5 strains “including OG Cush and Granddaddy Purple, the mildly hallucinogenic forebear to Prince.” Perhaps we will see some of these products in vending machines in the future?

As one poster astutely asked, “Is there to be a regular vending machine next to the marijuana machine to cure the resulting munchies?” Another poster replied, “That’s a fantastic idea– this way they can sell Doritos for $20 a bag!” Simpy Classic.

(Thanks Steve; via Thrillist)

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