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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Bring Back Radiators

D.A.S. has created a modern radiator.
The DAS Hugs modular radiator features en endless variety of configurations, thanks to its innovative modular make-up and the twisting and turning capacity of the design. Simple for even the do-it-yourselfer, assembly and installation are easy. And because you are allowed to change your mind, form can be altered, even after installation. Ideal [...]

Luzinterruptus

The Department of Public Works drilled holes into the asphalt in Pizarro Street in central Madrid. The writers of the posts commemorating the installation done there done by Luzinterruptus do not know why the holes were drilled but I have seen this done as a preliminary step to tearing up old asphalt. Regardless, some urban [...]

I Leave For France in a Week

From the 1820’s, brothels were legal in Paris as long as they were registered with the government, and Le Chabanais was among the finest.  It was founded by Irish-born Madame Kelly and funded by interested clients, so that it would become the most lavish, and expensive, in the city. Each room bore a different stylistic [...]