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• Project 012: Safe Routes to School

  Walking to school in the Adirondacks should be scenic, not scary. Todd Smith's contribution to Project 012.
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  • 012: New School
  • Date: Aug 27 2008
  • Contributors: GOOD magazine

• Forget About 100-mpg Cars

  "Why is so little attention being paid to getting better fuel efficiency, right now?"
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  • 011: Get Lost
  • Date: Jul 09 2008
  • Contributors: Cliff Kuang and Naz Sahin

• Train in Vain

  Europe and Asia have figured it out, so why is the American rail system still so unspeakably awful? GOOD hops aboard a transcontinental train to find out.
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  • 011: Get Lost
  • Date: Jun 13 2008
  • Contributors: Ben Jervey

• Project Tandem

  Starting this October, as part of Project Tandem, two kids will ride about ten thousand miles on bikes, over about 365 days, in a "down and dirty operation" to document countless stories of small-town Americans. The focus: folks working to change the planet for the better. And probably, a good deal of whatever else people want to talk to them about.
  
  After their studies in photography, co-founders and co-bikers Alan Winslow and Morrigan McCarthy took a crash course in documentary radio production at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies (a school that celebrates similarly awesome projects like StoryCorps), and are currently training (that means cycling a lot) to take their mics, cameras and two touring bikes on a giant year-long loop starting and ending in Virginia.
  
  (Try to) keep up with them as they navigate America's cultural and literal topography, chatting up strangers and ambushing local diners, on Project Tandem's blog.
  
  Via Salt
  
  Photo: Morrigan McCarthy and Alan Winslow
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  • Date: Aug 19 2008
  • Posted by alexandra_m

• Intermission

  We spotted this stunning, slow-motion skate video on Kottke early this morning, and we haven't gotten any work done since.
  
  
  skate - shot on red - 120 fps from opus magnum prod. on Vimeo
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  • Date: Aug 19 2008
  • Posted by Patrick James

• Bridge To Terroristia

  Sheikh Tarek bin Laden (the non-terrorist brother of Osama) is endeavoring to link the African and Asian contents with an 18-mile bridge across the Gate of Tears (the strait that connects the Gulf of Aden with the Red Sea). In order to do so, he will create cities (that currently don't exist) at the future endpoints of the bridge (in Yemen and Djibouti).
  
  From The Independent: "The new metropolises, the Saudi developer claims, will be the envy of the world: the finest hospitals and schools, world-class universities and sporting facilities—everything will be the biggest and the best. Building them will require a staggering influx of migrant labour. The Djibouti city alone needs 850,000 workers—the country's entire population (children and babies included) is 800,000."
  
  Is there anything more amazing than a tale of two to-be-constructed self-referential cities getting connected by a bridge that doesn't exist yet? Yes: the 98 more the Sheikh might build in other parts of the world. Awesome.
  
  Note: We are fully aware that this headline is both offensive and misleading, but so is this afterthought. The sad truth of the matter is that being a Bin Laden is pretty much the same thing as being a Baldwin—you're born into a rich and hairy frat-pack with one standout (Alec, Sheikh Tarek), a bunch of others that no one cares about, and an unequivocal black sheep (Stephen, Osama) that ruins the name for everyone. That said, headline suggestions are always welcome.
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  • Date: Aug 14 2008
  • Posted by Patrick James

• Again Again

  this is quite possibly the greatest youtube video ever. I cant wait for the next winter olympics
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  • Date: Aug 23 2008
  • Posted by chris_steff

• not good

  I think the headline is very offensive. Oh, so does the writer? Why then for the sake of GOOD taste is it still up?
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  • Date: Aug 14 2008
  • Posted by erediaman

• Let's hope they're kidding.

  So, if 80% are getting fresh, healthy food and medical treatment, what are the remaining 20% getting? Why do they make it sound like such a natural part of the plan, as if we are supposed to read that and say "Wow! 80%!" rather than "I don't understand. Why not 100%?".
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  • Date: Aug 08 2008
  • Posted by kam