The Vancouver Sun reports that the city’s police are now using cardboard cops with radar guns to get drivers to slow down:
‘There may or may not be a police officer behind one of these cut-outs,’ Vancouver police traffic Staff Sgt. Ralph Pauw said at a news conference. Police will erect several on poles at the […]
Urban Exploration: a Subculture at a Glance by Veronica Davidov
As subcultures go, “urban exploration” or “urbexing” is a very materially embedded one, where community formation happens around specific physical locations, even though as a global phenomenon, it is almost entirely facilitated by the internet … What all of these subgroups share is a value system […]
As the Desire Paths Flickr Pool makes the rounds, I thought I’d point to Matt’s recent article, Accepting Invitations: Desire Lines as Earthly Offerings
I would like to suggest that desire lines are not merely the product of a human-desiring, nor are they merely a material expression of some aspect of the human imagination; rather, desire […]
Speaking of parkour and vertical mobility, serial consign reports on a new video game in development:
The narrative revolves around Faith, a nimble traceur in a predictably totalitarian, ultra-sterile futuristic cityscape. Faith, a parkour courier, has been charged with delivering some extremely valuable information - so valuable in fact that she finds herself relentlessly pursued through […]
In a piece entitled “Powerbocks Steal Dork Prize From Segways” Wired columnist Lore Sjöberg directs our attention to the latest form of upward mobility: powerbocking. Patented by Mr. Bock in 2003 it seems that powerbocks — of which there are numerous brands — could become an indispensable tool for enhancing parkour escapades.
YouTube: Freestyle Powerizer Stilts
However, […]