My name is Erik Mallinson. I draw pictures, make music, and some other stuff. I like playing the ‘ukulele, riding my scooter around Boston, and playing board games.
Follow me on Twitter (@erima) if you’re into that sort of thing.
You might also check out my illustration and music studio (@gravel).
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Jan11
Green Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant | Wired Science | Wired.com
“Scientists have shown that once a young slug has slurped its first chloroplast meal from one of its few favored species of Vaucheria algae, the slug does not have to eat again for the rest of its life. All it has to do is sunbathe.”
via clampants
This would be awesome as a Mind Wheel cover.
via evanfleischer
Nov11
Awesome. When I was a kid I used to draw architectural plans for my fantasy homes. I always loved the idea of bringing in as much nature as possible.
Roald Gundersen builds structures with whole trees (NY Times article). I’ve always had a soft spot for post and beam construction, but this takes it to a whole new level.
“According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams.”
Sep20
For a long while I’ve been taking pictures of trees I’ve stood under and today I decided to make it into a tumble log too. Check it out: http://underthistree.tumblr.com
Sep16
The black and yellow noctuid caterpillars found by George McGavin. When the caterpillars sit together like this they resemble a small snake, possibly as a defence strategy.
via Free Your Imagination (40+ Species Discovered in Crater of Volcano)
Sep11
Upcoming Ken Burns series makes me wish we still had WGBHHD.
