December, 2009
The Twitter Week in Review.
- Wanko: http://flic.kr/p/7qurJ2 #
- Singapore. Buried under a mountain of tweets. http://yfrog.com/1dem4j #
- 5 bowls of durian pudding later I am feeling slightly ill. #
- The word uber is inexplicably popular in Singapore. #
- Yet another crazy rainy day. #
- @yiwenleung merry christmas! in reply to yiwenleung #
- #GReader The Japanese Snuggie Devolves Humans Into Giant, Two-Legged Tadpoles [Sartorial Choices] http://j.mp/8KIFi9 #
- The Michael Jackson is a drink with tofu and black jelly. #
- @voidboi can't seem to!!!! I'll try again later. in reply to voidboi #
- The density of tweets nearby is pretty fantastic compared to Brisbane! #
- Arrived in good time and in one piece. #
- A whole 7 hours without the Internet. How am I going to make it?!?!?! #
- @dmwallace damn shame! Better luck with the next try. You should get a camera in there. in reply to dmwallace #
- @jwpage you're excited about starting the day! in reply to jwpage #
- #GReader Portfolio: Red Sky at Night http://j.mp/6MkZkG #
- #GReader Modder mods new fangled wireless keyboard to look like old timey one http://j.mp/5LIUEQ #
- Seems most of the Internet is down. At least YouTube works. #
- I've been pretty lousy at taking photos this year. My resolution for next year is to photograph more. #
- #GReader The Way We Get By http://j.mp/8jELVL #
- #GReader Real advertising http://j.mp/4D0Z9g #
- Antony and the Johnsons really grows on you. #
- @dmwallace was it fun???? #
- @yiwenleung Tell me about it! 2 more days for me! in reply to yiwenleung #
- @r0xie Nope in reply to r0xie #
- Happy Birthday @miranda_jane! + Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year! #
- This Worldvision ad is emotional blackmail. #
- Holiday countdown! #
- Little Prince Deluxe Pop-up Book! http://bit.ly/5NQmp6 #
- The Twitter Week in Review. http://bit.ly/72j2vs #
Unforgiving Design – Urinals
This is the urinal I used at GOMA today.
There is very little room for mistake with urinals of this sort.
When you are in the act of urinating, you must ensure that the stream is at an angle that will not cause a splashback.
As you run out of pee, the stream becomes less and less powerful until it becomes a trickle. This trickle will tend to end up falling right into the urinal which then results in you getting pee splattered all over your shoes, or even worse… your feet if you are wearing thongs.
You don’t even feel like you can do the flick off because you worry that you will end up getting splattered more than you already have.
This is bad enough when you are alone, but when the urinal gets crowded, you have to watch out because someone might get splattered. Or ever worse. Someone will splash you.
In modern history, millions of urinals must have been designed and produced, with many hundreds of millions of people pissing in them every day.
So how is it that such a basic flaw could ever have been overlooked?
