"Hey Jasper -- I did mention the Ron Gilad Spaces Etc. in the post -- but "copy" is quite an accusation. It could be true, but then is Ron Gilad "copying" Sol Le Witt? Can some things can be chalked up to Zeitgeist? http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum/collections_NEW/the_collections/American/images/LeWitt_lg.jpg http://www.crowndozen.com/main/Sol%20Lewitt-thumb.jpg"

"Dennis, A few questions/points about freezing: 1. how does one freeze the entire length of the oil pipe? 2. Crude oil is a mixture of organic compounds and doesn't have a definite freezing or boiling point, depending on the fractional ratios of its constituents. 3. Also, the bottom of the ocean is not a stable environment. Are there are other kinds of gases escaping (that may remain gases at sub zero temperatures? Does increased pressure raise the temperature of the trapped liquid? And, what about geothermal forces? Or changes in current and water temp?"

"The specificity of "floor plans" changes it somewhat--but maybe only if the floor plans were clearly labeled with distinct programmatic elements. I disagree that the book is a critique of the lack of contextual thinking, though I do understand how it might be perceived that way, depending on one's reaction to the content and design priorities. From the MIT Press summary: "Its author, a young French architect practicing in Tokyo, admits he "didn't do this out of reverence toward architecture, but rather out of a profound boredom with the discipline, as a sort of compulsive reaction." What would happen, he asks, if architects liberated their minds from the constraints of site, program, and budget?" Don't forms create their own context? Can't we learn something by navigating the combination of context-less forms with specific and pre-existing conditions? Or through fitting our pre-existing notions into equally willful formal types?"

"Hey, if I'm gonna do an unboxing, I gotta do it right! Details! Point taken. I probably do love my new iPad a little too much. Though instead of resting it on a velvet pillow, I'll be trying not to get it too dirty while referring to it for recipes."

"I totally agree. Andrew! I was hoping to find out more about that from the designers themselves, at the event. For now, the benefit of the doubt. Stay tuned."

"Getting arrested, being convicted and facing a sentence should be enough of a deterrent. The juvenile justice system should rehabilitate, and the notion that it would or should ruin your life forever goes against this. Kids make mistakes, but should feel empowered to face them."

"Woops! Thanks guys. Correction made."

"It should go on sale this summer, for $99.95"