Links for 2008-09-04 [del.icio.us]

Beijing Cubism: How ETFE Revolutionized the Bubble [Archinect] "One could easily lose sight of a miracle of a different sort, one that contributed in no small measure to the ambiance in Beijing. I refer to the 102 ft. high, 584 ft. long, naturally and artificially-lit, self-heated, transparent, translucent, steel-girded, fantasy of a structure double-clad in 4,000+ pillow-like segments of the wondrous polymer known as ETFE." Information on Bus Rapid Transit in Chinese and Asian cities "Information on BRT in China and Asia, in cities including Beijing, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Changzhou, Brisbane, and others." Telstra’s BT coat doesn’t fit [ZDNet Australia] "There you have it: BT's own account of some of the changes separation has wrought. As far as I could tell, the worst thing separation has done to BT is to force it to shake off decades of legacy technology, stop trying to milk the PSTN to within an inch of its life, and get on with the business of building a better...