For too long, I have been avoiding Facebook for anything other than informal messages with close friends and family. I find a lot of Facebook... unpleasant. I think Facebook has been trying to become the one and only web destination for the general public, and the thought of that is horrible. If the only site you visit is Facebook and the only online interaction you have is on Facebook, then you miss out on all the weird and wonderful stuff across the web.

While I always knew Facebook was a good communication tool, it's taken me a while to come round to using it. This started with the local youth group I work with, Aontas Ogra. In the past, I have set up guestbooks and message boards to try create a method of communicating with members and parents of members but with Facebook, we now have an incredibly successful medium to interact with members and parents. The obvious secret to the success is being able to post messages to where they are going to regularly visit.

Seeing how useful this has been and how other businesses and individuals have used Facebook for getting their message out there, I decided to create a Facebook page for my links, so if you don't have a Twitter account or subscribe to RSS feeds, you can now 'Like' this page and get all the links in your Facebook feed.

This is also the reason why I stopped Five Links for Friday, I was relinking too soon, before people had a chance to see the original. I am going to add tags to my links though, for better perusal down the line. 

Vintage Penguin-style covers for Tarantino movies

I like projects like these, reimaging Tarantino movies as Penguin paperbacks. The only thing I'd change wold to keep all the covers simpler (Kill Bill in particular) and the colour scheme reduced, like the Penguin paperbacks of old. My favourite is Death Proof (I quite like the film too...)

LEGO paper airplane folding machine

Any video where Lego gets used to mechanically do something, not only gets linked to, but also gets relinked.

Period modern

This home got relinked because of the fantastic conservatory attached to it. So envious.

Pretending it’s Summer: Glen Lake Tower by Balance Associates Architects

I love everything about this tower Summer home- it's cladding, shape, space, interiors. Fantastic.

Lode Architecture: G House, Normandy, France

I love this simple home, which is deceptively large. I wouldn't mind this as my summer home in France.

I put a call out on Twitter, looking for recommendations for good movie soundtracks. The soundtrack for Tron Legacy, by Daft Punk, came up several times, so I made it my mission to find out more.

I got hold of the movie, and not only was I suitably enamoured by the soundtrack, I also loved the look of the movie throughout. Not just the CGI imagery within 'The Grid' but also the production design in the real world.

The production designer was Darren Gilford and his work is beautiful. He has also done the production design on Oblivion, with Tom Cruise, which also looks really beautiful too. I can't wait to see it.

I've posted some screenshots below of the first part of the movie, to avoid spoilers. There is also a home made of shipping containers, and everyone knows that I love reused shipping containers...

 

Apologies for the lack of links and posts this week- I was on Inis Oirr with spotty internet access. Normal service will return on Monday. Photos here.

The BEST(A) LEGO shelves

I love Lego, so I had to relink to this cabinet. As I said in the original link post, a lot of these Ikea Hackers posts are woeful, but this almost looks like an official Lego product.

L-Shaped Countryside Home With Both Rustic And Contemporary Nuances

I don't think I could make up my mind between a contemporary and a traditional home. I'd probably juxtapose the two together, like this home in the UK.

Kazuhiko Kishimoto: Skyward House, Japan

I relinked this home simply because I love the wooden pathway up to it. So nice.

Modern Meets Rustic Revealing a Special Eclectic Décor

I called this one of my favourite home exteriors in a while, so I had to relink to it. I love all the different cladding materials and the different directions the material lines take. The interiors are really nice too, especially the dining table 'chandelier'.

Castillo-Miras Arquitectos: Nazari Tower restoration in Huercal-Overa

This is a striking defensive tower, renovated in Spain. On a barren landscape, in, what looks like, blistering heat, this stands, monolith-like. I love the cape around the staircase.