September 2010
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Sep 29th
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Sep 29th
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Sep 28th
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Sep 28th
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Dictatorial Sartorial Pictorial →
Life in the fashion police state.
Sep 27th
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Sep 26th
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Sep 25th
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Sep 24th
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“In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made School...”
– Mark Twain, Following the Equator, Ch. 61, “Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar” Sigh, the Texas School Board of Education makes it into the news, again.
Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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3D map of Shanghai →
This image shows the Pudong business district in Shanghai. All the features on the map are computer-generated and kept up to date (the map defaults to showing the Chinese pavilion at Expo 2010, which is happening RIGHT NOW). I can’t even imagine the amount of work it takes to build and maintain this thing. Of course, if you read Chinese you’ll find the map much more useful as well as...
Sep 21st
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Sep 20th
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Sep 20th
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Sep 20th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 15th
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Sep 14th
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Yay for fast food! →
That’s what the Utne Reader relays to us in its latest issue anyway. The essay brings to mind New Yorker’s 2008 examination of food miles vs. carbon footprint and Mother Jones’s 2009 report on sustainable farming practices. All three pieces question the received wisdom of local, organic, and slow food that occupy the intersection of environmentalism and foodie culture, and all...
Sep 13th
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Sep 11th
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“A person’s mind can be changed by reading information on the Internet. The...”
– Pommer’s Law
Sep 9th
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Sep 9th
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Ian's Shoelace Site →
Oh yeah, one of the Chema Madoz photos reminded me of this site. The man knows entirely too much about tying shoelaces.
Sep 8th
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Sep 8th
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itsfullofstars: The Contents of the Golden Record on Board the Voyager Spacecraft. Oh man, this is neat. The Voyager golden record was reproduced on a 1992 CD-ROM that has long gone out of print, so it’s very cool to learn that someone has put its contents on the web. BTW, I checked the recording of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and it’s the same length as what’s on the...
Sep 8th
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Planning your virtual life after death →
Lifehacker’s recommendations on an important, but often ignored, topic.
Sep 7th
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Sep 6th
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Sep 6th
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What do the multinational troops in Afghanistan... →
Early in the war in Afghanistan, among the international troops who mingle at Bagram Air Base, a single French combat ration (cassoulet, perhaps, with deer pâté and nougat) could be traded for at least five American Meals Ready to Eat, better known as M.R.E.’s. Recently though, the barter values have changed. Now the French are lusting after American hamburgers, chili, and peanut butter. So...
Sep 6th
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Sep 3rd
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Sep 2nd
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“To prepare yourself for marriage, you must think: I am going to bury this...”
– On commitment, from Taxi Driver Wisdom
Sep 1st
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