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Mother of all Demos
via The Long Now Blog by (author unknown) on June 04, 2008
Shared by thoughtwax Stewart Brand is my hero.
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Quick! Put up some shelves to find my car keys
via Natural Selections by Darwin on May 28, 2008
Or the equivalent thereof1.Instant.Comedy.Classic.::Endnotes:Script: ‘I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic–see if I can track an IP address.’
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Zoologists are studying stray dogs in Moscow, and the ways they've...
via kottke.org by cliffkuang@gmail.com on May 27, 2008
Zoologists are studying stray dogs in Moscow, and the ways they've adapted to city life:Back in the lean Soviet era, restaurants and the now-ubiquitous fast-food kiosks were scarce, so dogs were less likely to beg and more likely to forage through garbage, the zoologists say. Foraging dogs prospered best in the vast industrial zones of Moscow, where they lived a semiferal existence. Because...
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I love...
via www.johnbraine.com by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
... neighbours around and talking shit with them - sending birthday cards - making websites - going to trad nights - drinking in shithole pubs - imagining the world in different colours - learning a new language - talking in slang - basements - attics - conservatories - hearing sandra’s voice again on the phone - drunken tekken marathons with my friends - hanging about in arcades all day.
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Jamie Livingston's Photo of the Day
via Waxy.org Links by (author unknown) on May 21, 2008
he shot a Polaroid every day until his death from cancer in 1997 [via]
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The Look of The Irish
via Speechification by (author unknown) on May 20, 2008
Shared by thoughtwax Loved this.Over at RTE Ronan Kelly has got a bit of an NPR thing going on. He’s making documentaries that have that disarming, dreamy feel that I expect from the best output of American public radio stations like Chicago Public Radio and WNYC. Here’s a really excellent show that went out around Paddy’s Day in March about being Irish. Not being Irish in the hard-hitting...
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Official Google Reader Blog: Brand new Google Reader for iPhone
via googlereader.blogspot.com by (author unknown) on May 11, 2008
Shared by Bwana Really anxious to try it out!! My iPhone battery just died so I have to wait!
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Obsessing, a web-based editor for playing with Processing.js
via Waxy.org Links by (author unknown) on May 11, 2008
could Processing.js be the beginning of the end for the closed-source culture of rich media tech?
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Going green is regaining independence
via Life is grand by paulmwatson on May 08, 2008
Nothing was likely to change until we healed the “split between what we think and what we do.Wendell Berry, 30 years ago talking about environmental problems and peoples attitudes towards them. Fascinating that a man spoke before I was born on today’s issues that people think of as only being recent.Michael Pollan has an interesting article on why we should even attempt to “go green” when...
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Middle Branch Case Files: Reed Bird Island Park
via sevensixfive by sevensixfive on April 29, 2008
DSC02327, originally uploaded by sevensixfive. Alright, so, a friend of mine and I are looking at these off-the-grid type places in South Baltimore, these open spaces on the water that are kind of shaped by pollution, erosion, development, industry ... all for this project, which is for a gallery show that is in turn part of the Baltimore Festival of Maps.And there's one spot we've been...
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