June 2010
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November 2009
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White people on Twitter! Black people on Twitter! →
nickdouglas: Salon picks up the black/white Twitter theme.
Nov 20th
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July 2009
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June 2009
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Jun 30th
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Jun 21st
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Cool Plasma Blowtorch Kills Plaque, Cleans Teeth →
For those of you who think that sonic micropulses are the future of tooth care, prepare to set your faces to stun. Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have developed a tiny, cool, plasma blowtorch that breaks apart the sticky bonds that holds plaque to a tooth. However, unlike the hot plasma at the center of stars and lightning bolts, this plasma torch is no warmer than room...
Jun 12th
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May 2009
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May 22nd
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WatchWatch
abelson: #378: they might be giants - istanbul (not constantinople) (1990) some dilettantes may argue that the definitive video for instanbul (not constantinople) is the famous tiny tune adventures clip, but dilettantes are dilettantes for a reason. the official video (tim burton-meets-rugrats-meets-the margins of my seventh grade social studies notebook) has globes that smoke pipes, telephones...
May 21st
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May 19th
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May 8th
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The Art of Penguin Science Fiction →
dailymeh: So Penguin books and their iconic covers have a place in history that merits study and appreciation. They have influenced generations of readers and played an important role in our cultural heritage. Over the years new cover designs have appeared, and in the 1950s a transition took place from typographical to pictorial covers. This was followed by the intro- duction of a radically new...
May 8th
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May 6th
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May the 4th Be With You!!   Happy Star Wars Day, enjoy the Star Wars Xmas Special on this most special of days
May 4th
“If the world were clear, art would not exist.”
– Another aphorism about the purpose of art, this one from Albert Camus. (I’m reading The Myth of Sisyphus at the moment; more to come.) (via dailymeh)
May 4th
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April 2009
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Lysistrata comes to Kenya: women hit men with sex...
Women’s activist groups in Kenya have slapped their partners with a week-long sex ban in protest over the infighting plaguing the national unity government. Patricia Nyaundi, executive director of the Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida), one of the organisations in the campaign, said they hoped the seven-day sex ban would force the squabbling rivals to make up. She said the campaign...
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“The fetishization of self-destructive behavior is only romantic if you have a...”
– Philip-Lorca diCorcia. (via dailymeh)
Apr 30th
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“michael stipe knows that when a true gentleman goes bald he has to constantly...”
– max abelson’s super groovy music video spectacular 
Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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Created a tumblr blog today
never saw need to have a real blog, why the hell would I have created a tumblr
Apr 22nd