December 2011
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Kansas attorney general spends $476K defending new... →
UGH
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tubercul0sis: 2011 →
tubercul0sis:
A year in photos:
Love these photos, man. Everyone else, Go see the rest!
beard: lite
Trimmed the beard back a little. No longer looking so much like a yeti.
S.F. parklets: a little tour of a major trend →
citymaus:
The eight tables give Cafe Abir’s parklet a restaurant-alcove feel.
The most significant change to San Francisco’s landscape in 2011 involves a conjuring act that turns parking spaces into pedestrian nooks.
They go by the name of parklets, a word that didn’t exist two years ago, and when 2011 arrived there were only four. Now there are 22, with six more approved and 44 in...
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“Nobody hates them for being successful. And not that this needs repeating, but...”
– Matt Taibbi, A Christmas Message From America’s Rich
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An MRI machine could teach you Kung-Fu, everything... →
openscience:
“Just a few months ago, we wrote about how UC Berkeley researchers have been able to use functional MRI (fMRI) machines to extract your dreams from inside your brain. A joint American and Japanese team has since discovered that this technique works both ways: it’s possible to use an fMRI machine to generate specific patterns inside your brain that can be used to teach you new...
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“Smith arrived at The Atlantic‘s offices in mid-2007. He worked doggedly his...”
– The Atlantic: How One Magazine Became Profitable by Going ‘Digital First’
Balls. Total balls.
(via emptyage)
distorte:
Sufjan Stevens — Hey Guys! It’s...
Yelping with Cormac: P. F. Chang's China Bistro →
yelpingwithcormac:
Emeryville, CA
Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM
Two stars.
You think that I am petty. You think that I am self important. I am nothing. I am a vessel. I am a crucible in which truth resides for a brief instant. I hear the stillsmall voice of God and I bow before it in ecstasy and He speaks not in the obscenity of man’s tongue but in stars torn from heaven....
A GOOD Idea: To Save Post Offices, Turn Them Into... →
secretrepublic:
Adaptive re-use for the 21st century, an era where social value and economic value are two sides of the same coin (pun intended).
Yes!
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BLUG: odd new bike p.2 →
rivbike:
My odd new frame came in, and read the post below for its history and what it’s about and all. Right now…here are some pix.
There it is, in all its raging glory. Its oddpoints jump right out at you, don’t they?
But all frames mellow out with parts, as complete bikes. Besides, anywhow—-I…
Look at this lovely metal!
James Franco Unable To Understand Why Ryan Gosling... →
girl-detective:
by GirlDetective
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT—Hollywood star and ridiculously accomplished renaissance man, James Franco, expressed confusion this Wednesday as to why his famous peer, actor Ryan Gosling, was the subject of an increasingly absurd internet meme that relies on images of Gosling paired…
sinks
natasha2marie replied to your photo: I want a single sink like this. Also, not crusty….
Nice! Also I have the foil from some Hershey Kisses that you can artfully sprinkle on it, kinda like the picture.
thanks. so helpful. so, so helpful.
