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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Graffiti in Caltech’s Catacombs {photos}
Soundtrack (Menomena – Posh Isolation) <– came on while I was down here.
Last week I had the opportunity to explore the massive network of inaccessible basement passageways of the California institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California. I love exploring caves and dark places–but this location contains a long ethnographic record of a most fascinating [...]
yay
i’m on the jury.
the odds of this happening were about 1 in 85, but I’m somewhat pleased. Sadly, we’re into the ‘time to listen’ part of the case. That’s about all I can say about that. But believe me, I’m taking mental notes and I’ll be posting a massive update about my experience soon.
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U of Maryland and Berkeley Discuss a smarter Ebook (beware Kindle)
I really like the human-mechanistic thinking behind this ‘kindle killer’
Researchers at the University of Maryland at College Park and the University of California at Berkeley have recently unveiled a prototype (pdf) of a dual-display e-book reader. The reader features two detachable screens that can be viewed side by side like an open book, or with [...]
Simon Lund – True Love (photos)
Check out Simon Lund’s photoset ‘True Love‘ (not on flickr). This is the real stuff, guyzzzz
Not taken by him, but ‘curated’ in the awesome sense of the word:
The photographs here where scanned from 120 negatives found in New York City’s Chinatown by Jana Leo. These are a sample I picked out of around 5,000 negatives.
Who donates how much to which candidate and where do they live
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Obama breaks financial aid
17June2008_TaylorMI2, originally uploaded by Barack Obama.
wtf obama why you make her cry
George Carlin
In an article at the Nation, John Nichols quotes George Carlin on politics:
“Now, there’s one thing you might have noticed I don’t complain about: politicians…Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from [...]
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Sonya Kraus spielt mit ihren Brüsten
I already have a ‘wtfjapan‘ section. Maybe I need a wtfgermany section as well.
Berliners
fun slideshow regarding Berlin’s eminence in the art scene at NYtimes. Apparently, Berlin has for close to five years held the ‘awesome european destination’ over Amsterdam.
re: this image… Oliver Hartung writes “A wax-encrusted Vespa scooter sits in one corner of the Grill Royal, acting as a kind of massive, hipster-European candelabrum.” cute.
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Square Photos – Wired