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Another excellent RSA animated talk. Cue Carly Simon’s Nobody Does It Better, because nobody does. And it makes me feel sad for the rest. via Mark Frauenfelder @ Boing Boing.
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Have Some Dessert Honey
“WuhOOOOW” Totally charmed by this guy. [via the Daily What]
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Tagged Craft, Culture, Daily What, Dessert, Food, Funny, Honey, Humor, Skills, South Korea, Youtube
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Be More Like Pittsburgh
This post has nothing to do with the NFL or sports. I don’t really even like sports. Only athletes. See the right hand column for my very favorites. Moving on to why Durham (or any place) should be more like … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Bicycles, Bridges, Culture, Design, Education, GOOD, Pittsburgh, Policy, Zachary Slobig
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The History of American Political Opinion
Seems like a good time to post this. From the video’s creator: Using county-level data, I spatially and temporally interpolated presidential vote returns for the two major party candidates in each election from 1920-2008. The result illuminates the sometimes gradual, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Culture, David B. Sparks, Education, Future, GOOD, History, How Stuff Works, Morgan Clendaniel, Opinion, Philosophy, Politics, Scary, Technology
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Jim Fallows on Throwing Like a Girl
[image via Andrew Side A] Two things: 1. Natural movements aren’t always innate. 2. We need to stop with the ‘throwing like a girl’ talk. Jim Fallows: A surprising number of people think that there is a structural difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Angela Vasquez-Giroux, Arizona State Softball, Baseball, Beautiful, Culture, Education, How Stuff Works, Linda Wells, Opinion, Science, Skills, Smarts, Softball, Sports, Tennis, The Atlantic, The Idler, the sandlot, Thoughts, Vic Braden
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Douglas Coupland’s Predictions for the Coming Decade
I read this a couple of months ago, but only now, in these early days of the new decade*, does it feel right to stamp out the ubiquitous optimism with some good doubt. Douglas Coupland, a Canadian curmudgeon, lists 45 predictions for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Culture, Curmudgeons, Douglas Coupland, Education, Food, Future, Futurism, Music, Opinion, Philosophy, Photobucket, Predictions, Scary, Singularity, Smarts, The Browser, The Globe and Mail, Thoughts, Wikipedia
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Aaron Merritt’s Year In Review
I’ve mentioned Aaron in this space before, but that was a furtively self-serving moment wasn’t it? Today’s post isn’t about me. As Aaron explains, it’s… For me specifically. But then, teachers in general. But- also- everbody. This post isn’t like … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Rock, Aaron Merritt, Advice, Alec Baldwin, Amalgamation, Art, Batman, Beautiful, Bill Watterson, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Brown, Craft, Cuba, Cultivation, Culture, Curation, Design, Donnie Darko, Edward Norton, Ferris Bueller, Henri Matisse, John Hughes, Matthew Broderick, Maurice Sendak, Panopticon, Peanuts, Pikachu, Powerpoint, Prison, Prison Presidio Modelo, Roald Dahl, Rubik's Cube, Scott Pilgrim, Shel Silverstein, Skills, Smarts, Spider-Man, Superman, Technology, The Giving Tree, The Goddamn Batman, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, What is this I don't even, Where the Wild Things Are, Wile E. Coyote, Willy Wonka
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Gwen McCarter’s Top 10 Most Wonderfully Bad Fashion Trends of 2010
10. Man jammies [image via Cool Hunting] 9. Alpen-clogs [image via My Style] 8. Hammer time parachute pants for women [image via Celebrity Beauty] 7. Bubble lady hips [image via SugarScape] 6. Stirrup-pant revival [image via the Cheap Girl] 5. … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Clogs, Conan O'Brien, Culture, Design, Fashion, Furries, Gwen McCarter, Jeggings, Lady Gaga, Man Jammies, Meat Dress, Opinion, Parachute Pants, Scary, Stirrups, Top 10, What is this I don't even
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Jimi Trout’s Top 10 Yarn Tastings of 2010
Submitted by: Coraghessan A. Cat 1. STITCHES South Knitting Expo Yarn Tasting Atlanta, Georgia; www.knittinguniverse.com/stitches/south/ Easily the highlight of the 2010 yarn tasting season. This year’s 50g skeins were divine, featuring subtle hints of nepeta and lemon. Breathtaking. 2. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Adorbz, Art, Beautiful, Cats, Craft, Culture, Education, Funny, History, Humor, Jimi Trout, Jokes, Opinion, Philosophy, Smarts, Thoughts, Top 10, Trout Mask Replica, Yarn, Yarn Tastings
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Scott Wotring’s Top 10 Albums and Things from 2010
Top 10 Albums: 1. Surfer Blood — Astro Coast What struck me as nothing more than a simple rock record, transformed with each listen into a collection of the year’s best pop songs. The hooks are abundant, the lyrics are … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach House, Caribou (music), Chihei Hatakeyama, Culture, Food, Gold Panda, Google Maps, History, Hopscotch Music Festival, Houseboat for ZZ, LCD Soundsystem, Linville Gorge, Miniature Tigers, Music, Opinion, Scott Wotring, Six-Pack Challenge, Stuff You Should Know, Surfer Blood, The Drums, The Room, The Tallest Man on Earth, Titus Andronicus, Top 10, Warrior Dash, Wavves
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