America the Overfull - New York Times
This was just a lovely written piece on the less crowded times in America. I feel it especially poignant as I look out my window across downtown Seattle, whose skyline has changed dramatically just in the last 12 years I’ve lived here and open spaces (and quiet) are getting [...]
UrbanGhost.com
These is a photoblog from an Toronto based guy who calls himself the UrbanGhost, almost exclusively of people, going about their lives. It reminds me of some of my favorite photos from Gary Winograd. Just awesome site.
This is a video of Rob Paravonian doing an awesome bit. I was going to try to describe it, but just click the play button and enjoy.
The flipside of the Seatac Airport Trees incident is the right wing’s continual battle against the non-existant War on Christmas. So the LA Times points out that this is really a nice cash making scheme for at least some on the right: ‘War on Christmas’ has a new jingle: money.
Now, as a Jewish person who [...]
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So, I’m staying a nice hotel in the self-proclaimed capital of Silicon Valley. Of course, they have hot and cold running internet (wireless and wired!), but there is no outlet with 10 feet of the desk (where the wired internet is). Unless, of course, you move the bed away from the wall and unplug the [...]
luckily no one got hurt, which makes it more fun to watch. Wish the video was encoded better.
English Russia » Strange Soviet Buildings
These buildings aren’t just futuristic, or weird. There is something really oddly compelling and beautiful about them.
A non-profit group has constructed a billboard in second life to let people know how many preventable child deaths they could have done something about while f’ing around in the non-real-world.
Second Life escapists told to wake up | The Register
In this case, I can sorta see both sides. It seems kind of trivial to be [...]
I heard the phrase “Peace… Out” used as a verb a couple weeks ago, as in “If I show up and they ignore me, I’ll just Peace Out, ya know.”
This was coming from a guy who must have been under 25, and it honestly blew my mind a bit.
I hadn’t heard “Peace… Out” even ironically [...]
