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December 2009

Students Are Finally Using Trojans! → extremecraft.typepad.com

I’ve been working on a paper about the use of craft as a “Trojan horse”, and I ran across this great, literal use of the Trojan horse by students at the Tyler School of Art in…

Dec 28, 2009
.dirtyflaws.: meet your master → dirtyflaws.com




i first saw this forever and a day ago in a lithium picnic shoot - couldnt stop looking at it then, cant stop looking at it now. i really fucking need this.

Dec 28, 2009
Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Stories / Overtime by Charles Stross and Carl Wiens → tor.com

All bureaucracies obey certain iron laws, and one of the oldest is this: get your seasonal leave booked early, lest you be trampled in the rush.

I broke the rule this year, and now I’m paying the…

Dec 28, 2009
Media: A world of hits | The Economist → economist.com

Ever-increasing choice was supposed to mean the end of the blockbuster. It has had the opposite effect

Dec 28, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist - The Big Zero - NYTimes.com → nytimes.com

Let’s bid a not at all fond farewell to the Big Zero — the decade in which we achieved nothing and learned nothing.

Dec 28, 2009
Schneier on Security: Separating Explosives from the Detonator → schneier.com

Chechen terrorists did it in 2004. I said this in an interview with then TSA head Kip Hawley in 2007:

I don’t want to even think about how much C4 I can strap to my legs and walk through your…

Dec 28, 2009
emilyfitzhugh (Emily Fitzhugh):@spinnerin play that baby like you never have before. It's ukulele time. (5:34) → twitter.com

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@spinnerin play that baby like you never have before. It’s ukulele time.
Dec 28, 2009
Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9' S, Longitude 126° 43' W)? → tor.com

Cthulhu, they call me. Great Cthulhu.

Nobody can pronounce it right.

Are you writing this down? Every word? Good. Where shall I start—mm?

Very well, then. The beginning. Write this down, Whateley.

Dec 28, 2009
Christmas Week Floods, 1964 → lostoregon.wordpress.com


Ellis Lucia, photojournalist and author of “The Big Blow” and “Don’t Call It Or-e-gawn” released “Wild Water” in 1965 to commemorate flooding, frigid temps that took place on the Pacific Slope in…

Dec 24, 2009
Reflections on a Weird Year → runway.blogs.nytimes.com

Yesterday, apparently on a self-punishment streak, I popped into a few stores to see how things were going.

Dec 23, 2009
bedtime stories → anti-mega.com

Last week, I received a book called Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories semi-randomly as a secret santa present. Maybe I’ve been watching…

Dec 23, 2009
Many Worlds, Many Treats : Uncertain Principles → scienceblogs.com

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I suspect I’ve linked this before, but now there’s a whole book: http://www.amazon.com/How-Teach-Physics-Your-Dog/dp/1416572287

I’m sitting at the computer typing, when the dog…

Dec 23, 2009
Growth Assembly → nextnature.net

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Though the example product seems a little far-fetched; growth assembly could be quite revolutionary. Worldwide shipping of manufactured things is very…

Dec 23, 2009
Weeknotes.com | Talent & Fervor → weeknotes.com

Weeknotes are updates about what your business has been doing over the past seven days or so.

They’re about reflecting on your work, your achievements, and what’s on deck.

Dec 23, 2009
Covet Garden : Hilmer Hoods → hautemacabre.com

While [slightly] stalking Twisted Lamb’s blog, I came across her post on designer Jan Hilmer. The Hood Lust factor is high, friends, so be warned.

I saw these in person while…

Dec 23, 2009
Scifri Videos: Another Reason To Spike That Eggnog → sciencefriday.com
Another Reason To Spike That Eggnog

It is a question on the minds of many people this season: will adding alcohol to the homemade eggnog safeguard against salmonella? To find out, Science Friday…

Dec 22, 2009
Economist says Portland's economic strategy isn't working → portlandtribune.com

University of Oregon economist Tim Duy delivered a pointed critique of Portland’s previous and current economic development strategies to a group of Washington County business and political leaders…

Dec 22, 2009
YouTube - The Uniform Project Trailer → youtube.com

Dec 22, 2009
SF Magazine Publishing Will Be All About Niches [Lightspeed] → io9.com

With so many science-fiction magazines going under, it’s a relief that John Joseph Adams and Prime Books are launching Lightspeed. But it’s not enough just to fill your need for SF…

Dec 21, 2009
Basics: Sorry, Vegans: Brussels Sprouts Like to Live, Too → nytimes.com

Want to eat more ethically? It may be more complicated than just giving up meat.

Dec 21, 2009
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