May 2009
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Solange Azagury-Partridge →
Not only is Solange’s jewelry gorgeous, but her website is clean, colorful, and innovative. Love it. “there comes a day in every woman’s life when she wakes up wanting diamonds” (via Natalie Blacker)
May 1st
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How to be a bat. Life in Motion Bats evolved about 50 million years ago from squirrel-like ancestors. They probably made their first forays into the air as gliders. Like living gliders, they used flaps of skin to increase their surface area, letting them glide further. Their hands evolved long spindly fingers that were joined by membranes. Some early bat fossils suggest that they may have shifted...
May 1st
April 2009
204 posts
Apr 30th
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ListenPassion Pit “Moth’s Wings” off...
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Bill Dan balances rocks. “Mad props, dude” (via Swiss-Miss)
Apr 30th
ListenBand of Skulls “I Know What I Am” off...
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Listen CSS “Move” (Cut Copy Remix)
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Time Magazine's Most Influential People of 2009 →
They picked the worst photo of Obama!
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A mantra
whatever it takes, for as long as it takes
Apr 28th
ListenThrowback: Jawbreaker “Fireman” off...
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“got holes in my new jeans for you” - Chairlift “Bruises”
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ListenWhite Denim “Mirrored and Reverse” ...
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American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for... →
The Georgia Guidestones may be the most enigmatic monument in the US: huge slabs of granite, inscribed with directions for rebuilding civilization after the apocalypse. Only one man knows who created them—and he’s not talking.
Apr 28th
Apr 28th
“when you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice” - William James
Apr 27th
In a digital age, vinyl albums are making a... →
big up to my longtime friend, Neil Schield! I don’t necessarily need an LA Times article telling me vinyl is chic again, but it is nice to see others recognize it and potentially agree. The music industry needs all the help it can get. (via Raymond Roker [rkr])
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The Most Influential Women in Technology →
“Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition; they are an inspiration for everyone, male or female, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.”
Apr 27th
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ListenPatrick Wolf “Vulture” off his new...
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Apr 25th
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ListenBasement Jaxx “Raindrops” According...
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“Love is metaphysical gravity.” - R. Buckminster Fuller
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Eco-Capitalists Save Mother Nature by Charging for... →
People understand the economic value of nature’s goods because we constantly pay for them: seafood, timber, copper, cut flowers, natural gas. But nature also provides services that stabilize spaceship Earth. Insects pollinate crops, wooded hillsides purify water, trees sequester CO2, and wetlands buffer cities against storm surges. How much are those services worth? Who knows. They’ve...
Apr 25th
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The Tweenbot needs your help! Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal. (via Kitsune Noir)
Apr 24th
blood is thicker than water
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ListenBjork “Naturra” (Switch remix)
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ListenThrowback: Sunny Day Real Estate “In...
Apr 24th
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Little Red Riding Hood as interpreted for a school project by Tomas Nilsson
Apr 24th
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UNIVERSAL EVERYTHING is Matt Pyke
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ListenLate of the Pier “Space and the Woods”...
Apr 23rd