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Same-sex marriage: public opinion vs. the law   (via)

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : lgbtq law infographics love reblog

reblogged from : Newsweek

2.09.12
Futurists get to a certain age and, as one does, they suddenly recognize their own mortality… And they often decide that what’s going on is that everything is just totally screwed and shabby now, whereas when they were younger everything was better. It’s an ancient, somewhat universal human attitude, and often they give it full voice.
— Fantastic Wired interview with William Gibson, whose recently released collection of nonfiction essays, Distrust That Particular Flavor, is a must-read.

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : interview futurism literature technology

2.09.12

Rebooting Valentine’s Day as Generosity Day – absolutely wonderful project.

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : charity love

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Alien Workshop and The Andy Warhol Foundation recently teamed up to release a collection of 1960s pop-inspired Warhol screenprints veneered on maple skateboard decks.

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : design art sports subcultures vintage

2.09.12
58% of women from a survey of 5,000 cyclists said they would choose cycling over sex if they had to abandon one of these two pleasures for a month.
— Bicycling Magazine survey shows how far the wheels of change have taken us from the days of this Victorian list of don’ts for female cyclists

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : bikes women research

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Social media explained.   (via)

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : humor social_media twitter facebook foursquare

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The book blurb is a literary art form all its own, and Gary Shteyngart is a prolific artisan. Here is a typographic Wordle anatomy of his veneration vocabulary.

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : literature humor typography

2.09.12

Ingenious minimalist gramophone by German artist Livia Ritthaler, constructed of a single sheet of paper and operated by hand. Reminiscent of Kelli Anderson’s paper record player.

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : music innovation creativity diy

2.09.12
When, as a young journeyman printer, [Benjamin Franklin] tried to practice Order by drawing up a rigid daily work schedule, he kept getting interrupted by unexpected demands from his clients — and Industry required him to ignore the schedule and meet with them. If he practiced Frugality (‘Waste nothing’) by always mending his own clothes and preparing all his own meals, there’d be less time available for Industry at his job — or for side projects like flying a kite in a thunderstorm or editing the Declaration of Independence. If he promised to spend an evening with his friends but then fell behind his schedule for work, he’d have to make a choice that would violate his virtue of Resolution: ‘Perform without fail what you resolve.’
— A brief history of the to-do list and the psychology of what makes it a success

posted : Thursday, February 9th, 2012

tags : quote psychology history behavior books

2.08.12

BBC tracks down and confronts an Internet troll.

posted : Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

tags : internet psychology

2.08.12

The German – superb short film about a WWII Messerschmitt 109 vs Spitfire dogfight and its aftermath.  (via)

posted : Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

tags : film history

2.08.12
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Famous writers’ houses, illustrated.

posted : Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

tags : illustration literature history art

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