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How to Get $12 Billion of Gold to Venezuela

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:56:37 +0900

How to Get $12 Billion of Gold to Venezuela:

Felix Salmon ponders an interesting problem: how to move $12 billion in gold from England to Venezuela.

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Last place aversion

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:51:23 +0900

Last place aversion:

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Figures.

Researchers have found that lower income individuals become more opposed to programs designed to help them if people they perceive as below them will also be helped. I…

A Modest Proposal, Cont.

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:30:00 +0900

A Modest Proposal, Cont.:

On a less satirical note, a lot of my discontent with our narrative of gentrification doesn’t come from a lack of sympathy for the poor and working class of black America. On the contrary, it comes…

What would Don Draper do?

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:24:21 +0900

What would Don Draper do?:

A flowchart from The Oatmeal on what Don Draper might do when confronted with a problem.

(thx, toni)

Tags: Mad Men

John Adams: ‘It Is More Important That Innocence Be Protected Than It Is That Guilt Be Punished’

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:29:03 +0900

John Adams: ‘It Is More Important That Innocence Be Protected Than It Is That Guilt Be Punished’:

I almost linked to this page of quotes from founding father John Adams yesterday, but I’m glad I held off. This one seems more apt today:

It is more important that innocence be protected than it…

You Can't Go Home From Here: Why Strauss-Kahn's Fate Matters

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:15:24 +0900

You Can't Go Home From Here: Why Strauss-Kahn's Fate Matters:

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Guilty until proven innocent.

(photo credit: Steve Clemons, The Washington Note)

(This article is appearing simultaneously at TheAtlantic.com)

News is breaking that the…

Designer Roy Letterle, aka Iero, merged 2...

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:09:23 +0900

Designer Roy Letterle, aka Iero, merged 2...:

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Want this please. Thank you.

Designer Roy Letterle, aka Iero, merged 2 chairs and 1 bed in the piece ‘Bed Blend’.

(Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)

The 'Tree of Life' "No Refunds" Sign

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:25:34 +0900

The 'Tree of Life' "No Refunds" Sign:

This “Warning: Terrence Malick Film!” sign, published by Next Projection (and, update! Apparently actually photographed by reporter Joe Meyers, which, should it really be that hard to…

sg10D.jpg (JPEG Image, 359x478 pixels)

Thu, 26 May 2011 20:32:00 +0900

sg10D.jpg (JPEG Image, 359x478 pixels):

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A story from the near future

Mon, 23 May 2011 23:52:46 +0900

A story from the near future:

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Great short story.

Paul Ford is writing on Ftrain.com again and it’s just super. Today’s post is a short story that extrapolates our present cultural preoccupation with lawsuits,…

Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces (by...

Thu, 12 May 2011 23:20:05 +0900

Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces (by...:

Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces (by kirstendirksen)

This is amazing. (via Dave Caolo)

emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design: sugamo shinkin bank shimura branch

Thu, 12 May 2011 05:33:20 +0900

emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design: sugamo shinkin bank shimura branch:

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Why don't more people live in liveable cities?

Tue, 10 May 2011 17:49:33 +0900

Why don't more people live in liveable cities?:

Those lists of most liveable cities…why don’t any of the vibrant big cities of the world ever make the list? Because the lists don’t take into account many important reasons why people choose to…

How to make a magazine

Sun, 01 May 2011 23:28:26 +0900

How to make a magazine:

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I used to work there, but I don’t remember those sofas or a catered food place.

A fun little video about how Bloomberg Businessweek gets made.

Tags: magazines video

110327

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:00:38 +0900

110327:

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Sometimes I love this blog.

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The fear of missing out

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:07:11 +0900

The fear of missing out:

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I share this only because I identify with the piling up unread copies of the New Yorker.

Caterina Fake on the fear and hope that underlies social media.

FOMO -Fear of Missing Out-…

Canada's prime minister abolishes the Government of Canada, replaces it with "the Harper government"

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:14:00 +0900

Canada's prime minister abolishes the Government of Canada, replaces it with "the Harper government":

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wtf Canada?

Canada’s modest, self-effacing autocratic Prime Minister has demanded that the country’s civil service must cease to use “the government of Canada” in official…

Could It Be? Spooky Experiments That 'See' The Future : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:57:00 +0900

Could It Be? Spooky Experiments That 'See' The Future : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR:

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Interesting.

Tests suggest that today you’ll do something you don’t know about yet — but somehow, it’s already happened…and affected you.

Cocaine vaccine could make drug addiction a distant memory [Mad Science]

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:43:36 +0900

Cocaine vaccine could make drug addiction a distant memory [Mad Science]:

The first ever vaccine for drug addiction has just been created. By combining a cocaine-like molecule with part of the common cold virus, you get a vaccine that turns the immune…

Stopping the world

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:34:54 +0900

Stopping the world:

Oh, this is lovely. Someone took a high-speed camera and instead of pointing it at something fast, they put it on a fast-moving train and shot footage of the platform moving by.

Wonderful…