October 23, 2009
A Reporter at Large: The Stolen Forests : The New Yorker

fascinating article about the timber industry and the darker side of things associated with it - traces wood products in Walmart in the US through China to shady (illegal) Russian logging operations

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October 22, 2009
Oatmeal Box Pinhole Photography by Stew Woodruff - How to Make and Take Pictures With Pinhole Cameras Made from Oatmeal Boxes

website with info about making and using a oatmeal box pinhole camera

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October 21, 2009
How do you solve a problem like Ikea? | Salon Life

I’m really only bookmarking this because I liked the line below: My home decor sense could be labeled “nouveau shanty.”

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September 29, 2009
Access Facebook Through The Great Firewall (Second Line SSH Tunnel) | rejon.org is Jon Phillips.

this is basically what I am doing but his writeup is already written.

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September 24, 2009
The Referendum - Happy Days Blog - NYTimes.com

The Referendum is a phenomenon typical of (but not limited to) midlife, whereby people, increasingly aware of the finiteness of their time in the world, the limitations placed on them by their…

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September 22, 2009
The Digital Imprimatur

His piece is subtitled “How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle.” If your eyes don’t glaze over right then, they will as soon as Walker begins to explain how by…

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September 18, 2009
The Millions: A Bolaño Syllabus

And so, to help acclimate newcomers to this odd and essential author; to continue mapping the Bolañoverse, as Malcolm Cowley mapped Yoknapatawpha; and to impose some order on the flood of Bolaño…

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September 16, 2009
The ecological disaster that is dolphin safe tuna « Southern Fried Science

By trying to help dolphins, groups like Greenpeace caused one of the worst marine ecological disasters of all time. Few other fisheries are as bad for groups like sharks and sea turtles as the purse…

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September 11, 2009
BLDGBLOG: The Mushroom Tunnel of Mittagong

In all other respects, the tunnel is an unnaturally accurate concrete and brick approximation of the prevailing conditions in the mushroom-friendly deep valleys and foggy forests of Fujian province.

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September 9, 2009
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mrkstrkrft:

Late Night Alumni - A Whole New World

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So good.
Not as good as the OG though.

House ★ Disney

Thank you for making me aware of this.

And from his following post I want to quote “The planet is polluted, the ice caps are melting, the economy is shot, wars are flaring up, pandas can’t get laid, and all the while I’m listening to techno Disney music in my boxers. Life is kinda hilarious sometimes.”

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