February 2011
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Flavorwire | Awesome Infographic: The 50 Most...
Seattle-based designer Shelby White has created a rather nice looking guide to 50 of the most commonly used typefaces in the world that includes fun trivia like the fonts’ designers, born-on dates, and cities of origin. Added bonus: It’s conveniently available for purchase as a print for less than 30 bones. Click here to view the full-size version. [via Fast Company]via...
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netheaterdistrict ftw!
More curtain calls By Michelle Bruch // New theater companies move into Northeast // Northeast wasn’t always an obvious place to catch a live theater show. But three new theater companies have arrived in recent months, and another is waiting in the wings. Northeast is now hosting Broadway adaptations in a renovated warehouse,...
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gawker: The Subway Reborn As An Awesome Cello
The Subway Reborn As An Awesome Cello Brooklyn Googler Alexander Chen built this cool, melodic web page that represents New York subway lines as ever-growing strings that are “plucked” by intersecting trains. Best of all, it’s built off a live feed of actual train data. Chen created MTA.me by mashing up MTA’s public API with some...
January 2011
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that's hot
A quarter of a century ago Elspeth Beard rode around the world on a used 1974 R 60/6 flat-twin that had 30,000 miles on it before the trip began. The twenty-four year old Elspeth began her journey in New York. She had several accidents, her things were stolen, and she got hepatitis and dysentery before her trip ended in London three years later . She lost 53 lbs on the trip and added 48,000...
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fire
via izismile.com
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Why We're Here: Twin Cities on Vimeo
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via TYWKIWDBI: How China will create a mega-city
City planners in south China have laid out an ambitious plan to merge together the nine cities that lie around the Pearl River Delta. The “Turn The Pearl River Delta Into One” scheme will create a 16,000 sq mile urban area that is 26 times larger geographically than Greater London, or twice the size of Wales… Over the next six years, around 150 major infrastructure projects...
Agnes Nixon: A Soap 'Goddess' On Getting Serious... →
storylinedictated:
Agnes Nixon: creator of All My Children and One Life to Live, contributing architect of my world view.
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it's funny 'cause it's true
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I'm feeling a re-watch of this too
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for some reason, I find this hysterical
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Dunder-Mifflin has Luna Bars in their vending...
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: Facts of Life Star Is Gay
Thirty years after endearing herself to ’80s sitcom viewers, Facts of Life star Geri Jewell, who played Blair’s cousin Geri, has come out as a lesbian.
On The Facts of Life, Jewell played a young woman with cerebral palsy who often said, “I’m not drunk … I’ve got cerebral palsy.” Jewell comes out in a new memoir, I’m Walking as Straight as I...
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via C&L: While American News Focus On Tea Parties,...
Things just got real in Egypt after days of protest and revolt. No longer just blocking Twitter and Facebook to prevent news being shared, the government of Egypt has shut down all internet access after a video of a protester being shot went viral. Sean Paul Kelley has been the go to site for info on Egypt: This is not a joke. The internet has been turned off in Egypt, 15 minutes after...
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My friend brought me back a piece of Ross from the Hide/Seek Exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery.
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I just trolled my sister on Facebook. I can’t help it—this is the status she just posted: “Bawling! Totally convulsing, sobbing, snorting bawling over the last audition on American Idol tonite. Oh God, now I have the hiccups too!”
Watchpattrick:
This video got deleted off of youtube. It seemed like a dumb idea to download it at the time, but look who’s bringin’ the goods. Me. You’re welcome.
The Office Musical
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"Theme from Pokemon"
El Tema De Pokémon by Pokémon Download now or listen on posterous theme - pokemon.mp3 (3093 KB)
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I admire celebrities who are upfront about their mental issues. We’ve all got ‘em. Also: I really want Miranda to be my girlfriend. I like funny, tall girls. Daily Mail: A very courageous clown: The surprising past of the ‘female Eric Morecambe’ Comedy Award winner Miranda Hart
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I think I am a cross between People Who Work Office Jobs and Use Google Reader and Their RSS Feeds to Keep Up With Alternative News Sources and People Who Have Forgotten What They Are Supposed to Be Doing. What type of Person on the Internet are you? The Different Types of People There Are On the Internet
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the perfect non-verbal description of how I feel...
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What I thought was a Canadian quarter, is actually...
