2010nov16. I’m expecting company so we’ll have to do Friday a few days early. This means that Wednesday is Saturday; dress/plan accordingly.
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The Big Picture: Lairs of the
Elderly
These. Are. Awesome. I need to find a subdivision I saw by air flying over Las Vegas in which a tight core of mega-megamansions were ringed by successive halos of lesser-megamansions.
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A 16-year-old Dutch woman’s photograph is taken in 1936 via an automatic
tripping mechanism every time she hits the target at a shooting gallery. She
has
a few more photos taken. [via metafilter]
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But Does It Float: Compositions of speeds and slownesses on a plane of
immanence
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Skywalker’s
Parade,
celebrating celebrating our solar system’s “formal acceptance into the universe.”
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Comic. Three Word Phrase: Lobster |
Superfun
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How ya doin’ how ya doin’ how ya
doin’.
Great, great, you’re a great crowd. Hey! Hey! Have you heard about the one about
the man who traveled on an airline and got peanuts? Hey! Thank you thank – what? I just got on!
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The most expensive mistake you’ve ever
made.
Via waxy.org
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Tom Sachs: photos of studio |
biography |
Nutsy’s (watch videos, especially
the last one, “Nutsy’s McDonald’s”) | A visit to
Nutsy’s
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Paris Review interviews: ACHIEVEMENT
UNLOCKED | Kurt
Vonnegut
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Game. Flabby Physics. It’s physics ... but
f l a b b y
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Game. Achievement Unlocked
#2. It is from
earlier this year. I hope you achieve something in this game. It is difficult,
the achieving. “Welcome to metagaming hell.”
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Video. Coilhouse:
When Does A Dream Become A
Nightmare? Warning: Contains Olson
Twins But That’s The Point. [FX: afterward] Look, I warned you.
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Video. Linotype: The Film Trailer. I’ve wanted a
Linotype machine for ten thousand years now. This will have to do in the
meantime. Let’s also watch Typesetting: Linotype
I and Typesetting: Linotype II:
Sweet Redemption. My favorite
part: Rome. I mean, the spaceband.
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Video. Natasha Schüll at Gel 2008. An anthropologist
takes a look at the gambling industry, more specifically slot machines. [via a
whole lotta
nothing]
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Video. Bagger
288. [via
coilhouse]
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Video. David A. Smith, sign artist.
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Video: International Lindy Hop Championships Showcase: Max &
Annie
[via metafilter]
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Music. Cat Power: Nude as the News
(1997)