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Twitter / King Cogidubnus: Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22 …
https://twitter.com/pocahontasshole/status/204966981579972608/photo/1
“Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22 forbidding homosexuality: £200. Not knowing that Leviticus 19:28 forbids tattoos: Priceless. http://t.co/C663LU4V”
High-tech wallpaper keeps neighbors from stealing Wi-Fi
http://now.msn.com/money/0510-wifi-blocking-wallpaper.aspx
“The French think of everything. Scientists in Grenoble have developed wallpaper that keeps your Wi-Fi signal inside your house in the ultimate preemptive strike against neighborly Wi-Fi theft (other than simply setting a password, that is).”
You can identify poor neighborhoods from space
“Tim DeChant at Per Square Mile has noted that rich urban areas have way, way more trees than poor areas in the same city. In fact, the difference is so stark that income inequality can be seen from…”
Beattie’s Book Blog – unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Publishe…
In common usage, the first meaning of legacy is an inheritance, or something handed down from the past. A second meaning, more specific and recent, denotes technological obsolescence, or dramatic business-model shift. These two meanings have been fused to imply inevitable irrelevance for those with history, especially in media. This is a sleight of hand that would be sloppy if it wasn’t so considered.
“Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn’t, along with chat about the international English language bo…”
Beattie’s Book Blog – unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Publishe…
Transit 2012 — Social Media Science
“Join us in re-enacting one of the great scientific endeavours of the 18th century. Like Captain Cook before us, we will observe the transit of venus to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun – the Astronomical Unit.”
Concept:RUIN | Home
http://www.conceptruin.com/
“This is the first post of the dedicated site for RUIN. I’m going to keep it simple. A single page to watch the shorts, for credits of the artists, and… more”
Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies
“Logical fallacies are often sneakily used by politicians and the media to fool people. Don’t be fooled! This website has been designed to help you identify and call out dodgy logic wherever it may raise its ugly, incoherent head.”
Brian Rudman: Lost for words at ‘great’ ebook site
“The United States Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five of the biggest US publishers for colluding over the price of ebooks. It dates”
A Courtenay Place landmark
“1/2-202743-F, Crown Studios Ltd negatives and prints, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference: Photographer unknown (Crown Studios)Published in the Capital Times, 7 March 2012The old underground men’s toilet at the Courtenay Place/Taranaki Street corner has just been demolished. It was the state-of-the-art when it was built in 1910, so perhaps the disappearance is worth noting, even if it has been closed since the 1990s.Courtenay Place has always been a centre of Wellington drinking and a urinal was certainly required. A file at the City archives includes a 1910 complaint from the publican of the nearby Terminus Hotel that men were using his walls, “making a general convenience of my premises for their personal comfort.” After the introduction of six o’clock closing in 1917, the Council received complaints about “undesirables” congregating there to continue their drinking after the pubs had shut. No doubt there are other disreputable stories to tell, amidst its many years of worthy public service.This photograph shows it about 1930, modestly draped in foliage. The main photographic interest, though, is in the Black and White Express Company vans buzzing in all directions. The Company was the main taxi and delivery firm in Wellington at the time. Presumably this was a photo opportunity to show off the firm’s brand new fleet.Take a closer lookPermission of the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga O Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.”
