November 8, 2009
November 7, 2009
"Citigroup has received 1,200 doses, more than half of what it requested, health officials said, and in late October, Goldman received 200 of the 5,400 doses it asked for. By contrast, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center received 200 of the 27,400 doses that it requested for its workers, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene."
November 6, 2009
I’m asking for this again. If people can get dark grid view, we should be able to get collapsable & hidden items like we get in iPhoto. Consistency right?
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∞Château de Noisy, Celles, Houyet, Namur, Belgium (via missionabandoned)
Le Château de Noisy (also named Château Miranda) was built by the English architect Milner in 1866 as a summer home for the family of the Count of Liedekerke-Beaufort. The family stayed there until World War 2, when the castle was briefly occupied by the Nazi’s. In 1958, the NMBS (the Belgian railroad company) used it as a home to shelter the railroadmen’s children and wives.
Since 1991 the building is abandoned. The village of Celles tried several times to buy the castle and its ground but the family doesn’t want to take distance of the castle. The building has over 500 windows, which are almost all shattered along with several of the staircases inside. There is still a clock tower of 56 meters tall. The castle is popular amongst urban explorers.
November 5, 2009
“Charles Amirkhanian interviews Lowell Sheehy, who describes his visit to Afghanistan, and plays recordings he made in 1969 of the music he heard there. Lowell Sheehy describes his low-budget trips to Afghanistan, and how he met and recorded these impromptu performances in tea houses throughout southern Afghanistan.”
Any of you Afghans know the first song that plays, beginning around the 10min mark? I sorta love it.
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In a strange mood this evening. I almost specifically feel like I imagine Trevor Goodchild felt stepping on that foot switch at the beginning of Aeon Flux. Which is weird, because normally I feel like the way I imagine Aeon felt jumping through that jungle-gym maze thing, so…
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These things capsized a Japanese fishing boat the other day!
n1s:
∞EEP! we’re all gonna DIE!
via copymattt
Bring me there.
Reminds me of this guy I was telling a friend about last night. Italian guy who died this year. Holds the records for longest time in isolation. Years and years. For research. Still trying to remember his name. Anyway, if I was doing that, this might have to be the cave I’d pick.
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"Stories about design process are like other people’s children—they are most interesting to those who created them."
A-effing-men
Fixing Conferences: Six Lessons From the Designers Accord Summit | Networked Culture | Fast Company
November 4, 2009
"Shotgun Gapers are people who do everything in their power to obtain the privilege of riding Shotgun. Gapers are generally disliked and can be an embarrassment to the other riders (such as when they sprint for the exit of a building)."
The Official Shotgun Rules - Gapers
We’re looking at YOU, Kevin.
