October 2009
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Classical unities - Wikipedia, the free... →
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September 2009
97 posts
France telecom "suicidal plan"
ld2423:
Although it is not related to the company I am investigating into, I find it necessary to understand how evil a company can be when 24 of its employees have committed suicide in a year and half. This is from “The Guardian”:
France Telecom is struggling to deal with a wave of staff suicides which has seen more than 20 workers take their lives in the past 18 months – some leaving notes...
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Welthauptstadt Germania - Wikipedia →
And strange remnant geometry here
Also the Volkshalle, designed by Hitler: “It would still remain the largest enclosed space in the world had it been built. Although war came before work could begin, all the necessary land was acquired, and the engineering plans were worked out. The building would have been over 200 metres high and 250 metres in diameter, sixteen times larger than the dome...
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When & Why?
Teens jumped myspace and started flooding tumblr?
Russia Stockpiles Diamonds, Awaiting the Return of...
ld2423:
This is an article from The New York Times:
MOSCOW — The global recession sapped demand for all kinds of commodities — like steel and grain — yet small burlap bags are still arriving by the planeload at Russia’s state-owned diamond company.
Each day, the contents of the bags spill into the stainless steel hoppers of the receiving room. The diamonds are washed and sorted by size,...
The Studio for Urban Projects and SFMOMA’s... →
I wish I could be taking Varnelis’ class this semester, and wish I could go to this, but I’ve got a thing at the same time down here. Can someone go to this for me on Tuesday?
People as Scenery - Uncyclopedia, the content-free... →
It follows that if other people are only present in order to create the impression of a well-stocked and populous planet that some arrangements have to be in place to account for them when the scenery viewer does not require their presence. There are a variety of schools of thought on this issue. The original and most popular idea is “all the world’s a stage” whereby the other...
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“Surgeon General Benjamin had previously been a nutritional advisor to Burger...”
– Bill Maher: New Rule: You Can’t Complain About Health Care Reform If You’re Not Willing to Reform Your Own Health
I thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster daily for Bill Maher.
(via danielholter)
Daily Meh: Mock us gently →
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Curbed SF: Jury Speaks: Hugo Hotel Must Go, for... →
Goodbye chairs!
Curbed SF: Former Castle of Beer in Hunters Point... →
Want
“How can you become a Brother Shamus?
1. Heed first the Dude’s call to “get out...”
– Dudeism.com - The Brotherhood Shamus
“It spends almost all of its life deep underground; coming out only to breed, and...”
– Scaphiopus holbrookii - Wikipedia
Looks as though random wiki’ing will continue my sad evening. Babel, norwegian neo-classical, and now this. Somehow I’ll hear that Charlie Brown xmas music before this night is over, I know it. Oh, I just realized I haven’t watched MSCL...
WatchIonian Enchantment: Video: Smoke Ring Collision
Finally
the rain has come
http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/
Holography without Lasers: Hand-drawn Holograms... →
Platonic Solids | Vague Terrain →
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“Metroid Prime Pinball is not a separate canon game in the Metroid storyline, but...”
– Metroid (series) - Wikipedia
How many great stories out there are just waiting to be retold in pinball format?