February 2012
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January 2012
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Kate Boosh f/ Despot, Kool AD - Himanshu
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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August 2011
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Four Tet - Locked
July 2011
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May 2011
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December 2010
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November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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Listen
August 2010
5 posts
Long-demolished buildings in Victoria →
Looks like a completely different city.
Brooklyn Tailors: Standard Suit in Black →
Next year.
Image Deblurring Using Inertial Measurement... →
(via Justin Ouellette)
VexFlow →
VexFlow is an open-source web-based music notation rendering API. It is written completely in JavaScript, and runs right in the browser. VexFlow supports HTML5 Canvas and SVG.
July 2010
10 posts
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Watch
Radiohead - Last Flowers to the Hospital
US Patent 370623 →
jstn:
Mirror For Obtaining True Or Positive Reflections (JJ Hooker, 1887)
The object of my invention is to produce mirrors of a kind suitable for ordinary use of enjoyment which will give to persons looking into them true or positive reflections of themselves and of every object within their field or scope—that is, persons would see themselves reflected exactly as they appear to others…
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Wardenclyffe Tower →
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I’m planning a trip to Portland later this summer. Mainly to eat and buy things and maybe talk to people. Any spot/restaurant recommendations?
So far: Ace Hotel, Clyde Common, Olympic Provisions, and Powell’s Books.
And pretty much everything on Neven’s list.
June 2010
12 posts
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Mail trains →
The train doesn’t even slow down to exchange the mail…the outgoing mailbags are hung low and snared by a net near the track and incoming mailbags are collected up high using a similar net.
Inside the Chinese suicide sweatshop where workers... →
(via Andrew Wilkinson)
Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil... →
This is sure to work.
Coda Notes →
Safari extensions will be very exciting.
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Neil Poulton →
Great aesthetic.
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Flux →
Flux makes your computer screen look like the room you’re in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.
Extremely useful for people who like to sleep at night.
Underwater base jumping →
(via Aran Down)
Bolivia woman sold new-born baby for $140 →
A woman in Bolivia has been arrested after admitting that she sold her new-born baby to a woman who could not have children of her own, police say.
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Jónsi's stage design →
Interesting.
May 2010
26 posts
Watch7000 Frames Per Second (by Mike Matas)
Metafilter helps save a woman from likely slavery →
Neven Mrgan:
Absolutely fascinating real-time drama in a Metafilter thread where a member asked for help convincing a Russian friend not to take a “job” in a likely front for prostitution in NY. Read through and I guarantee you will be tearing up at the conclusion.