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A Salubrious Place to Live
This old article in the Atlantic is very interesting: 1492 Throughout eastern North America the open landscape seen by the first Europeans quickly filled in with forest. According to William…
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BooksThailand.com
A few weeks ago, my bathroom reading materials had dwindled down to the point of having to reread some old favorites. Then, while browsing a Thai-related forum, I spotted a…
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One man’s folly…
How one Japanese village defied the tsunami (via)
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Persistence Hunting the Speed Goat
Great article over at Outside: Fair Chase If you aren’t familiar with persistence hunting, this is the clip to see: Human Mammal, Human Hunter – Attenborough – Life of Mammals…
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The unbearable 1337n355 of being
I’m going to start incorporating this into my routine when someone asks for computer help: Hacker Typer
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Internet Radio Done Right
This is now my default background music source: Radio Collective The first time I listened to one of the shows, it sounded like like a sword fight between banjos and…
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Somchai Norris
Not my video; just one I found around the way.
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Tom Green Chain Gun
This album contains explicit lyrics. Note: I set the video above to start playing midway through (to the part relevant to this post’s title); you can of course watch it…
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Water Business
I thought some translator was having fun when I saw a reference to “JR East Water Business Company” on this photo of a vending machine employing a facial recognition system.…
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Power, Fame, or Winning?
I thought the Guardian really had something with their Charlie Sheen v Muammar Gaddafi quiz, but NY Mag did them one better with It’s Time to Play ‘Sheen, Beck, or…
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Wolverine or Two Bat Men + The Defaced Bard of Avon
These two pics made my day:
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Spicy Maple Links of Destruction 2/11/11
Offered mostly without comment because I’m still chewing on them: The last Japanese man remaining in Kazakhstan A Kafkian tale of the plight of a Japanese POW in the Soviet…
