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Adam Green: The Spectacular Thefts of Apollo Robbins, Pickpocket : The New Yorker
“Come on,” Jillette said. “Steal something from me.”Again, Robbins begged off, but he offered to do a trick instead. He instructed Jillette to place a ring that he was wearing on a piece of paper and trace its outline with a pen. By now, a small crowd had gathered. Jillette removed his ring, put it…
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The Little Golden Book of Words: A Rare Illustrated Gem from 1948 | Brain Pickings
The Little Golden Book of Words: A Rare Illustrated Gem from 1948 | Brain Pickings.
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Vinyl
I can’t believe I’ve just spent two hours (at this time of night) watching this documentary, but I really enjoyed it. The story, the cast of characters, just great. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_%282000_film%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Zweig http://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/cinematheque/shooting_myself_in_the_mirror_the_obsessive_cinema_of_alan_zweig.aspx http://books.google.ca/books?id=zioEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70&dq=Vinyl+Zweig&hl=en&ei=Be-7S-DRNoWBlAfVyvWbBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Vinyl%20Zweig&f=false
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Notes From: http://www.slowyourhome.com/2012/07/31/shiny-white-boxes/
• Declutter. Rid your home of things you don’t love, need, use to find white (clear, empty, blank, bare. Devoid of stuff) space. Remove clutter and unnecessary decoration • Create a foundation by reducing the room to basic furniture and decor (everything that the room needs to function). Let a room be a room; don’t fill every…
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On the edges with Daniel Kukla » ISO50 Blog – The Blog of Scott Hansen Tycho / ISO50
On the edges with Daniel Kukla » ISO50 Blog – The Blog of Scott Hansen Tycho / ISO50.
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I Began Life In A Ford Pinto And Have Loved Crappy Cars Ever Since
By all rights, I should be dead by now. I spent my first minutes outside of the hospital where I was born in a Ford Pinto. In those crucial moments of life, I undoubtedly inhaled formaldehyde fumes as other cars whizzed past the Pinto’s explosive rear bumper.But somehow, I escaped fiery death and, so far,…
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Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality? – NYTimes.com
After more than 4,000 years — almost since the dawn of recorded time, when Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh that the secret to immortality lay in a coral found on the ocean floor — man finally discovered eternal life in 1988. He found it, in fact, on the ocean floor. The discovery was made unwittingly by Christian…
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Iconic Images from the Most Valuable Camera in the History of Photography – Entertainment – The Atlantic Wire
Iconic Images from the Most Valuable Camera in the History of Photography – Entertainment – The Atlantic Wire.
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Simmons SDS7
Yesterday I made a short trip to pick up an SDS7 and five stylin’ hexagon drum pads from Craigslist. If I can make it sound anything like the video below, that’d be just fantastic.