Month: January 2010
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Federation Wool ArchI’m a big fan of the Powerhouse Museum’s Photo of the Day blog, and today’s picture was particularly interesting. It’s a stereoscopic view of the “Wool Arch” set up for the big Federation parade. I’d never heard anything about the parade before, so I did some googling. Australian Federation took place on January…
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No-Purl Garter Stitch In-The-Round. That just BLEW MY MIND. Brilliant!
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“When Trying to Preserve the Planet Strains the Relationship.” A pretty hilarious article about the very First World problem of arguing with your family about environmental issues. My favorite part was: “Her mother, who says she prefers the way food tastes when it is served on Styrofoam, notes that washing dishes has its own environmental…
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From the Department of Disappointed Yet Not Surprised, the Notre Dame Observer ran a cartoon promoting anti-gay violence. How is that possibly acceptable? The editors have already run a retraction and apology, and the authors are claiming that they did it for shock value. WTF? I’m actually a former staff member of the Observer myself.…
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Halloween 1982. Boba Fett’s eyes are wigging me out. CAN’T. STOP. STARING. But hey, that’s pretty much the sweetest Cookie Monster costume of all time. I bet it’s homemade, too.
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Australia is BIG.
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Fantastic news. Humanist House have booted the fascists that were meeting in the Hall. It sounds as if they still make up a substantial membership block though, so I’d urge those of you in the neighbourhood who are able to become members.
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Flying the Expandable ObjectWe finally had time on a non-rainy day to try out one of the kites we got for Christmas from my Dad and Cindy. This is a Prism Expandable Object, and it’s one of the weirder kites I’ve ever seen. It’s this flat, lightweight thing that springs up into this three-dimensional shape.…
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Jeff Galloway has a great article about getting started with running without aches and pains. If you’ve been inspired to hit the roads this New Year, you should check it out.
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F**kYeah Dioramas! Oh tumblr, how I love you.