Urban Dictionary: Humie
16 hours ago
Ahh, I was wondering about the standard derogatory term for "talking meat."
#humies
humies
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#humies
16 hours ago
One Year Later, HarperCollins Sticking to 26-Loan Cap, and Some Librarians Rethink Opposition — The Digital Shift
20 hours ago
After a book has been checked out of the library 26 times, it is removed from the shelves and burned to ashes.
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20 hours ago
The history of manuscripts: Illuminating a dark age | The Economist
20 hours ago
"in one important way the historical facts do not accord with the romantic image of ragged scribes in a lonely struggle to preserve Christian culture from the forces of darkness. They were by no means alone in their efforts: in warmer places other holy men were similarly illuminating the world, and there may have been quite a bit of contact between them all, including visits."
writing
history
historiography
20 hours ago
UK Publisher's Association Accuses British Library Of 'Tawdry Theft' For Supporting More Reasonable Copyright | Techdirt
20 hours ago
UK Publisher's Association directly attacks libraries and fair use as "tawdry theft." Death-spiral rhetoric.
from twitter
20 hours ago
Science by Candlelight - Download The Universe
yesterday
"There is no better, there is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle."
science
history
books
yesterday
Roller Games Thunderbirds Hawks
- YouTube
yesterday
In later years, LA's T-Birds were LA's Roller Derby team. Here they battle Chicago Hawks in Roller Derby World Series:
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yesterday
Hack the Cover — by Craig Mod
yesterday
"covers as we know them are devolving into the vestigial tails of books. A coccyx of codex."
books
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yesterday
Downtown Arlington's signature logo arrives
2 days ago
RT @dogboner: arlington texas paid a team of 8 and 12 year olds 30,000 to design their new logo
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2 days ago
Ol' 55 - Live by Acda & De Munnik on Spotify
2 days ago
#NowPlaying Ol' 55 - Live by Acda & De Munnik
NowPlaying
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2 days ago
Romney Favors Hubbard Novel - NYTimes.com
3 days ago
Battlefield Earth is Romney's favorite novel
#iknewthat
iknewthat
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#iknewthat
3 days ago
The Child Eater of Bern located in Bern, Switzerland | Atlas Obscura | Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations
3 days ago
The Child Eater of Bern: A nearly 500 year old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why:
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3 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: Here's The Inside Story Of What Happened On The Facebook IPO - Business Insider
3 days ago
You're NEVER gunna believe this, but facebook may have used mobs of misinformed patsies to make assloads of money.
from twitter
3 days ago
The 2002 political climate - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
4 days ago
Connie Chung is history's greatest monster (cc @ggreenwald)
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4 days ago
Responsive Tables by ZURB
4 days ago
A CSS/JS solution for tables that allows them to shrink on small devices without sacrificing the value of tables, comparison of columns.
jquery
plugins
table
responsive
webdev
4 days ago
Improve Your Experience | Facebook
4 days ago
Live in/near LA? Are you good with @WordPress? Well, you should make plans for Thursday night...
from twitter_favs
4 days ago
Repurposing vs. Optimized Design (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
4 days ago
For 17 years, Jakob Nielsen has been citing his own work as proof of everything. Somebody make it stop.
from twitter_favs
4 days ago
Former Bain Executive: Romney Bears Blame For Ampad Layoffs
4 days ago
So. Racist. RT @BuzzFeedPol: Former Bain Executive: Romney Bears Blame For Ampad Layoffs
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4 days ago
LA’s original subway | Gelatobaby
5 days ago
Last week, @gelatobaby toured L.A.'s *original* subway system, now bricked up beneath buildings downtown. Amazing:
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5 days ago
Untitled (http://twitter.com/zota/status/204381707829395457/photo/1)
5 days ago
Deluxe cosmic event viewing station
from twitter
5 days ago
Untitled (http://twitter.com/zota/status/204380817047293952/photo/1)
5 days ago
Eclipse in the driveway.
from twitter
5 days ago
The Literary Equivalent of Code That Performs Nothing
5 days ago
authorial null state?
code.poetry
writing
code
5 days ago
Legal highs making the drug war obsolete
6 days ago
new drugs developed far faster than they can be banned
biology
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drugs
law
6 days ago
Thomas Friedman on his travels to Silicon Valley & Seattle | Chime.in
6 days ago
"16 of the top 100 best-sellers on Kindle were self-published" Jeff Bezos on elimination of agents, publishers, paper:
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6 days ago
Los Angeles Post-Punk, D.I.Y. and New Wave (1979-1987)
6 days ago
Los Angeles Post-Punk, D.I.Y. and New Wave (1979-1987)
from twitter
6 days ago
Alien Still Hasn't Gotten Around To Listening To Whole Voyager Golden Record | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
6 days ago
Alien Still Hasn't Gotten Around To Listening To Whole Voyager Golden Record
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6 days ago
Obscura Society LA: Forest Lawn Cemetery Exploration
7 days ago
RT @atlasobscura: In LA on June 2: Join us for an exploration of one of the most unusual cemeteries in the US #obsc ...
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7 days ago
Shopping on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California: Style: GQ
7 days ago
CONFIRMED GQ OUTBREAK IN VENICE. Do Not Approach The Victims -- They Are No Longer Human. You Cannot Save Them.
from twitter
7 days ago
Clifton's renovation: Secret diaries, hidden treasure and the oldest piece of neon in the world :: blogdowntown
7 days ago
The oldest piece of neon in the world, running continuously behind a wall for 70 years.
from twitter
7 days ago
BLDGBLOG: SubBrit
7 days ago
Quick new post on BLDGBLOG urges you to join @subbrit and includes links to some interesting underground news:
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7 days ago
Jane Chafin: Duchamp's Urinal? Maybe Not!
9 days ago
more to suggest "Duchamps urinal" was actually Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven's urinal . via @mitpress
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9 days ago
Justin Pickard : gonzo futurists
9 days ago
a subset of the power weirdo
theory
future
gonzo
technology
9 days ago
(404) http://t.co/g8H
9 days ago
RT @Coudal: Status update: Although it's still comfortably Wednesday, the situation is fluid and could change quickly.
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9 days ago
The Listening Machine
9 days ago
music generated in real time by twitter usage
music
generative
code.poetry
twitter
9 days ago
Downtown gridlock: 'Never been a weekend like this' in L.A. - latimes.com
9 days ago
A good weekend to use your bike to get downtown, oh hell there's a bike race too...
from twitter
9 days ago
Abandoning the Orphans: An Open Access Approach to Hostage Works by Lydia Loren :: SSRN
9 days ago
"Hostage works" as the more accurate term
psychology
copyright
9 days ago
Who Said It: @JoseCanseco or Gertrude Stein? Online Quiz - Mental Floss
9 days ago
I'm now a highly trained specialist in Canseco stylistic mashups (9 of 11)
from twitter
9 days ago
So.. its a dog.. dressed as 2 pirates carrying a treasure che... on Twitpic
9 days ago
So.. its a dog.. dressed as 2 pirates carrying a treasure chest. I can't even fathom how brilliant this is.
from twitter_favs
9 days ago
The Sex Myth: How To Blog Anonymously (and how not to)
10 days ago
Belle de Jour talks about her experince
blogging
privacy
paranoia
10 days ago
Untitled (http://gizmodo.com/5909961/kodak-had-a-secret-weapons+grade-nuclear-reactor-hidden-in-a-basement)
11 days ago
If Kodak was allowed to have weapons-grade uranium reactor, what the fuck does Exxon have stashed in THEIR basement?
from twitter
11 days ago
Chris de Burgh - Don't Pay The Ferryman
- YouTube
11 days ago
Squirrels are jumpy and freaked out because they perceive the world as an overwrought Chris de Burgh video.
from twitter
11 days ago
Griffith Observatory - A History of Griffith Observatory
11 days ago
May 14: 1935: Griffith Observatory formally opened on land donated by Griffith J. Griffith. Observatory history:
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11 days ago
Specimenism
11 days ago
RT @underware: If this doesn't make you hot, type is not made for you and you're not made for type —
from twitter
11 days ago
Mat Gleason: Do Corporate Sponsors at MOCA Have Censorship Authority?
12 days ago
MOCA: brought to you by some dude wearing a gold chain with a Mercedes logo hanging from it. So shut up.
from twitter
12 days ago
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