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"Fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life. I don’t think you could do away with..."

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:30:39 -0400

“Fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life. I don’t think you could do away with it. It would be like doing away with civilization.”

- Bill Cunningham (via theprettypalate)

SLOW. CLAP. The amazing cover line from the U.K. edition of the...

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:16:26 -0400

SLOW. CLAP.

The amazing cover line from the U.K. edition of the Economist.

And the story.

“Looking good men, looking good… Johnson!...

Sat, 28 May 2011 19:47:00 -0400

“Looking good men, looking good… Johnson! Where’s my herring”

thedailywhat:

Fun Fact of the Day: “Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a King Penguin living in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard…On August 18, 2005, he was promoted to Colonel-in-Chief and on 15 August 2008 he was awarded a knighthood.

He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army.”

[h/t: reddit.]

nationalpost: Lunch wars in the National Post newsroom: The...

Thu, 19 May 2011 16:10:11 -0400

nationalpost:

Lunch wars in the National Post newsroom: The culprit is revealed!

This was my favourite show when I was a kid. Can’t tell a...

Thu, 19 May 2011 15:30:32 -0400

This was my favourite show when I was a kid. Can’t tell a lie.

gq:

Have you ever wondered in how many different episodes MacGyver has made an arc welder (answer: 3 times in episodes 6, 52, and 87)? Or perhaps you forgot about your favorite episode (season 1, episode 12) when Mac escapes via a casket that transforms into a jetski. And how many times has Mac made a diversion? In order to placate all of your MacGyver-related curiosities, we offer you MacRecipes.

We assembled data from MacGyverOnline and IMDB, and using Processing and Processing.js we produced the ultimate MacGyver recipe book. Click on any of the recipes below to see information about the ingredients as well as information about the episode. Further investigate the ubiquity of simple recipe ingredients and products by clicking on words listed under “Similar Recipes.” What’s your favorite recipe?

You need this exhaustive, time-sucking MacGyver recipe guide. What else are you doing with the rest of your month?

(via @harvilla)

(via Beyond the Known - The Morning News) Beautiful composite...

Fri, 06 May 2011 10:18:58 -0400

(via Beyond the Known - The Morning News)

Beautiful composite images of the planets and a nice interview with the artist Michael Benson as well.

Good job! Human! towerofsleep: standardgrey: “Can’t not...

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:55:17 -0400

Good job! Human!

towerofsleep:

standardgrey:

“Can’t not reblog” Caturday brofist edition

‘Sup, cat?

In case you missed this… really big dog takes care of...

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:54:19 -0400

In case you missed this… really big dog takes care of little, eensy, weensy chicks.

nationalpost:

Marmaduke sure gets along with those chicks, 30 of them in fact
A British Columbia dog has become a mother hen after adopting a flock of 30 chicks. Sue Paull, owner of Eco Turf Farms in Kelowna, B.C., said that when the weather forced her to incubate 30 chicks inside, the family’s 16-month-old Great Dane kept watch over the eggs and began licking the hatchlings.

Now, fully bonded with the baby chicks, Marmaduke oversees their activities, keeps a close eye on anyone who dares pick one up, and even sleeps next to them. “When the chicks were hatching, there was a window in front of the incubator.

He watched them all hatch and he was so curious. When we put them in the box, he just took one out and started cleaning them,” said Ms. Paull. “Every time you go near the box, he has to be there. (Photo: Sue Paull/Eco Turf Farms)

What the hell? If Layton starts talking in that gruff Christian...

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:16:14 -0400

What the hell? If Layton starts talking in that gruff Christian Bale voice he’s lost my vote.

I love you Radiolab (and Everynone). Watch this great video on...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:55:24 -0400

I love you Radiolab (and Everynone). Watch this great video on symmetry.

These guys aren’t just rats with wings… Some of...

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:26:35 -0400

These guys aren’t just rats with wings… Some of these pigeons are actually quite lovely.

wnycradiolab:

I’m sorry, I can’t help myself: more amazing pigeon variants.

AMAZING! nprfreshair: joshmorrissey: View from the Empire...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:58:05 -0400

AMAZING!

nprfreshair:

joshmorrissey:

View from the Empire State Building on the day it opened in 1931.

via Life

new york new york.

A compilation of 2011 National Mag Award finalists in one convenient place

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:43:31 -0400

A compilation of 2011 National Mag Award finalists in one convenient place:

Even includes handy Instapaper links. I <3 Longform.org

Introducing T on Tumblr

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:37:58 -0400

Check it out! Everybody’s on Tumblr.

joshuanguyen:

nytimes:

The Times is excited to be joining the Tumblr community today! Please follow us at T Magazine on Tumblr.

Love the design of T on Tumblr.

This is pretty great. matthewhayles: coolintheheat: A lesson...

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:13:54 -0400

This is pretty great.

matthewhayles:

coolintheheat:

A lesson on collars…

Keen.

I wonder how many of these pages are about internet memes and...

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:11:56 -0400

I wonder how many of these pages are about internet memes and Star Trek characters?

gq:

London-based photographer Rob Matthews printed and bound all of Wikipedia’s featured articles. You know, for those old souls who just really like the feel of a book in their hands.

(via Flavorwire)

God Mark, I feel your pain. Who else has a “book”...

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:02:51 -0400

God Mark, I feel your pain. Who else has a “book” problem.

nationalpost:

Confessions of a book hoarder
The first thing people usually say to me, upon entering my home for the first time, is that I own a lot of books. They are wrong, of course. I am rather ashamed at the size of my collection, considering I studied English literature in university and now pretty much write about books for a living. Between my girlfriend and I me, there are probably between 1,000 and 1,250 books in our apartment, a number I consider rather paltry. Ideally, I’d like to double that number once we buy our first home — we currently rent — and I’m no longer faced with the prospect of hauling countless boxes of books between addresses.

I’d last attempted to cull my collection about a year ago, when I carried about 50 books from my shelves to a spare room in the basement; I intended to get rid of them, but they, of course, went nowhere. This time, I hoped to rid myself of a quarter of my books. Nothing so ridiculous happened, of course, but the fact that I found about a half dozen copies of Joseph Boyden’s Through Black Spruce — which I still have not read — and four copies of Lucy Knisley’s graphic novel French Milk — ditto — was proof enough that my addiction had crossed the line into a dark, uncharted area, where intervention may be necessary. I thought it was also fitting that I found both of my e-readers gathering dust under piles of books.

• Are you a book hoarder? Proud of it? Send your stories to mmedley@nationalpost.com

Wow! So much time-wastage… brilliant, hilarious time...

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:41:40 -0400

Wow! So much time-wastage… brilliant, hilarious time wastage.

wilwheaton:

We get to live in a world where http://wheresrandysavage.tumblr.com/ exists. Truly, it is a golden age.

I’ve had Twitter on the brain because of the Post’s...

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:39:29 -0400

I’ve had Twitter on the brain because of the Post’s Twitter at Five series. This video sums up my thoughts.

ShortFormBlog: Some quick math: How does Fukushima compare to Chernobyl?

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:47:25 -0400

ShortFormBlog: Some quick math: How does Fukushima compare to Chernobyl?:

OK. So things are bad (especially if you live near Fukushima…) but not that bad….

shortformblog:

8,217 the just-reported peak of the radiation at the Fukushima plant per hour, in micro-sievert

300M the peak of Chernobyl’s radiation output per hour – at its damaged core – in micro-sievert source

» To explain: This number comparison is to emphasize the difference between…