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Quantum
Quantum was a wonderful student magazine published by the National Science Teachers Association from 1990 to 2001. Born in the heady days of perestroika, it was a collaboration with the renowned Russian journal Kvant. Sadly, just at its early adopters were graduating … Continue reading
Disconnect
One hopes the neighbors have found a common language even if their yard sculptures have not.
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Tagged art, hearth and home, language, phone, photography, Washington DC
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Artisanal
You’ve heard of artisanal food, right? No? Good for you! But surely you’ve been told not to play with your food. I see you nodding. You did it anyway, right? Good for you! Sometime last year, some folks in Italy really … Continue reading
Nyawking
Random stuff from a recent brief visit to New York City … There seemed to be more bicycles on the streets than in years past. Two things set them apart from the DC variety: many seats are covered with plastic … Continue reading
Varo
Every once in a while, a comment arrives in the Basement from out of the blue. Why, just recently a visitor commented on a post from September 2007, sharing his personal experiences visiting Inca structures in Peru and Bolivia. It’s … Continue reading
Auguration
Far be it from me to try and predict how the Obama presidency will turn out. Many of us had a feeling the Bush years would be bad, but did any of us dream it would turn out as disastrous … Continue reading
Gynekalomorphology
I’ve been sitting on my copy of photo morphing software* for over a year now. Thankfully someone has actually done something interesting with theirs: A YouTube user has supplied a helpful guide to the art used in the video. [h/t … Continue reading
Resolution
On December 31, I thought about resolving to be even lazier in 2007 than I was in 2006, but I never got around to it.
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Tagged art, automobiles, blogging, consumerism, cooking, cycling, daily life, Dostoevsky, ecology, education, family, food, God, hearth and home, history, language, literature, mathematics, meat, media, medicine, music, mysteries, philosophy, politics, privacy, psychology, religion, science, sports, vegetarianism, WTO
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Blockage
If you like M.C. Escher (and, really, who doesn’t?), you may or may not like the Lego version. And here’s a link to works by Rob Gonsalves. Some people invoke Escher when describing his stuff; some call it kitsch. What say you?
