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December 11, 2009
Links for 2009-12-10
gallery exhibition opening by Jamaica Dyer in San Francisco
(tags:art peopleiknow )house of bedlam | Ghostwriter
Short story by Sarah Sharp
(tags:fiction peopleiknow )Extraterrestrial Life Official Disclosure Imminent – page 2
"The Obama administration and its supporters are poised to take a bold step forward in helping our planet become an interplanetary culture that openly deals with the challenges posed by extraterrestrial...
Notebooknotes: Roughing It Out
After many years of doing rough work on Visors and Treos, I switched back to notebooks this year. Moleskines and Field Notes. Usually working with a propelling pencil, until I found a reliable micro-Sharpie thing earlier this year. Just because I think it's always worth looking at the way you work and seeing if a change won't do it good.
These are from a Field Notes notebook started on 5 July 2009.
Had to crank this one up in GIMP, as I was working in pencil (some notes on ASTONISHING X-MEN I ...
December 10, 2009
Links for 2009-12-09
"What happens if global efforts to set and abide by strong carbon emissions cuts fail? The standard answer to a question like this is that "we all suffer." While that's probably true, it misses the point — we may all suffer, but we don't all suffer equally."
(tags:eco )BBC News – English whisky bottled for first time in a century
"The first single malt made in England for about a century has attracted the interest of UK whisky enthusiasts. St George's...
The Ministry Of Space
Well, probably not that Ministry Of Space. But:
Britain is to get its own space agency more than 40 years after the Apollo project landed the first astronauts on the moon. The agency will come into being next year and replaces the existing British National Space Centre as a single co-ordinating organisation for the nation's space exploration activities.
The announcement coincides with the publication of a government review of space exploration that warns the nation is "at a critical point" in...
December 9, 2009
Received Goods 9dec09
Issue eight of YETI magazine arrived today. I noticed it because it has a Zola Jesus interview, and I am fond of Nika and her noises. But it's a monstrous 200-page thing packed with all kinds of interesting stuff. Also, an eighty-minute CD full of rare/unreleased music by shitloads of people. Here's Yeti's site, with the information you want. It's USD $11.95, or USD $19.95 if, like me, you're ordering from outside the USA. For the amount of content here, that's really bloody cheap.
Oh, and ...
They Be We
Fifteen women.
Three portraits each.
They Be We provides an intimate look at the lives of fifteen different women. From mothers, to Voodoo doctors, to those in the limelight, each woman has a story to tell.
Go to this link here for a set of discount codes to use.
Links for 2009-12-09
""A loud pop was heard from the student's room," the ukranews.com portal said, citing an aide to the city's police chief. "When his relatives entered the room they saw that the lower part of the young man's face had been blown off.""
(tags:weird stupid probably+not+delicious )Scientists unveil first 'bionic fingers'
"Those fitted with the device will be able to bend, touch, pick up and point, simple actions which can be...
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