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August 13, 2009
A Woman You Don't Meet Every Day
All I really know about her is that she's on Twitter as "kerridarling" and that she now wears these:
Station Ident: Remember…
Course you do. She's been busy lately. But now she has a big gallery show coming up, and to mark it she's selling a signed, numbered print for $50 a pop. Which, given her CV, is a stupid low price. Treat yourself.
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August 12, 2009
The Man Who Walked Around The World
This is an ad for Johnnie Walker whisky. Not a brand I'm especially fond of. But this five-and-a-half-minute film, with actor Robert Carlyle narrating the history of Johnnie Walker, is really very well done. Yes, it's an ad, coming from the ad industry's vile notion of "helping companies to tell their stories…" But Johnnie Walker's been around a long time, and has an actual story to tell. More importantly, this is a story elegantly and charmingly told, by one of my favourite actors.
Links for 2009-08-11
Shapways : 3D Printing in Stainless Steel
"Shapeways has now added stainless steel to their list of available materials to 3D print from"
(tags:fabbing tech )Brazil TV host turned politician 'ordered killings to boost ratings' | World news | The Guardian
"A Brazilian politician who fronts a popular television crime show is being investigated for allegedly ordering a series of executions in a bid
On Whitechapel Tonight (12aug09)
I'm still clearing the place out after leaving it fallow for a week, but there's a few bits and pieces:
* Tell Ellis Of Your New Comics (12aug09)
* The FRANKENSTEIN'S WOMB Talk Thread
* Electric Sheep Comics back online!
* Tumblr
The Deciders Of The Culture
You've got to admit, he's in good shape. And he's not afraid of wax, either.
(from Paul Sizer'sChicago Con 2009 photoset)
The Tunnels Of Lebedyan
Via English Russia:
Lebedyan town in Lipetsk region is known for the greatest juice producing plant in Eastern Europe, but very few people know that the most unique and weird underground station in the world is located there as well. It was constructed just 2 meters beneath the surface of the earth. The works began in 1984, and 166 people were eager to start as soon as possible, but when they learnt that the money would come only when the construction paid for itself, they all backtracked in a se
August 11, 2009
Night Music: Spacemen 3
"Hypnotized". A videotape transfer of the full version. I think I played my 12" copy of this smooth in 1989. G'night.
Links for 2009-08-10
"American medi-boffins say they have developed a way of using tiny nanotech devices, which they call "nanobees", to carry a potentially poisonous drug safely into the body for the purposes of killing cancerous tumours."
(tags:sci med nano NANOBEES NOT+THE+NANOBEES THEY'RE+IN+MY+EYES )Scientists explore how the humble leaf could power the planet | Environment | guardian.co.uk
"Researchers at Imperial College London embark on 'arti
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