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December 18, 2012

Understanding Earth 2012

from io9
The 10 Books You Absolutely Must Read to Understand the History of Earth
by Annalee Newitz
The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and life began oozing across its boiling, methane-saturated surface about a billion years after our planet was born.
But how did that happen?
In just a few billion years, a hellish ball of melted rock, smashed [...]
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Published on December 18, 2012 11:10

December 17, 2012

Bennett Madison’s SOMETHINGEST BOOKS OF 2012

from Bennett Madison

[ click to read all the Bennett’s picks at Bennett-Madison.com ]
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Published on December 17, 2012 10:49

December 16, 2012

Leave Papa’s Pussies Alone

from TODAY
Cat fight pits government against Hemingway museum

By A. Pawlowski, TODAY.com contributor
A popular tourist attraction has lost another round in the legal battle over who is in charge of the slinky creatures with nine lives and six toes roaming its grounds.
The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the government does have the [...]
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Published on December 16, 2012 10:20

December 15, 2012

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Published on December 15, 2012 10:18

December 14, 2012

“Los Angeles is, of course, fucked.” - GIF Amok

from SPIN
Atoms for Peace Make ‘Amok’ Art Into Real-Life GIF Mural
by Chris Martins

After a couple of years of minimal output, Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace is suddenly the gift that keeps giving. Last week, we learned the details of their upcoming debut album, Amok, and then discovered that the band had hidden a choice Easter egg inside of the [...]
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Published on December 14, 2012 09:58

December 13, 2012

Bar Code Birther Gone

from The Mirror 
Norman Woodland dead: Bar code inventor dies aged 91

Bar code inventor Norman Woodland has died aged 91.
Norman and friend Bernard Silver devised the bar code while studying engineering at university.
It was based on the Morse code that Norman had learned as a Boy Scout.
The pair applied for the world’s first bar code patent [...]
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Published on December 13, 2012 09:38

December 12, 2012

Cinnamon and Raisin Tamales

from Food City via AZ Central
Cinnamon and Raisin Tamales


[ click to continue recipe at AZCentral.com ]
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Published on December 12, 2012 09:27

December 7, 2012

GIF Art Basel Miami

from ARTINFO
Michael Stipe, Rodarte, RoseLee Goldberg, and More Pick GIFs for Art Basel Miami Beach Show

On Wednesday Tumblr and Paddle8 will open “Moving the Still,” an exhibition of animated GIFsselected by a star-studded committee — James Frey, Michael Stipe, Nicola Formichetti,Richard Phillips, Inez & Vinoodh, Rodarte, RoseLee Goldberg, and Ryan Trecartin — at a 35,000-square-foot warehouse near Wynwood.
The show, which includes moving digital images by Jim Drain, Aarong [...]
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Published on December 07, 2012 17:03

December 6, 2012

Bret Easton Ouch V Kathryn Hot-elow

from E!
Bret Easton Ellis Rips Kathryn Bigelow in Sexist Rant: Zero Dark Thirty Director Overrated Because She’s “Hot”

Joe Kohen/WireImage, Cindy Ord/Getty Images
Bret Easton Ellis has never been one to hold back his opinions on Twitter (see: Paris Hilton, Matt Bomer).
Now, he’s directing his 140-character vitriol at a most unlikely of targets: Zero Dark Thirtyhelmer Kathryn Bigelow.
The motormouthed author took to Twitter Wednesday [...]
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Published on December 06, 2012 16:51

December 5, 2012

Brubeck Gone

from Pioneer Press (photo from The Chicago Tribune)
Dave Brubeck, legendary jazz composer and pianist, dies at 91 (w/ video)
By Richard Scheinin / Mercury News

To see pianist Dave Brubeck in recent years — up on stage, say, at the Monterey Jazz Festival, striding with his band through “Take Five,” his seminal tune — one might have thought [...]
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Published on December 05, 2012 16:45

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