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random links, thoughts, etc.

I can only meditate when I’m walking. When I stop, my mind ceases to think; my mind only works with my legs.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (via mnmal)
Microsoft: Don't press F1 key in Windows XP
modernsecurity:

Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE).

Are you still using IE? Well, you deserver to get completely wacked!
When you're spending $67 million on an engineering marvel like the Grand/Red Line stop, why not brag a little?
Properly Sauced: Rob's Mai Tai - Chicagoist
Tom Has Finally Reached His MySpace Friend Limit
Cityscapes: Suburban sprawl, meet suburban tall
New high-rises offer chance for lively, walkable communities, but suburbs can’t decide whether they want to be like the big city or distinct from it.
Greektown dedicated to rebuilding after fire
via Sociological Images
Forget Valentine’s Day, celebrate Paczki Day!
Captain Phil explains crab farts.
Cool Building Wednesday: The Yale Apartments
We're Gonna Have a Tea Party Tonight!
Just when America really needs to get to work and move forward, some of the dimmest bulbs in the country decide it’s time to turn on and lead the race to the bottom.
Bright flash
America Is Not Yet Lost
Instead of re-enacting the decline and fall of Rome, we’re re-enacting the dissolution of 18th-century Poland.
View from my chair
TOURNIQUET [ ARK OF SUFFERING ]

Memories.
One in four Americans is employed to guard the wealth of the rich
How vinyl records are made
Josh Freese Presents: “Drumming Live with Nine Inch Nails-Wish”
And now, the antivax failure is complete: The Lancet withdraws Wakefield’s paper
The 1998 study that’s fueled the “vaccines cause autism” myth is “fatally flawed,” fully retracted.

pictures

photos of mine from flickr

The cup.
Confetti
Nice day.
Clydesdales
Blackhawks crowd at 9:30
one man protest parade
wild animals
urban wildlife
urban wildlife
reflect