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tumblings

random links, thoughts, etc.

Dinosaur Jr. “Over It” video from the new album “Farm” (via dinosaurjnr)
Volcanic eruption seen from space
Life with a 100 lb rodent that sounds like a Geiger counter when it’s happy
Literary Lesson: Authors, Poets Write the News
It was on an average Wednesday that a very serious Israeli newspaper conducted a very wild experiment. For one day, Haaretz editor-in-chief Dov Alfon sent most of his staff reporters home and sent 31 of Israel’s finest authors and poets to cover the day’s news.
Teach your kids to argue
Let’s face it: Our culture has lost the ability to usefully disagree. Most Americans seem to avoid argument. But this has produced passive aggression and groupthink in the office, red and blue states, and families unable to discuss things as simple as what to watch on television. Rhetoric doesn’t turn kids into back-sassers; it makes them think about other points of view.
Backing Up Flickr
Grown Garden Chair
Unix turns 40: The past, present and future of a revolutionary OS
how to be happy in business
The Mother of All Potato Cannons - Boing Boing

Ristow designed a machine gun potato cannon which was a true machine gun spud gun. It had a gravity fed magazine that fed spuds into the firing chamber. There were four high pressure air tanks that could shoot potatoes continually and at high velocity until the magazine was emptied.
Will Ferrell Introduces Sunscreen For Men
CSS Tricks: All About Floats
Weekend Project: Build an electric guitar from an IKEA cutting board
Introducing Typekit
Humongous Earthworms
The New Old Colony: Had Good Dare We Hope It Can it Get?
Affordable Steaks That Make the Cut
Uncovering the Secrets Beneath the Surface of the New York Harbor
What lies beneath the surface of New York Harbor? For starters, a 350-foot steamship, 1,600 bars of silver, a freight train, and four-foot-long cement-eating worms.
Fight terrorism by arresting terrorists, not by looking at our genitals at airports - Boing Boing
“We’d be much better off going after bad guys … and back to pre-9/11 levels of airport security,” he said. “There’s a huge ‘cover your ass’ factor in politics, but unfortunately, it doesn’t make us safer.”
Chicago Festival Guide

pictures

photos of mine from flickr

Dad hitting a golf ball into the pond why not
Grandpa and Dad with walleye
Me and Dad with walleye
Brian with a delicious walleye
Dad hitting golf balls in the pond
Nice shot
Grandpa hitting golf balls across the pond
Pond sunrise
Evening pond fishing
Moon reflection
Please don't park on the grass

music

what i have listened to lately

top artists from the past three months