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architizer: Foster + Partners unveils sweeping master plan to...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:46:32 -0400

architizer:

Foster + Partners unveils sweeping master plan to integrate all of Britain’s infrastructure.

wnyc: inothernews: (Photo: Gavin Oliver / Solent News via the...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:42:30 -0400

wnyc:

inothernews:

(Photo: Gavin Oliver / Solent News via the Telegraph)

Radiolab?

archiemcphee: Tom Storm specializes in photographing the world...

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:09:59 -0400

archiemcphee:

Tom Storm specializes in photographing the world as it appears on the fragile surface of bubbles, which is a pretty awesome feat.

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azspot: If You’ve Been Bitching About The New Facebook…

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:45:51 -0400

azspot:

If You’ve Been Bitching About The New Facebook…

wnyc: architizer: A house in Fafe, Portugal. Click through for...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:41:55 -0400

wnyc:

architizer:

A house in Fafe, Portugal. Click through for more Portuguese boulder architecture!

Gout House.

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Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:32:30 -0400

futuramb: Is Printing A Gun The Same As Buying A Gun? |...

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:31:25 -0400

futuramb:

Is Printing A Gun The Same As Buying A Gun? | TechCrunch
The fact that we are now able to manufacture usable weapon parts is an important step in the evolution of fabrication and manufacture and, if I were a weapons giant, I’d start rethinking my sales strategies. When a company of rebels can print their own AK-47s (a concept that is still a ways off), whose fault is it? The person who made the plans? The fabricator? The company whose rifles they copied?

This is another aspect that is changed by the emergence of 3D printing: What constitutes a specific artifact? The idea and knowledge about how produce the artifact? The (3D?) image of the artifact, which can be used to produce the artifact? The drawing of the artifact? When the line between the image of an artifact and the artifact itself is becoming blurred by the ease of which one can be transformed to the other, we are heading into a world of deep conceptual problems where e g many laws must be rethought from the bottom up. Welcome to the future!

npr: sunfoundation: Interactive map of the internet’s...

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:13:13 -0400

npr:

sunfoundation:

Interactive map of the internet’s underwater paths

Ever wondered how your email can cross the vastness of the ocean and be delivered almost instantly, anywhere in the world? It’s all down to a network of fibre-optic cables that link up the continents and transmit terabits of data every second.

Yes, yes I always did wonder about this. —Wright

todaysdocument: United Nations troops fighting in the streets...

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:12:28 -0400

todaysdocument:

United Nations troops fighting in the streets of Seoul, Korea. 09/20/1950

Days after their amphibious landing at Inchon, UN forces began their push to liberate Seoul from North Korean forces.

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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:06:44 -0400

thepoliticalnotebook: “Every pillar of the Taliban regime will...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:42:50 -0400

thepoliticalnotebook:

“Every pillar of the Taliban regime will be destroyed.” So said a message to the Taliban leader Mullah Omar from the United States in October of 2001. This message, along with a veritable treasure trove of previously classified documents from late 2001, have just been released and posted by the National Security Archive. They involve a great deal of information on the initial US strategic response in Afghanistan and the early planning and development of the War on Terror.

Start looking through the documents here. GWU has taken the time to give some highlights from these documents, including a detailed timeline of Cheney’s post-9/11 whereabouts, and an NSC strategic plan outlining the desire to take down al Qaeda and the Taliban without commiting to “any post-Taliban military involvement.” (Because all that nation-building could get tricky and entangling, no?)

pantslessprogressive: “I arrived in Afghanistan on Aug. 13,...

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:47:19 -0400

pantslessprogressive:

“I arrived in Afghanistan on Aug. 13, unsure of the story that awaited me and with no expectation or hopes of what I would be able to document there. For two weeks I was based at Forward Operating Base Pasab, Kandahar, where all the medevac missions start. After I saw the amount of pain and suffering that goes with these missions, I decided I wanted to convey these cruelties of war in my pictures.

Sometimes the radio would come on and wake us up. Just the words “medevac, medevac, medevac” would make us run to the helicopters, and we were on our way again. In the second week, the medevac picked up 34 patients—but every day was different. Sometimes there was one mission after another, and then the next day, there would be a single patient in need.” - Photojournalist Johannes Eisele

The Casualties of War: Afghanistan’s Medevac Missions, Up Close

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Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:45:25 -0400

minusmanhattan: The construction of the Hindenburg.

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:42:44 -0400

minusmanhattan:

The construction of the Hindenburg.

pantslessprogressive: Six months ago today: the Japan...

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:40:50 -0400

pantslessprogressive:

Six months ago today: the Japan earthquake and tsunami

15,781 people were killed as a result of the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Tohoko, Japan and the resulting tsunami waves. Around 83,000 have been displaced from their homes.

4,086 people are still missing.

[Photos: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters; Kyodo/Reuters; Yomiuri Shimbun/AFP/Getty Images; Damir Sagoli/Reuters; Kyodo/Reuters; Gregory Bull/AP; Yomiuri/Reuters; Amit Dave/Reuters]

kateoplis: MSNBC Republican Debate in 45 Seconds

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:30:22 -0400

kateoplis:

MSNBC Republican Debate in 45 Seconds

blackandwtf: 1938 Katharine Hepburn on surviving the “Long...

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:54:41 -0400

blackandwtf:

1938

Katharine Hepburn on surviving the “Long Island Express” hurricane: “My God. It was something devastating—and unreal—like the beginning of the world—or the end of it—and I slogged and sloshed, crawled through ditches and hung on to keep going somehow—got drenched and bruised and scratched—completely bedraggled—finally got to where there was a working phone and called Dad.”

Steve Jobs' Resignation Letter

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:43:36 -0400

Steve Jobs' Resignation Letter:

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple”s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple”s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

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Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:40:29 -0400

thedailywhat:

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