January 2009
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Big Picture: Earth, Observed →
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24 Rooms Tucked Into One →
What appears to be an open-plan studio actually contains many rooms, because of sliding wall units, fold-down tables and chairs, and the habitual kinesis of a resident in a small space. As Mr. Chang put it, “I glide around.”
WANT.
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Advice for Japanese Traveling in America →
Most Americans are very polite, particularly outside of the big cities. However, outside of the big cities, everyone owns guns. Inside the big cities, almost everyone owns guns. Let’s be polite together!
(via reddit)
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The real cause of the financial crisis, and the... →
The mathematics of probability that govern the trade-offs of risk and
reward are fundamentally counter-intuitive.
The reason that societies ban pyramid schemes outright, instead of
relying on the market to make them unprofitable, is that most people
trust their intuition, and their intuition leads them astray. If you
were to wait for the market to run its course on a pyramid...
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Top Albums of 2008
I’m a day late, but here are my top albums from 2008:
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (hip-hop / mix)
Diplo/Santogold - Top Ranking (hip-hop / mix)
Shugo Tokumaru - Exit: Quirky japanese rock that is hard to explain (rock)
Metaform - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Required for fans of DJ Shadow circa ‘96 (instrumental hip-hop)
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (electronic/rock)
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