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A Little Geekery

October 16, 2008

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Just wanted to post a link to the most amazing personal library – the kind of space I dreamed of having as a kid. Full of books and interesting ephemera – things that made a real impact on the world. I love geeks and eccentricity!

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Mosaic

July 25, 2008

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Swiped this cute meme from another blog. a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker. 1. What is your first name? 2. What is your favorite [...]

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Today is World Water Day! This year is also the UN’s International Year of Sanitation! To observe this day, march into your bathroom, stand before your throne and shower and throw your hands up in the air! Shout Hallelujah! You are among the few and the proud – earthlings with sanitation! Indoor toilets! Hot water! [...]

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Now for something a little more light-hearted. What is backyard archeology? Well, I read about this archaeologist who is blogging about the ruins of childhood – the leftovers of tree houses and forts in backyards all across America (and the world). And I was just fascinated by this! The idea of an old, neglected tree [...]

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B-A-N-A-N-A-S

January 30, 2008

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Did you know? Almost no plant has been cultivated longer by humans. Americans eat more bananas than any other kind of fresh fruit, averaging about 26.2 pounds of them per year, per person (apples are a distant second, at 16.7 pounds). For nearly everyone in the U.S., Canada and Europe, a banana is a banana: [...]

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