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Entries from August 2010

Sorry, You Absolutely Cannot Eat These Animals in New York State

August 28th, 2010 · Comments Off

Sorry, You Absolutely Cannot Eat These Animals in New York StateSource: newyork.grubstreet.comKangaroo may be back on menus, but a certain species is banned, along with several other animals.    Meats you can’t eat in NYS:http://newyork.grubstreet….

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Sorry, You Absolutely Cannot Eat These Animals in New York State

August 28th, 2010 · Comments Off

Sorry, You Absolutely Cannot Eat These Animals in New York StateSource: newyork.grubstreet.comKangaroo may be back on menus, but a certain species is banned, along with several other animals.

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Sorry, You Absolutely Cannot Eat These Animals in New York State

August 28th, 2010 · Comments Off

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Human pylons carry electricity across Iceland

August 17th, 2010 · Comments Off

Human pylons carry electricity across IcelandSource: www.wired.co.ukAn architecture firm has proposed giant human-shaped pylons to carry electricity cables across the Iceland’s landscape    Human pylons carry electricity across Iceland. Burn the m…

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Human pylons carry electricity across Iceland

August 17th, 2010 · Comments Off

Human pylons carry electricity across IcelandSource: www.wired.co.ukAn architecture firm has proposed giant human-shaped pylons to carry electricity cables across the Iceland’s landscape    Human pylons carry electricity across Iceland. Burn the m…

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Human pylons carry electricity across Iceland

August 17th, 2010 · Comments Off

Source: www.wired.co.uk
    Human pylons carry electricity across Iceland. Burn the man everyday….

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-08/16/human-pylons    

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Human pylons carry electricity across Iceland

August 17th, 2010 · Comments Off

Human pylons carry electricity across IcelandSource: www.wired.co.ukAn architecture firm has proposed giant human-shaped pylons to carry electricity cables across the Iceland’s landscape

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Thank God for Potheads: New Favorite Tool in the Knife-Bag

August 13th, 2010 · Comments Off

Thank God for Potheads: New Favorite Tool in the Knife-BagSource: www.cookingissues.comYou need to grind a small amount of spices and your mortar and pestle isn’t handy. You don’t want to clean out your pepper-mill. What are you going to do? Those …

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Thank God for Potheads: New Favorite Tool in the Knife-Bag

August 13th, 2010 · Comments Off

Source: www.cookingissues.com
    Where culinary meets Potheads. Imagine the munchies ….

http://www.cookingissues.com/2010/07/27/thank-god-for-potheads-new-favorite-tool-in-the-knife-bag/    

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Thank God for Potheads: New Favorite Tool in the Knife-Bag

August 13th, 2010 · Comments Off

Thank God for Potheads: New Favorite Tool in the Knife-BagSource: www.cookingissues.comYou need to grind a small amount of spices and your mortar and pestle isn’t handy. You don’t want to clean out your pepper-mill. What are you going to do? Those …

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Thank God for Potheads: New Favorite Tool in the Knife-Bag

August 13th, 2010 · Comments Off

Thank God for Potheads: New Favorite Tool in the Knife-BagSource: www.cookingissues.comYou need to grind a small amount of spices and your mortar and pestle isn’t handy. You don’t want to clean out your pepper-mill. What are you going to do? Those …

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Some Photographs of That Day

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

Some Photographs of That DaySource: photooftheday.hughcr…    An incredible project – 1 photo a day for 18 years. See the photos here: http://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com/Read about the project here: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15…

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Some Photographs of That Day

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

Some Photographs of That DaySource: photooftheday.hughcr…

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Pencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton Ghetti

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Pencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton Ghetti

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

Pencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton GhettiSource: www.telegraph.co.ukPencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton Ghetti.    Amazing sculptures done in pencil graphitehttp://www.te…

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Pencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton Ghetti

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

Pencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton GhettiSource: www.telegraph.co.ukPencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton Ghetti.    Amazing sculptures done in pencil graphitehttp://www.te…

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Pencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton Ghetti

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

Pencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton GhettiSource: www.telegraph.co.ukPencil sculptures: miniature masterpieces carved into graphite by Dalton Ghetti.

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What America Eats, Visualized – GOOD Blog – GOOD

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

Source: www.good.is
    A visualization of what we eat.

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What America Eats, Visualized – GOOD Blog – GOOD

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

What America Eats, Visualized – GOOD Blog – GOODSource: www.good.isThis graphic, from Visual Economics, breaks down the elements of our diet in pounds. The quantity of fruits and vegetables we eat is actually a…    A visualization of what we eat….

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What America Eats, Visualized – GOOD Blog – GOOD

August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off

What America Eats, Visualized – GOOD Blog – GOODSource: www.good.isThis graphic, from Visual Economics, breaks down the elements of our diet in pounds. The quantity of fruits and vegetables we eat is actually a…

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