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| Monday, May 20, 2013 |
Bollywood is 100! They’re celebrating at Cannes.
Buffalo’s grain elevators have gotten a new life as art pieces.
Did you know Dali did watercolors of fruit? He did, and they’re a bit surreal, as you might expect.
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| Friday, May 17, 2013 |
Happy Friday! Many thanks to everyone who sent in links for this week's edition of Links from Others.
From Julie: Trying to censor Anne Frank’s diary has never worked out for the would-be censors.
From Cassandra: The internet has done awful things to the middle class, and colleges are doing awful things to poorer students.
From Nicole: What makes you a bad driver? Apparently, being a Libra is on the list.
From Zazoo: Coney Islands across the country, from New York to Cincinnati and beyond! (Also, I didn’t know that’s how the food got its name.)
From Beth via Facebook: GeoGuesser! I have not tried this yet, only because I know I will spend hours on it.
Have a spiffy weekend, everyone! See you next week.
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| Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
The National Library of Finland is jaw-droppingly gorgeous.
The Dictionary of Numbers sounds like a fun way to get a grasp on figures. Randall Munroe of XKCD has some examples!
Also, using certain numbers can make figures sound less or more impressive. Good tips for budget season!
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| Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
A hundred years ago, a huge flood came through the part of America where I live. Historical Natural Disasters is focusing on the 1913 flood, with some amazing photographs.
Meanwhile, Strange Maps is focusing on the wacky names of Shetland and Orkney.
And while looking around for more links, I came across Accidental Mysteries, which posts about all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff.
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| Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
It's Ay-leen the Peacemaker's birthday today! Stop by Beyond Victoriana and celebrate!
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
It’s International Arts Day here on Folderol!
In Chile: Pablo Neruda’s body has been exhumed and it turns out that he did indeed have advanced cancer. But was that the actual cause of death? The answer still is unknown.
In India, the latest bestsellers are about Hindu mythology.
In Germany, archaeologists are beginning to explore execution sites.
And in Westeros, aka the Game of Thrones world, it turns out that everyone is pronouncing “Khaleesi” wrong.
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
Happy Friday!
From Cassandra: the powerful pull of writing, the messiness of psychiatric definitions, and the last sunset for three months in Antarctica.
From Julie: Librarians, being awesome!
From a Canadian steampunk on Facebook: Behold, an illustration of a steampunk librarian. Woot!
Have a spiffy weekend, everyone. See you next week.
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