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The street thermometer is marking 50ºC (122º F)
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And fuck all you who say that global heating is bullshit.
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Green Roofs in Toronto | 1loveto.com
“It’s official, Toronto is getting a lot greener as of January 31st, 2010. On May 26, 2009 Toronto became the first City in North America to adopt a bylaw to require and govern the construction of green roofs on new development (residential and commercial). The bylaw goes into effect at the end of this month and promises to be one more step in the right direction for the city of Toronto.”
Photo by The Robertson Building.Sweet!! I want to visit Toronto more than ever!
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The MapEnvelop project prints your current location inside of your letter’s envelope.
Must have.
Mother to Son
“Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor —
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now —
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”
Langston Hughes
(I read this poem on the brazilian version of the book “Push”, a.k.a. “Precious”. It matches perfectly the book, and if you didn’t read it by now I suggest all of you to do so already.)
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Can’t get enough of Bjork.
What a wonderful human being!
Yet more infographic loveliness from Nick Felton, for Time.
Ready, able
I’m ready to let go of this invisible bird. I’m ready to move on (after seven fucking years). No more meaningless kisses on your lips. No more promises firmed between naked bodies that never do touch each other’s, no more expectations built on cloud-cuckoo land. I’m ceasing the countless masturbation fantasies, the love letters never sent, the words never said, the feelings never ever consumated.
It’s horrid you’re still a boat kept at bay, it’s harsh to know that truly you’re my friend and never have you done anything wrong to me. But I’m ready, able to make my own… goodbye. I’m ready to let go of my love for you. Hope I’m able to settle our good friendship.
I love you.
As a friend.
Imaginary Heroes.
- Vern: I've been trying to relocate to a higher plane of life, unsuccessfully.
- Tim: You have to cut up and down, not across.
- Vern: Yeah, if you dont mind bleeding slowly for 5 hours.
- Tim: ... Why?
- Vern: Because there is nothing here that I even remotely care about. I've got nothing to fight for, and if I dont want to live here, why should I have to? I don't care how much better off I am than everyone else... that’s not the point.
- Tim: I think you're my new hero.
- Vern: You know, one of two things happens when you meet your heroes: either they're assholes, or they're just like you are. Either way you always lose.
- Tim: Guns always hit their mark.
- Vern: Yeah, only if you really wanna die.
Physicist Discovers How to Teleport Energy
Since energy and mass can be converted back and forth (E=MC2), it’s only a matter of time before teleportation is real. 2010!
All this is possible because there are always quantum fluctuations in the energy of any particle. The teleportation process allows you to inject quantum energy at one point in the universe and then exploit quantum energy fluctuations to extract it from another point. Of course, the energy of the system as whole is unchanged.
We all know that Copenhagen is the bicycle capital of the world. They have such a fantastic infrastructure setup for the hoards of cyclists that they are now able to begin focusing on the friendly little details of urban bicycle life. What’s the latest and greatest on the streets? A little something to lean on.
The new double railing system has tapped into a little subconcious human behavorial detail like the Paul Bennett from IDEO discussed in a TED lecture about designing for people. Basically, observe what people do and design for that. The natural behavior when it comes to bicyclists can be observed anywhere there is a pole, a person or just anything at all to lean on at a traffic light.
And not only lean, but put up a foot so they don’t have to get off the seat and maybe can even have something to push off on.
This bicycle friendly detail popped up in Copenhagen on a little island midway between crossing a street. For the people that get stuck on the island from a red light can grab onto the bar and put a foot up while they wait for the green. It’s also very nice and it reads, “Hi, cyclist! Rest your foot here… and thank you for cycling in the city.”
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