July 2011
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Efficiency comes first, right?
So I just mowed my entire front lawn.
With my electric weed whacker.
In the rain.
What? Stop looking at me like that.
June 2011
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“The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is...”
– Albert Einstein (via cutlerish)
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A conversation that I may have had at work...
Stranger: (gesturing toward a giant helium balloon ride) How does this work?
Me: Well, you see, the balloon is filled with helium. Since helium is less dense than the air around the balloon, the air pushes the balloon up with a force of about 10,000 pounds, much like how air bubbles rise through water.
Stranger: ...
Me: ...
Stranger: ...
Me: You pay 18 bucks and you get a 6 minute ride up to 400 feet.
Stranger: Cool.
Fun With Maps: Seven Peculiar US Borders →
culby:
pterodactyls:
Hey! Here is a thing I did in the Awl!
Ain’t gonna lie, this article is great. The Kentucky Bend and Ellis Island are really interesting.
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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
– Joseph Brodsky (via prettybooks)
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