"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
Our Hobbit tickets are for 4:00ish tomorrow afternoon, but other people will no doubt be reporting back sooner. Start your party and/or rant in the comments here, I’ll chime in after I’ve seen it. Ski the Misty Mountains! Home to the Best Underground Resorts! Travel posters by Steve Thomas.
The Concert It’s been a long time since I’ve seen The Boss live, but I can’t miss this one. Land of Hope and Dreams I love the way you can sing “People get ready”, to this, how good Bruce is at weaving gospel and rock. Wrecking Ball The swamps of Jersey — the ones he’s … Read more
via liberal japonicus This Friday, read this incredible article about the Occupy movement (via Crooked Timber) and discuss.
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Fun weekend at the LJ house. Looking at Xu Bing's artwork, a modern Chinese artist who has constantly wrestled with the relationship between words and the world, and came across this. Before I explain, see if you can read it. (explanation below the fold)
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Two interesting things. The first is this cardboard bike
The Alfa weighs 20lbs, yet supports riders up to 24 times its weight. It’s mostly cardboard and 100% recycled materials, yet uses a belt-driven pedal system that makes it maintenance free. And, maybe best of all, it’s project designed to be manufactured at about $9 to $12 per unit (and just $5 for a kids version), making it not only one of the most sustainable bikes you could imagine, but amongst the cheapest, depending on the markup.
The second is this wind driven de-mining device for use in Afghanistan with the video below the fold.
I understand that the de-mining device might not be the total solution (I wouldn't be walking behind one of them into a minefield), but, the sight of these 'mine kamon' propelled by the wind across the desert at the end of the video makes me smile. Anything that gets you to do a Duchenne smile?
by liberal japonicus I may be wrong about this, but I think that this article is something that is pretty inexplicable to most Americans. On 26 September, Alex Haigh became the first person to be jailed under section 144 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act. His crime was one of which countless … Read more
by liberal japonicus That's a way that Alzheimer's has been described, so I hope I'm not twisting it out of shape and making anyone feel bad when I say that this news story had me think of that phrase. Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend before driving to the team's practice facility … Read more