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“Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide.”
(tags: documentary race history slavery filmtagged film:imdb=tt1157728)
David Caminer, a Pioneer in Computers, Dies at [...]
Op-Ed Contributor – How Lies Live and Grow in the Brain – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com
“This phenomenon, known as source amnesia, can also lead people to forget whether a statement is true. Even when a lie is presented with a disclaimer, people often later remember it as true.”
(tags: brain memory politics)
Op-Ed Columnist – Paul Krugman – [...]
Chicago Reader Blogs: Chicagoland: There’s a lot of ways to make money in this world, but I can’t recommend mortgage fraud
‘Where’d the money go? Um, that depends on what you mean by “money.” I wish I was kidding. When the wave started to break, Morris writes, “the CFO of Citigroup did not know how to [...]
The End of Suburbia As We Know It? : NPR
“Kunstler sees three possible destinies for suburbs: slums, salvage yards or ruins. A bright note? “They’re not necessarily mutually exclusive,” he says.”
(tags: suburbs sustainability)
Meet the Gamers – 4/15/2005 – Library Journal
“A group of Civilization fans started an online “university” dedicated to improving Civ3 players’ skills. They [...]
Looking for Democracy Short Film Contest
“Any genre is fair game: documentary, narrative, experimental, music video. Unleash your radical imaginations and look for democracy in creative and unusual places. All films cannot be more than 5 min and must be submitted by 9/2/08.”
(tags: democracy contest film)
Albanian Custom Fades – Woman as Family Man – NYTimes.com
“Pashe [...]
A lot of longer tracks this week make the playlist look short. Among the newer releases featured this week is the strange and interesting Yuganaut, a trio composed of Stephen Rush, Tom Abbs, and Geoff Mann, who are credited with playing about two dozen instruments among them. This track features mbira, as does Triptych Myth’s [...]
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Cocktail-focused analog to Tastespotting: user submitted photos of cocktails and related subjects.
(tags: cocktail photography)
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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s an Italian Beef: Food Cooking : gourmet.com
“Making sense of Kass’s phobias will likely require a battalion of Freudian psychoanalysts. Has he never relished a barbecue sandwich, served by a roadside vendor, tending a cinderblock pit? Or does he just live in mortal fear of mussing his [...]
I was disappointed that I had to miss my show on Tuesday of this week on account of work travel, so when Alain needed a sub on Friday, I decided to offer up my services and “get a show in.” It turned out to be a pretty good one, despite the fact that I blew [...]
Chase turns sour for lemonade stand robber – NYTimes.com
“A girl whose lemonade stand was robbed of $17.50 chased the suspect into a nearby home and called police, who spent nearly an hour trying to coax the man into surrendering.”
(tags: crime lemonade indiana)
‘the wooden mirror’ by daniel rozin
“the mirror uses 830 square pieces of wood which [...]