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make your own Bert! via MetaFilter
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“Kit Up is the stuff you weren’t issued but that you couldn’t have done without during your military life.”
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‘Entire populations of birds across Europe are adapting their song to be better heard above the din of the city.’
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Winter gloomth
I know I haven’t really done any proper blogging (i.e. not link lists) recently. I keep meaning to: I’ve nearly blogged about Fischli & Weiss; David Hockney portraits; London 2012; the cricket; Beau Brummell; saltimbocca, classic recipes and the faddishness of British food culture; and manufactured pop (and why it’s a good thing).
But I haven’t. Frankly I think the season is getting to me. You’d think after living all my life in the UK I’d be used to the fact that the days get shorter in winter, but it’s always a shock to the system. 5pm is not supposed to be night-time. It’s a pity that the cricket isn’t on terrestrial telly; then at least I could sit up at night getting some vicarious Australian sunshine. Thank heaven for Strictly Come Dancing. Music, bright lights, girls in spangly frocks and lots of energy: it’s perfect winter TV.
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“These plates come from the ‘New York Coach-Maker’s Magazine [Devoted to the Literary, Social and Mechanical History of the Craft]’ from ~1870 at the Smithsonian Institution.”
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“Who says there’s only one way to write in English? The wonderful site Omniglot catalogues eccentric alternatives to the Latin alphabet.” via languagehat
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A stunning pair of cow pants from a 1937 issue of Popular Science
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via city of sound
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A particularly good Flickr search, via things magazine.
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post by Carl in 1994 to rec.food.sourdough: “I have dried and will mail out a bit of the starter that my family brought west on an Oregon Trail wagontrain in 1847 along with instructions to revive it and a few recipes if anyone is interested ???? Carl.”
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FSotW: Katrina Damage
Flickr set of the week this week is Katrina Damage by jsdart.
“these images were shot in November 2006 over a year after the hurricane”
