jhnbrssndn: blaaargh: 1980 Citroën Karin Concept by Coggiola Phwoar. Where’s Brown Car when you need her? I don’t ordinarily care much for cars, but this is just too rich to pass up.
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jhnbrssndn:

blaaargh:

1980 Citroën Karin Concept by Coggiola

Phwoar. Where’s Brown Car when you need her?

I don’t ordinarily care much for cars, but this is just too rich to pass up.

Source: blaaargh

fewdull: These photos from the new underground metro in Almaty, Kazakhstan are fantastic.
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fewdull:

These photos from the new underground metro in Almaty, Kazakhstan are fantastic.

Source: englishrussia.com

Why Twitter’s new policy is helpful for free-speech advocates | technosociology

lukesimcoe:

A little counterpoint to the ZOMG! TWITTER IS CENSORING STUFF! hysteria today.

(via getradified)

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In a similar spirit, I decided to explore the dimension of the ZIP Code system and see if it has a similar type of fractal dimension. I did this using the wonderful images created by Robert Kosara calledZIPScribbles, which connect the coordinates of sequential ZIP codes (02445 is connected to 02446, 02446 is connected to 02447, and so forth). As you can see below, there is a geographically hierarchical nature to it. ZIP codes divide the population first into states, and then divide into little scribble regions even further, in a self-similar fashion. So, I set out to measure the fractal nature of the ZIP code system. I used one of the simplest methods, called the box-counting method, which estimates the self-similarity of a shape by looking to see how many boxes in a series of ever-smaller grids are required to cover a shape. Doing this, I was able tocalculate the fractal dimension of the ZIP Code system, using the ZIPScribble: 1.78. (via Wired: “The Fractal Dimension of ZIP Codes”)
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In a similar spirit, I decided to explore the dimension of the ZIP Code system and see if it has a similar type of fractal dimension. I did this using the wonderful images created by Robert Kosara calledZIPScribbles, which connect the coordinates of sequential ZIP codes (02445 is connected to 02446, 02446 is connected to 02447, and so forth). As you can see below, there is a geographically hierarchical nature to it. ZIP codes divide the population first into states, and then divide into little scribble regions even further, in a self-similar fashion.

So, I set out to measure the fractal nature of the ZIP code system. I used one of the simplest methods, called the box-counting method, which estimates the self-similarity of a shape by looking to see how many boxes in a series of ever-smaller grids are required to cover a shape. Doing this, I was able tocalculate the fractal dimension of the ZIP Code system, using the ZIPScribble: 1.78.

(via Wired: “The Fractal Dimension of ZIP Codes”)

thenoobyorker: Meme.
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thenoobyorker:

Meme.

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It is by no means certain that the application of deconstructivist literary criticism to the ethnographic corpus can tell us much that is not banal or obvious (for example, that Evans-Pritchard lived during the colonial era).

Marc Augé, Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity, p. 30

This book is making me roll my eyes a lot, but it has some interesting observations as well. This point, in particular, can be extended to a wide variety of other academic fields.

Gary Hall - Withdrawal of labour from publishers in favour of the US Research Works Act

20yardsoflinen:

Media theorist Gary Hall withdraws his labour from presses supporting the Research Works Act.

Source: 20yardsoflinen

Souffle success. It only had three eggs, so this picture makes it look as though it didn’t rise well. However, it most certainly did. [recipe] (not pictured: my terrible mise en place in taking this out of the dish)
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Souffle success. It only had three eggs, so this picture makes it look as though it didn’t rise well. However, it most certainly did. [recipe]

(not pictured: my terrible mise en place in taking this out of the dish)

Photograph via US National Archives.
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Photograph via US National Archives.

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Post-Minimalist Percussion in Aisle 12: Michael Gordon’s Timber