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• Santa Claus, 2007 - as seen from 1907

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 00:28 in art, children, Culture, history, technology

  "Santa in 2007: A vintage vision of the future!" From "Girl Genius Holiday Downloads" (Christmas, 2008) "(A huge thank you to all of you who wrote to tell us more about this wonderful picture. It's from St. Nicholas Magazine, a fine old publication t...

• Pushpin Mario: New Dimensions in Cork Board Art?

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 14:07 in art, College, Creative, Students

  "Push Pin Wall Art" lilybee, on DIY Design Gallery (December 31, 2008)"A few packs of push pins, a pin board, a dash of inspiration (and possibly a little too much time on your hands at work) And Voila! Gloriously geeky wall art!..." I might have kno...

• Verboten Numbers: The Lemming Snaps II

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 12:34 in Culture, dark humor, the human condition

  This post is a follow-up to "Brits Ban Bawdy Boulevard Monikers: And the Lemming Snaps" (January 5, 2009).I just now made up a grassroots organization, the Council of Excessively Sensitive Persons, Organized for the Obliteration of Licentious Signage...

• Brits Ban Bawdy Boulevard Monikers: And the Lemming Snaps

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 08:55 in Common Sense, England, language, the human condition, vocabulary

  "Council bans the 'rude' street names that might offend" MailOnline (January 5, 2009) "For some, the road signs mean one thing - home. For others they may simply raise a smile. "But one council is failing to see the funny side of names such as Hoare ...

• Retired Oxford Professor's New Glasses to Help One Billion People by 2020

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 23:55 in medicine, technology, the human condition

  "Inventor's 2020 vision: to help 1bn of the world's poorest see better""Professor pioneers DIY adjustable glasses that do not need an optician"The Guardian (UK) (December 22, 2008)"It was a chance conversation on March 23 1985 ("in the afternoon, as ...

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