— Nope. I can’t even.. Christie Blatchford failing to understand technology
Wall map showing proposed routes for Zeppelin airships (photos via retronaut.com, reportedly from the 1930s; possibly taken more recently from a full-size replica at the Zeppelin Museum)
(via mapsandshhtuff)
— This is a big deal. Sports Illustrated
Whenever the Fords are faced with this kind of perceived profligacy, they like to remind their colleagues that the city should be “run like a business.” And what kind of enviro- obsessed, granola-peddling business, they seemed to ask, would waste money on a bike station?
Well, how about Brookfield Assets Management, the hyper-profitable Toronto-based financial services conglomerate? The firm, whose annual sales exceed $18 billion, is presumably the kind of business Rob and Doug would like to emulate.
According to Andy Willis, Brookfield’s senior VP for media, the company’s Bay Street office complex boasts “a monster bike locker.” And, yes, it includes showers. “It’s a source of enormous pride. There’s a ton of people who bike in,” Willis says.
"— Good read about the Ford’s latest ‘gravy train’ project to kill: City Hall bike lockers.
“Ever wonder why a pirate wears patches? It’s not because he was wounded in a sword fight,” says Dr. Sheedy. Seamen must constantly move between the pitch black of below decks and the bright sunshine above.
Smart pirates “wore a patch over one eye to keep it dark-adapted outside.” Should a battle break out and the pirate had to shimmy below, he would simply switch the patch to the outdoor eye and he could see in the dark right away—saving him 25 minutes of flailing his cutlass about in near blindness.
"— From the Wall Street Journal via the Awl
Late post of photos from March trip to Alberta and a road trip up to Canmore. Home of cross country skiing and the best poutine I’ve ever had.
Anyone want to pony up $15,000 for this for me?
— Mind Blown. Read how the Harlem Shake happened.
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You can’t really describe Vietnam. Crowded, polluted, busy, amazing, nom - they’re all very singular words in comparison to what Vietnam is....
Hanoi, Seoul, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, and then back to Hanoi… it’s going to be a crazy month.
It all begins tomorrow.
Banh xeo just tastes so good
My...
I just got a white 16gb iPhone 5 for $0!
Refurbishing FTW!
Today was a good day. Santa Claus came into the office and gave me a kiss!!! (of the hershey variety)
And she’s losing more each day it seems.
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prismo is my spirit animal i love him so
