October 2010
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Google-eye view of a nuclear test site - Boing... →
Yucca Flat was the site of 739 nuclear tests between 1951 and 1992. Once an anonymous stretch of desert, it’s now pockmarked with subsidence craters left behind by underground nuclear detonations. Among them is the Sedan Crater, a massive, 1200-feet-wide, 320-feet-deep pit, created as part of “plowshare” experiments—tests meant to demonstrate whether nuclear bombs could be used...
Oct 31st
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Porcelain Majesty →
The urinals the Old Town are 100 years old. Now you know. (Thx: Paul L.)
Oct 29th
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MapCrunch - Random Google Street View →
“Random street view - teleport to a random place in the world!”
Oct 28th
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Lookback Maps →
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Houston is the Number One Source of Mexican Drug... →
Oct 22nd
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Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » ann arbor city... →
Oct 20th
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Jeff Speck: 'Suburban Nation': 10 Things To Hate... →
Oct 19th
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“What seems least often mentioned in the discussion of climate change and our...”
– Andres Duany and Jeff Speck - Plan to reduce sprawl will boost health, environment
Oct 19th
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Roundup of location-tracking tools →
Oct 19th
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“In a reversal from 2000, the number of poor people living in the suburbs now...”
– Suburbs take hit as US poverty climbs in downturn
Oct 17th
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“Here’s a fantastic video, “Love Letters to Syracuse,” that illustrates the transformative, community-building role public art can play. For the project, artist Steven Powers painted bold, vivid messages about the city across old train bridges. The messages came from residents who were asked what they loved or hated about the community.” Creative Class » Blog Archive » Love...
Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
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Oct 13th
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Scott Jordan, urban archeologist | MetaFilter →
Urban archaeologist Scott Jordan has spent his whole life uncovering New York City’s remains: I have been digging for New York’s artifacts since 1969. My first dig was on Governor’s Island, which was my father’s duty station, and I stumbled upon a time capsule of New York’s military history in the moat of old Fort Jay. In the dirt under the old drawbridge were...
Oct 11th
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Oct 8th
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Oct 8th
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Oct 8th
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Hypothetical Development Organization (Kickstarter Trailer) Please give us a few bucks. Thanks.
Oct 8th
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Oct 5th
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Savannah College of Art and Design could shape the... →
Hm. Dallas Morning News article.
Oct 5th