Kurskaya subway station (pictured above) in Moscow has...
Aug 28th
These photos are by Pieter Hugo, one of my favourite...
Aug 27th
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Picthfork, an online music magazine, has been compiling its top 500 songs of the 2000s. “All...
Aug 25th
Teeing up for the Olympics
Golf has made it past the first hurdle on its way to becoming an official Olympic sport. It will be...
Aug 25th
The Lens blog has a slideshow on some of the most famous...
Aug 24th
Funny ones
The BBC has published some of the best and worst jokes of the year as judged by a panel at the...
Aug 24th
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From babesonbikes awesome cycling shenanigans.
Aug 24th
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I have no idea what this video, suitably enough called “Winkers”, is about. However, it...
Aug 24th
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Expect a lot of pointing fingers at the Japanese over the next few months for their fishing...
Aug 21st
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“Lost Cause” from Beck just popped up on 8Tracks, the music streaming service I listen...
Aug 21st
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Ol trabente, el mundo marco, super fasto Usaino Bolto. Muy bueno. Yeah I do Spanish as well. Just...
Aug 20th
as a matter of fact #17
Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, does not have traffic lights. Instead it has pretty female...
Aug 20th
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Right so if you don’t like what appears to be a string of sausages being ripped out from your...
Aug 19th
Eating not exercise makes you thin
Time has a lengthy but interesting article on the merits of exercise and diet in the battle to shed...
Aug 19th
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There’s a thin line between organised violence and sport, especially in Kerry. Things get a...
Aug 19th
Definitely my favourite photo of the day, a picture of a...
Aug 18th
Sporting events that changed the world
Foreign Policy has an excellent list of 10 sports events that were far more important than the...
Aug 18th
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District 9 claimed the top spot of at the US box office over the weekend. It’s the first...
Aug 17th
The future of attention
Michael Erard outlines his vision of attention festivals in the Design Observer. I think I might...
Aug 17th
I was in Copenhagen on my nearly annual visit to what must...
Aug 17th
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Here’s Usain doing the 100m in 9.58 in high definition. I must get out someday and try the...
Aug 17th
as a matter of fact #16
The amount of money Latin American expatriates send home is expected to drop by 11%, from $69...
Aug 13th
It’s your last meal on earth, after that you’ll...
Aug 11th
Can a dog and its owner resemble each other? Some studies...
Aug 11th
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Okay, so this isn’t exactly new. Nevertheless let not the fact that it ain’t...
Aug 11th
Damn, this is style. I can’t pull of hats for shit,...
Aug 11th
What Silvio said...
Don Juan de Silvio Burlseconi has had a swipe at Italy’s media for daring to criticise him....
Aug 10th
Technology killed the family
The New York Times has a feature on the incursion of technology into the American family. The Gude...
Aug 10th
golf, rugby or roller sports
On Thurday the chiefs at the International Olympic Committee will decide which two sports will be...
Aug 10th
Paddy field art from Japan, although I don’r really...
Aug 10th
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My favourite line from this five-year-old boy’s (with perfect girl hair) renidtion of Folsom...
Aug 10th
Bores, Japan and conversation
Stellar advice if you find yourself running out of things to say round white people. From...
Aug 9th
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Christoph Rehage walked round China for a year taking self portraits as he went. He stitched them...
Aug 7th
LPCoverLover has to be one of the best websites I never knew...
Aug 7th
as a matter of fact #15
According to North Korean news media Kim Jong Il is a renaissance man who has flown fighter...
Aug 6th
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Is this real?
Aug 6th
The atom bombing of Hiroshima took place 64 years ago today....
Aug 6th
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Because Sabine has gone like back to Germany, jah, I post this funny German video. Jah bratwurst.
Aug 6th
Update to my ongoing theme of old news stories that get...
Aug 6th
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E.T but uglier and without any of that alien charm. [via Why, That’s Delightful]
Aug 5th
My new favourite jumper. It’s green and it reminds me...
Aug 5th
the wire prequels
Just came across these Wire prequels today. There are three in total and they provide some...
Aug 5th
Obama art. One of the paintings that president Obama is...
Aug 5th
beauty begets more babies
The Times has a science story about how evolution is driving women to become ever more beautiful,...
Aug 5th
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From the richandcreamy archive:
Apart from all the reasons as to why the Wire is so damn good, the...
Aug 5th
You got to hand it to the Dutch. To celebrate the 400th...
Aug 4th
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Cymatics is the study of visible sound and vibration. Well, so says Collin Cunning, the ‘mad...
Aug 4th
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This mix is for Patrick. He’s the newest arrival on my ma and pa’s lil’ old ranch...
Aug 4th
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Knives aren’t just for killing people. They’re also for cutting up cucumbers.
Aug 3rd