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May 25

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ilovecharts:

Moss Graffiti 

ilovecharts:

Moss Graffiti 

think-progress:

There are exactly three countries on Earth that do not provide guarantees for paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea and Swaziland are two of them. Care to guess the third?
Read the article here. 

think-progress:

There are exactly three countries on Earth that do not provide guarantees for paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea and Swaziland are two of them. Care to guess the third?

Read the article here

(via ilovecharts)

ilovecharts:

The Evolution of Technology, designed by General Assembly’s Alexandra Proba.

I like this, but so many formats are missing…
Stone tablets, papyrus, scrolls, books, clay cylinders, wax records, vinyl records, punch cards, punch tape, audio cassettes, data cassettes, Betamax, VHS, laserdisc, CD (ROM, RAM, R, RW, RW+), DVD, HD DVD, Blu Ray, MiniDiscs, ZIP Disks… And their close relatives.
And those are just the ‘removable’ storage formats off the top of my head. Don’t even let me get into variations on hard drives and other ‘permanent’ storage.
Say, does anyone else remember MiniDiscs? The walkman killers? Hahaha…

ilovecharts:

The Evolution of Technology, designed by General Assembly’s Alexandra Proba.

I like this, but so many formats are missing…

Stone tablets, papyrus, scrolls, books, clay cylinders, wax records, vinyl records, punch cards, punch tape, audio cassettes, data cassettes, Betamax, VHS, laserdisc, CD (ROM, RAM, R, RW, RW+), DVD, HD DVD, Blu Ray, MiniDiscs, ZIP Disks… And their close relatives.

And those are just the ‘removable’ storage formats off the top of my head. Don’t even let me get into variations on hard drives and other ‘permanent’ storage.

Say, does anyone else remember MiniDiscs? The walkman killers? Hahaha…

2012 Open Hardware Summit - Call for Submissions

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May 24

thedailywhat:

Quote of the Day: Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., is aghast — and rightly so — over news that Hurt Lockerdirector Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal were given access to Seal Team Six and information about the death of Osama bin Laden for their upcoming movie Zero Dark Thirty.

If this facility is so secret that the name cannot even be seen by the public, then why in the world would the Obama administration allow filmmakers to tour it?

The administration has shared with the filmmakers information defended from Freedom of Information Act inquiries, Congressional committees, and anyone else not involved in making movies about war zones.
[shortformblog]

Wait wait wait… What?
The part that gets me the most: “…this facility is so secret that the name cannot even be seen by the public…”. Ah, so there’s a facility, is there? And the public doesn’t even get to see the name of it? …is it called Voldemort? Or is the name just a dead giveaway like, “SEAL camp 6 - 2 miles east of Pascagoula”?
I’m gonna make a film. (Colbert impression) National secrets please!

thedailywhat:

Quote of the Day: Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., is aghast — and rightly so — over news that Hurt Lockerdirector Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal were given access to Seal Team Six and information about the death of Osama bin Laden for their upcoming movie Zero Dark Thirty.

If this facility is so secret that the name cannot even be seen by the public, then why in the world would the Obama administration allow filmmakers to tour it?

The administration has shared with the filmmakers information defended from Freedom of Information Act inquiries, Congressional committees, and anyone else not involved in making movies about war zones.

[shortformblog]

Wait wait wait… What?

The part that gets me the most: “…this facility is so secret that the name cannot even be seen by the public…”. Ah, so there’s a facility, is there? And the public doesn’t even get to see the name of it? …is it called Voldemort? Or is the name just a dead giveaway like, “SEAL camp 6 - 2 miles east of Pascagoula”?

I’m gonna make a film. (Colbert impression) National secrets please!

thefrogman:

Baby ducks are ruining the sanctity of marriage. 

thefrogman:

Baby ducks are ruining the sanctity of marriage. 

(Source: mymagicaljourney, via lessonsinbeingadragon)

May 22

suicidegeeks:

Animals disobeying signs

best recent tumblr follow. animals can’t reason with symbols and its funny.

suicidegeeks:

Animals disobeying signs

best recent tumblr follow. animals can’t reason with symbols and its funny.

(Source: cineraria, via suicidegeeks)