Sheep now graze in the preserved Hobbiton set (pic by Tara Hunt)

Sheep now graze in the preserved Hobbiton set

(pic by Tara Hunt)

“I remember walking down the Infinite Corridor” — a long hallway that runs through MIT’s campus — “and just looking left and right into certain labs, and looking at the posters that were hanging on the walls,” Mr. Poole said recently over an Italian soda at the Housing Works Bookstore.”
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4chan founder Moot, being interviewed in the bookstore where my girlfriend works. lolwut

Fighting for Number Two: Why Aren’t New York Start-Ups Recruiting in Boston? | The New York Observer

“If you’re curious…that’s what a grown woman looks like.”
– Sasha Grey on appearing in Entourage with a full bush
betterbooktitles: Italo Calvino: If on a winter’s night a traveler

betterbooktitles:

Italo Calvino: If on a winter’s night a traveler

betterbooktitles: Craig Thompson: Blankets

betterbooktitles:

Craig Thompson: Blankets

thedailywhat: /obligatory. [thd.] Related: Free Steven Slater.

thedailywhat:

/obligatory.

[thd.]

Related: Free Steven Slater.

lmd: housingworksbookstore: Introducing The NEW Sharpie LIQUID PENCIL | Sharpie Markers Official Blog Ooooooooooh. Aaahhhhhhhhh. WANT. Genius marketing, or geniusest marketing?

lmd:

housingworksbookstore:

Introducing The NEW Sharpie LIQUID PENCIL | Sharpie Markers Official Blog

Ooooooooooh. Aaahhhhhhhhh.

WANT.

Genius marketing, or geniusest marketing?

“Hey, we might disagree about politics and religion, but at least we can all stand together for search-engine optimization!”
– Scocca : Islamic Community Center Project, “Ground Zero Mosque” Meme Both Going Strong
“In a magazine feature, a refusal to engage with groceries is shorthand for the subject’s extreme industriousness—he’s too busy to think about carbo-loading. It’s also a symbol of power: While you and I would likely die if we didn’t eat, Franco and Assange have minders who dutifully bring them vittles, leaving them free to carry on their life’s work.”
– Brow Beat : I’d Love To Join You for Dinner, but I’m in a Magazine Profile
“Until the 1970s, marriage was actually an exception to the crime of rape. In every American state, a husband could rape his wife at will repeatedly.”
– The conservative defense of marriage is utterly unconvincing. - By Linda Hirshman - Slate
Image virus copies itself on 4chan “What is interesting about this file is the method of social engineering that the malware authors have employed. They are expecting the user to follow the instructions purely out of interest, to see what will happen. Most users are likely to trust an image format and might not realize that the same image file can contain an embedded malicious script.”

Image virus copies itself on 4chan

“What is interesting about this file is the method of social engineering that the malware authors have employed. They are expecting the user to follow the instructions purely out of interest, to see what will happen. Most users are likely to trust an image format and might not realize that the same image file can contain an embedded malicious script.”

» My Four-Year-Old Son Plays Grand Theft Auto - Bitmob

Road Popper (via Clusterflock)

Road Popper (via Clusterflock)

» A Brief Tour Of Defenseless Ground Zero - The Awl

Badass. The Awl’s Jordan Carr actually goes around the neighborhood above Ground Zero and asks people what they think about Cordoba House, the “Ground Zero Mosque.” Mostly they don’t care or they don’t want to talk about it.

“Are you a teacher that could use a MakerBot? It’s almost time to go back to school and so we’re giving 10 teachers each a MakerBot Cupcake CNC Deluxe Kit with standard MK4 Extruder and a bonus Heated Build Platform kit.” Back to School – MakerBot Teacher Giveaway! - MakerBot Industries

“Are you a teacher that could use a MakerBot? It’s almost time to go back to school and so we’re giving 10 teachers each a MakerBot Cupcake CNC Deluxe Kit with standard MK4 Extruder and a bonus Heated Build Platform kit.”

Back to School – MakerBot Teacher Giveaway! - MakerBot Industries