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Life after Sambo (Samuel Mockbee) | Metropolis

READER heads down to the Big Easy | The Times-Picayune

Introducing the Google Chrome Operating System | Official Google Blog

Twitter Takes a Step Towards a Commercial Account | NY Times

Vitamin Water Gets Personal (and Creepy) | Ad Age

Chasing Dash Snow (R.I.P. SACER) | NY Magazine

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10 Awe-Inspiring, Sustainable Designs for a Living World: Showing Now at Cooper Hewitt (Slideshow) | treehugger

The FWA 2009 Site of the Year Judges | FWA

Young Architects Program 2009 Winner and Exhibit | P.S. 1

Details of a Vintage Nail Box – Do Not Put in Mouth | WFDJ

AIGA 365/30 Selections | AIGA

Recently Opened Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in Photographs | Arch Daily

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I am usually the first one to praise Amazon for their both their business model and how they recommend useful products to me on the site. You know how it works, buy an item and Amazon will tell you the items that other people who previously purchased that item also picked up. This has gotten me to buy a few extra items more than once. However, while having some fun with Amazon, I noticed that they sold caskets, this seemed odd by itself, but I thought to myself “what doesn’t Amazon sell?” and moved on. That was until I took a gander at the items others who bought this casket had purchased. There I noticed the #1 most frequently purchased item, by casket shoppers, was a shovel! Yes, a shovel. Oh, and not just any shovel, but one with the pun-tastic name that included the term “true temper”. Perhaps Amazon should consider turning the buyers of caskets and shovels over to the proper authorities? Nah, forget it. With the sale price of $386.62 for the casket and $19.99 for such a quality shovel, who wouldn’t pick these up. I bought two of each myself. Hmm, now what to do with them?

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I shaved my head this weekend. Considering that I had long, luscious, flowing locks of hair, people have been asking me why I did it. Rather than tell them my tale, I simply show them this picture. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Spotted on Bogart St., near Seigel St. in Bushwick. The text reads “All you need to do is get a haircut. Go and get a haircut and you’ll be happy. All you have to do is get a haircut and every time you look in the mirror, you’ll be 100%.” And I am. Thank you oh wise prophet of the walls.

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26 New Episodes of Futurama Ordered | Entertainment Weekly

Trust Fund Babies to Work? | NY Times

Google Fusion Tables | Information Aesthetics

Data-Driven Schools See Rising Scores | WSJ

Shepard Fairey Interviewed | A.V. Club

Dell Says It Has Earned 3 Million From Twitter | Bits Blog