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I got off the bus at Second Avenue and 34th Street and, in front of me across the street, there is a guy pissing on a bus tyre, in full view of everyone walking by. I remember my first thought, and it was, ‘I’m home.’ I loved New York from then on.
Dustin Hoffman on his first trip to New York (via balltillifall).  (via minusmanhattan)

(via minusmanhattan)


Untitled (l’Arbre et son ombre) by Samuel Rousseau nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2011

Untitled (l’Arbre et son ombre) by Samuel Rousseau nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2011

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theatlantic:

Where Did All the Workers Go? 60 Years of Economic Change in 1 Graph

President Obama’s State of the Union speech was surprisingly bullish on reviving manufacturing, prompting one very clever person on Twitter to say something along the lines of: “Democrats want the economy of the 1950s, while Republicans just want to live there.”
It got me thinking: What did the economy look like in the 1950s? If you could organize all the jobs into buckets and compare the paper-shuffling professional services bucket to the manufacturing bucket, what would they look like around 1950, and how has the picture changed in the last 60 years? Read more.
[Image: Brian McGill and Peter Bell/National Journal]

theatlantic:

Where Did All the Workers Go? 60 Years of Economic Change in 1 Graph

President Obama’s State of the Union speech was surprisingly bullish on reviving manufacturing, prompting one very clever person on Twitter to say something along the lines of: “Democrats want the economy of the 1950s, while Republicans just want to live there.”

It got me thinking: What did the economy look like in the 1950s? If you could organize all the jobs into buckets and compare the paper-shuffling professional services bucket to the manufacturing bucket, what would they look like around 1950, and how has the picture changed in the last 60 years? Read more.

[Image: Brian McGill and Peter Bell/National Journal]

blackstrung:

No words can describe the pure AWESOMENESS of this.
“… Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. ”
PURE AWESOMENESS. (also, watch the video to see for yourself!)

blackstrung:

No words can describe the pure AWESOMENESS of this.

“… Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. 

PURE AWESOMENESS. (also, watch the video to see for yourself!)

(via penguinist)

orientaltiger:

Camera Obscure with Abelardo Morell: He covered all his windows with black plastic in order to achieve total darkness, he then cut a small hole in the same black plastic material, an image of the outside scenery was reflected directly on the opposite wall, but it was upside-down.

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Charles Babbage’s “Table Of The Relative Frequency Of Occurance Of The Causes Of Breaking Plate Glass Windows”, printed in Mechanics Magazine (Vol. 66, 1867).

Charles Babbage’s “Table Of The Relative Frequency Of Occurance Of The Causes Of Breaking Plate Glass Windows”, printed in Mechanics Magazine (Vol. 66, 1867).

theabsolution:

Chrysler Building, New York City

theabsolution:

Chrysler Building, New York City

I got off the bus at Second Avenue and 34th Street and, in front of me across the street, there is a guy pissing on a bus tyre, in full view of everyone walking by. I remember my first thought, and it was, ‘I’m home.’ I loved New York from then on.
Dustin Hoffman on his first trip to New York (via balltillifall).  (via minusmanhattan)

(via minusmanhattan)


Untitled (l’Arbre et son ombre) by Samuel Rousseau nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2011

Untitled (l’Arbre et son ombre) by Samuel Rousseau nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2011

(via babys--breath)

mintochocoreeto:

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(Source: rumour)

theatlantic:

Where Did All the Workers Go? 60 Years of Economic Change in 1 Graph

President Obama’s State of the Union speech was surprisingly bullish on reviving manufacturing, prompting one very clever person on Twitter to say something along the lines of: “Democrats want the economy of the 1950s, while Republicans just want to live there.”
It got me thinking: What did the economy look like in the 1950s? If you could organize all the jobs into buckets and compare the paper-shuffling professional services bucket to the manufacturing bucket, what would they look like around 1950, and how has the picture changed in the last 60 years? Read more.
[Image: Brian McGill and Peter Bell/National Journal]

theatlantic:

Where Did All the Workers Go? 60 Years of Economic Change in 1 Graph

President Obama’s State of the Union speech was surprisingly bullish on reviving manufacturing, prompting one very clever person on Twitter to say something along the lines of: “Democrats want the economy of the 1950s, while Republicans just want to live there.”

It got me thinking: What did the economy look like in the 1950s? If you could organize all the jobs into buckets and compare the paper-shuffling professional services bucket to the manufacturing bucket, what would they look like around 1950, and how has the picture changed in the last 60 years? Read more.

[Image: Brian McGill and Peter Bell/National Journal]

blackstrung:

No words can describe the pure AWESOMENESS of this.
“… Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. ”
PURE AWESOMENESS. (also, watch the video to see for yourself!)

blackstrung:

No words can describe the pure AWESOMENESS of this.

“… Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. 

PURE AWESOMENESS. (also, watch the video to see for yourself!)

(via penguinist)

orientaltiger:

Camera Obscure with Abelardo Morell: He covered all his windows with black plastic in order to achieve total darkness, he then cut a small hole in the same black plastic material, an image of the outside scenery was reflected directly on the opposite wall, but it was upside-down.

(via penguinist)

Charles Babbage’s “Table Of The Relative Frequency Of Occurance Of The Causes Of Breaking Plate Glass Windows”, printed in Mechanics Magazine (Vol. 66, 1867).

Charles Babbage’s “Table Of The Relative Frequency Of Occurance Of The Causes Of Breaking Plate Glass Windows”, printed in Mechanics Magazine (Vol. 66, 1867).

theabsolution:

Chrysler Building, New York City

theabsolution:

Chrysler Building, New York City

"I got off the bus at Second Avenue and 34th Street and, in front of me across the street, there is a guy pissing on a bus tyre, in full view of everyone walking by. I remember my first thought, and it was, ‘I’m home.’ I loved New York from then on."
The Awkwardness of Mitsuko Nagone

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