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January 25, 2012
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smithsonianmag: The Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. Photo courtesy of NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring Ed note: Perfect for your desktop background. Click the photo for the 8000x8000 image h/t Gizmodo

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The Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever

This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012.

Photo courtesy of NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

Ed note: Perfect for your desktop background. Click the photo for the 8000x8000 image

h/t Gizmodo

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October 02, 2011
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Weekly photo challenge: Sunsets

WordPress.com offers post-a-day writing topics as well as a photo post-a-week challenge.

This week’s photo challenge is to take a photo of a sunset. Ironic that I just posted a photo the other day…

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September 28, 2011
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Sunrise, sunrise

Elusia and I woke up at 4:30 this morning, not on purpose. We both couldn’t sleep, each of us needlessly worrying about projects we’re working on. After a couple hours and a shower, I decided to…

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August 02, 2011
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'The Tea Ceremony' by Thich Nhat Hanh

You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.

Only in the awareness of the present, can your hands feel the pleasant warmth of the cup.

Only in the present, can you savor the aroma, taste the sweetness, appreciate the delicacy.

If you are ruminating about the past, or worrying about the future, you will completely miss the experience of enjoying the cup of tea.

You will look down at the cup, and the tea will be gone.

Life is like that.

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For years, I’ve tried to come up with a simple, succinct way to describe what I’ve learned three summers ago. Words failed me, but this is it. I found Thay’s words through the minimalism of tea.

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March 28, 2011
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Saying Image 13283

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March 28, 2011
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It’s our 6th-month wedding anniversary. Aww.

This weekend is the sixth-month anniversary of being married to Elizabeth. We were married on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, surrounded by a small circle of family…

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March 23, 2011
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brooklynmutt: @greeneandy, Associate Editor, Rollingstone Not sure if this is true, but it IS likely. Yes, the media DO prepare obituaries well in advance of a famous or well-known person’s death. Just in case. Gotta be prepared.

brooklynmutt:

@greeneandy, Associate Editor, Rollingstone


Not sure if this is true, but it IS likely. Yes, the media DO prepare obituaries well in advance of a famous or well-known person’s death. Just in case. Gotta be prepared.

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March 23, 2011
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theatlantic: Hey, You’ve Got Some Font On Your Face: Typefaces, Literally For you typophiles out there, Spanish design company Atipo created this series of posters as an homage to four typefaces: Helvetica Bold, Carousel Medium, Caslon Italic, and Clarendon Bold. Inspired by Erwin Orlaf’s Paradise Portraits—a haunting series of clownish painted faces—designers Raul Garcia Del Pomar and Ismael Gonzalez smeared black and white makeup on models’ faces. [Image: Courtesy of Atipo]

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Hey, You’ve Got Some Font On Your Face: Typefaces, Literally

For you typophiles out there, Spanish design company Atipo created this series of posters as an homage to four typefaces: Helvetica Bold, Carousel Medium, Caslon Italic, and Clarendon Bold. Inspired by Erwin Orlaf’s Paradise Portraits—a haunting series of clownish painted faces—designers Raul Garcia Del Pomar and Ismael Gonzalez smeared black and white makeup on models’ faces.

[Image: Courtesy of Atipo]

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March 22, 2011
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sunfoundation: Gallon to Gallon As Sarah Palin and others complain about $4-a-gallon gasoline, we can’t help but wonder what the fuss is about.  Pound for pound, people pay far  more than $-a-gallon for lots of their favorite things all the time.

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Gallon to Gallon

As Sarah Palin and others complain about $4-a-gallon gasoline, we can’t help but wonder what the fuss is about.  Pound for pound, people pay far  more than $-a-gallon for lots of their favorite things all the time.

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March 22, 2011
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"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art - write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself."

— Neil Gaiman (via quote-book)

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