How copyright term extension will, among many other bad effects, negatively affect your favourite municipal archives.
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I help curate a cephalopod-interest page with some friends on Facebook. I can't take credit for the title, but I did create to logo and the branding.
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I bought my girlfriend a birthday present. Then I put the present into a box, then I put that box inside of another box... well, it's important to say that in the end I did NOT smash it with a hammer. However, I did use Adobe Illustrator's LiveTrace ability to turn some iconic images from The Emperor's New Groove into thematically-appropriate wrapping paper. An Illustrator-compatible PDF is linked here, for your vector-printing pleasure.
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A stage - empty but for a spotlight and a stradivarius violin: one of the world's finest.
Onto that stage walks Joshua Bell, arguably one of the world's finest violinists. He picks up the instrument, and begins to play...
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On Monday, Ahmed brought a homemade clock to school as an engineering project. School administrators claimed that the clock was “bomblike”. Ahmed was arrested. Like, actually-put-in-cuffs arrested.
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I’m often at a loss on how to explain to people the thorny social issues which arise from our complex contemporary technology. Much of the time, in order to even begin discussing the implications of a particular topic, you have to explain all sorts of complicated underlying concepts to your audience.
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Under the law court buildings in downtown Vancouver, there's a minimalist sculpture of a red spring. Taking a photo through it from either end produces a tableau effect quite reminiscent of a mid-20th century Warner Brothers cartoon title card. I made a quick template in Photoshop to add the appropriate lettering. Sadly, I can't distribute the fonts used, but you might be able to find something with a quick googling...
Read MoreThe other day, our office building's property manager arrived with a Christmas gift basket. If you work in an office building, this is one of those little perks that come with your tenancy. As my co-workers and I begin to pick the basket apart, I eagerly pull out a small box of chocolates, wrapped in red paper. That's the point where I get weird.
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