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(USA Today) Maggie Smith, of thee we sing

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:28:17 -0400

It happens about two-thirds of the way into Quartet, a wryly funny and often touching late-life aria about aged opera singers at a British retirement home that premiered last week at the just-ended Toronto International Film Festival.

Smith’s nerve-racked diva is being pressured by her fellow residents to perform at their annual birthday salute to Verdi, and she has had enough of their goading. She prefaces her remark with the words, “I’m going to say something very rude,” and then proceeds to let loose with a two-word utterance that begins with an F and ends with “you.”

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weandthecolor: Creative Street Art ‘Entropy’ - Melilla Art...

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:59:01 -0400

weandthecolor:

Creative Street Art

‘Entropy’ - Melilla Art School.

source: streetagainst.com

via: WE AND THE COLOR
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Love it!

World’s First Vertical Forest Under Construction in...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:09:05 -0500

World’s First Vertical Forest Under Construction in Milan
sustainablecitiescollective.com

In Milan, a forest will soon be planted in the sky. Building works for a pair of skyscrapers that will become home to the world’s first vertical forest is underway. The brainchild of architect Stefano Boeri, the €65 million ‘Bosco…

Stowe Boyd: Where's The Bottom For Newspapers?

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:19:01 -0500

Stowe Boyd: Where's The Bottom For Newspapers?:

stoweboyd:

Here’s a big story, and the meta-story behind it:

The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph, Derek Thompson via The Atlantic

Print newspaper ads have fallen by two-thirds from $60 billion in the late-1990s to $20 billion in 2011.

[…]

Don’t just blame the bloggers. For decades,…

When?

Amazon Kindle Lending Library tops 100,000 titles

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:16:55 -0500

Amazon Kindle Lending Library tops 100,000 titles:

infoneer-pulse:

Amazon.com has expanded to more than 100,000 titles the library of e-books available for borrowing at no extra charge by Amazon Kindle owners who subscribe to the company’s Amazon Prime subscription service.

The new total, announced in a news release this morning, represents a significant jump from the 5,000 titles available through the service when it launched in September. That meager selection has been one of the biggest challenges facing the service, reflecting the lack of participation by the biggest U.S. publishing houses.

Amazon said today that the catalog includes more than 100 New York Times bestsellers — the same number that was cited at launch.

» via GeekWire

weandthecolor: The CN Beach House This beautiful beach house is...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:28:20 -0500

weandthecolor:

The CN Beach House

This beautiful beach house is located in Misterio Beach, Peru.

Designed by Longhi Architects.
Photography by Juan Solano, CHOlon Photography.

source: letmebeinspired.com

via: MAG.WE AND THE COLOR
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:36:26 -0500

Cool Cat Teacher Blog

Firefox launches Collusion, to discover who’s tracking you online

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:03:57 -0500

bitshare:

The definition of collusion is a “secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, esp. in order to cheat or deceive others.” One might say that tracking your online activities unbeknownst to you is collusion. Some may say it’s a stretch, but no matter what, consumer privacy on the web is one of the most important and hot topics that has been around since the early days of the Internet.
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stoweboyd: Stats are astonishing, and I’ve been informed by...

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:36:49 -0500

stoweboyd:

Stats are astonishing, and I’ve been informed by @nik (Nick Halstead) that Twitter is now moving 1B messages every three days.

(via Every 60 Seconds 175,000 Tweets Are Sent [INFOGRAPHIC] | Twitter Tips And Updates From Buffer)

Two Simple Steps to Take Control Over Google's New Privacy Policy

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:44:37 -0500

Two Simple Steps to Take Control Over Google's New Privacy Policy:

Google’s new privacy policy takes effect Thursday. What’s new about it? Now, it allows Google to integrate information it collects about you from all your Google accounts. So instead of treating your YouTube, Gmail and Google+ accounts as separate entities, Google now sees you as just one use…

Downton Abbey: Top 10 Maggie Moments (by gpbweb) Hilarious!

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:19:39 -0500

Downton Abbey: Top 10 Maggie Moments (by gpbweb) Hilarious!

"Ten videos that every educator should watch..."

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:39:00 -0500

http://eductechalogy.org/index/?p=285

smarterplanet: Battery breakthrough could bring electric cars...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:03:58 -0500

smarterplanet:

Battery breakthrough could bring electric cars to all | GigaOM

A startup working on battery technology says it’s developed a key breakthrough that could one day lead to an electric car that has a 300-mile range and could cost around $25,000 to $30,000. Envia Systems, backed by venture capitalists, General Motors, and the Department of Energy, plans to announce on Monday at the ARPA-E conference that the company has created a lithium ion battery that has an energy density of 400 watt-hours per kilogram, which Envia CEO Atul Kapadia told me in an interview could be the tipping point for bringing electric cars to mainstream car owner.

The secret sauce

Energy density is how much energy a battery can store and provide for the car with a given battery size — the more energy dense the battery, the less volume and weight is needed. For electric cars it is particularly important to have a high energy dense battery because electric cars need to be as light weight as possible (any extra weight just drains the battery faster), and batteries that are smaller and use less materials can also be lower in cost

There’s hope!

From Techcrunch: iPad 3

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:55:36 -0500

From Techcrunch: iPad 3

Interior design

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:06:50 -0500

Stockholm Vitt - beautiful!

Downton Abbey: Season 2 What went wrong?

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:49:29 -0500

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/maureen-ryan/downton-abbey-finale_b_1287866.html

Solution?

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:45:25 -0500

Solution?

Loosing it!

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:45:00 -0500

Well, couldn’t care less I should say, but actually I do care! But then, doing something about it, that’s the hard part.. Another day tomorrow..

So simple!

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:33:56 -0500

Clear, app for iPhones

Downton Abbey

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:07:04 -0500

I’m hooked, lock, stock and barrel! I’ve never been that into a tv-series before, what is it with this soap that makes me nuts?!