dreamattack | a dialogue in pictures

These are MP3 files that were digitized from Mountain Park’s old 8-track master tapes. The sound quality is consistent with 8-track tapes recorded in the 1970s. They are presented in the order in

Isn’t it always the case that the guys ranting about how gays don’t deserve rights are the ones sucking dick in the park bathroom?

Writer Michael Bishop, whose son Jamie Bishop was one of 32 people killed at Virginia Tech, has a proposal.

If the stuff that you accumulate doesn’t help get you closer to the life you want to have, it’s simply not worth keeping. Period.

Clutter of every kind has been the default state of my physical world forever.

[This is a first-person account of what’s worked for me in preparing to gut the crap out of my house; you should feel free to do or not do any part of this — or just adjust the recipe to whatever suits your own needs, hangups, household fetishes, and

Moving would be easy were it not for all the tchotchkes you end up schlepping along.

Long ago, I read that to live in the country you must have the soul of a poet, the dedication of a saint, and a good station wagon.

A few years ago, my life was a mess. So was my house, my desk, my mind. Then I learned, one by one, a few habits that got me completely organized.

Did the fruit flies beat you to the fruit bowl? Once they settle in, these uninvited guests know how to overstay their welcome. Here are a few quick, easy and environmentally friendly ways to rid your home of those pesky fruit flies.

Daydreaming might feel like the ultimate waste of time, but it’s just the opposite. Recent research from Dartmouth College suggests that during daydreaming, your brain may actually be processing important issues that aren’t relevant at that immediate mome

Adjusting your photographs to get the color ‘just right’ can be a chore. Think about this: The Old Masters of painting spent years of their lives learning about color. Why let all their effort go to waste on the walls of some museum when it could be used

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll .&. Anne Bachelier

A late-night conversation in a drain beneath the back lots of the Strip

I continue to love Project Gutenberg, ever since the early days of massive text files that took forever to download on my 14.4

Notes from underground Exploring the Las Vegas storm drains

Our friends at FilmIck have read Grant Morrison’s screenplay for the big screen adaptation of his comic book miniseries We3, and says “It’s even better than the source material.” Brendon claims that it is “the single best unproduced script” he

there are not words to describe how much i look forward to seeing this, if it does indeed live up to the hype.

look things up by ISBN the easy way

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Grief itself is transformative. It is a process of disassembly. The bereaved must let go of the selves they were, as well as the loved ones they have lost. The dreams we have while grieving are an important part of that process.

Syd Barrett in the American Journal of Psychiatry

Singapore art collective A Dose of Light exhibited some poignant and beautiful photographs by Wu Xiao Kang, a 26 year-old man with schizophrenia who later killed himself. The show gained international acclaim and only later was it revealed that Kang was f

Smithsonian opens up a large group of images to the public domain.

Recipe: Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Food Porn: Churros with Dulce De Leche

Mango Lime Curd Tart

the largest collection of illustrated antique books on line… we think.

Virtual worlds, social networks may intersect

Is Second Life the right tool for Further and Higher Education?

Since he was adopted by staff members as a kitten, Oscar the Cat has had an uncanny ability to predict when residents are about to die. Thus far, he has presided over the deaths of more than 25 residents on the third floor of Steere House Nursing and Reha

striking another blow in the war against your freedoms.

The word relic, from the Latin reliquiae, refers to the remains of a martyr or saint. A reliquary is a shrine that contains such relics, providing physical reference for intangible beliefs, values, customs, and deeds. Ellen Lynch explores variations of th

inside-out bear art.

Free, unlimited access to two thousand years of mankind and medicine in pictures made available through Creative Commons Licence

“The life of the mind in the age of Web 2.0 suffers, in many ways, from an increase in credulity and an associated flight from expertise.”

See with your tongue. Navigate with your skin. Fly by the seat of your pants (literally). How researchers can tap the plasticity of the brain to hack our 5 senses — and build a few new ones.

art made with/by bees.

A university in Venezuela is using a novel method to take books into remote communities and encourage people to read. As James Ingham reports, the scheme is proving a great success.

Former New Order bassist Peter Hook has threatened to sue his ex-bandmates after they decided to keep the group going without him.

According to nutritionists, naturally color-vibrant foods serve an important role in keeping you healthy and even reducing cancer risks.

An ATM for books that prints and binds any title on the spot within minutes from a digital file.