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Stack a set of shelves

July 20th, 2008 at 9:11 pm (Life Lessons, Tales of the Swamp)

Stacking ShelvesThis is the coolest idea for making your own shelves.

You’ll need a collection of sturdy wooden boxes in various sizes, decorating materials, and two sections of heavy-duty strapping. Stick with wooden boxes. Because the assemblage will be under a fair amount of pressure when the unit is completed, you will likely find that even the sturdiest of cardboard boxes will not be up to the strain.

Paint and/or paper these boxes, inside and out, in any way that satisfies your creative heart. When the boxes are decorated, play with their placement until you get an arrangement that satisfies you.

Lay your two pieces of strapping on the ground, and place your boxes on top. Wrap the strapping around, pull tight, and that’s it! (Almost) instant shelving!

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The Outlet for Minimalists

July 17th, 2008 at 1:43 pm (Random)

The Outlet for Minimalists

The Outlet for Minimalists. They look sad. I’d love to see some outlets with smiles instead.

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DANGER MOUSE CUPCAKES!

July 17th, 2008 at 12:39 pm (Arts & Culture, Food)

Danger Mouse Cupcakes!

Danger Mouse Cupcakes!

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HOU SE OF_C ARDS

July 17th, 2008 at 11:03 am (Arts & Culture, Music, Nerdz0r3d)

This video was made using 64 rotating lasers (no cameras!) and some cool data visualization programs. Via The Frontal Cortex. Google Code has more on how the video was made.

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Cat Nurses Red Panda

July 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm (Cute Things, Tales of the Swamp)

Eeee! Cat Nurses Red Panda! Thanks Renee :D

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Feist on Sesame Street

July 16th, 2008 at 8:38 am (Music)

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Bush administration proposes that birth control = abortion

July 15th, 2008 at 10:47 pm (Tales of the Swamp)

Bush administration proposes that birth control = abortion

It gets worse. The proposal could potentially redefine birth control as abortion. The proposal classifies abortion as “any of the various procedures — including the prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action — that results in the termination of the life of a human being in utero between conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation.” That last part is critical because some argue that hormonal birth control and emergency contraception can prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.

I am genuinely terrified for the future of the US. American female soldiers are being raped and murdered and covered up. Female scientists are being excluded from the upper echelons and their exclusion is being redefined as female preference and a bias of all-female committees with no consideration of all-male committee biases. Candidates for the presidency are being described as nagging wives that break balls. And every week there is a new threat to the reproductive freedoms of women across the country. I’d like to think that this is having no effect on Canada, because that isn’t true.

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