February 2012
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A legal decision on the ownership of false teeth....
Good news, your choppers are not chattels.
A peculiar suit has been decided in St. Paul, Minn. In the case of Charles A. Vanduce vs William J. Woolsey, it has been claimed that the sheriff could take possession of the plate to which the false teeth were attached and dispose of the whole at a public auction. But Judge Kelly has decided that a dentist has no lien on a set of teeth on a plate after...
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South 12th: A beacon for all Twin Citians. →
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One of my favorite pieces of anything I read last year was Dan Sinker’s extended, real-time novella of fake @MayorEmanuel tweets. It was great for many reasons, but principally because it started as a not-that-funny one-off joke (Rahm Emanuel likes to say “fuck”), and then, once it had captured…
This question deserves an answer. The Twin Cities deserve the search for...
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Are people who dwell on their problems more... →
mlarson:
Because rumination may allow an idea to stay in one’s conscious longer and indecision may result in more time on a given task, it was expected that these two cognitive processes may predict creativity. Self-report measures of rumination, indecision, and creativity were electronically distributed to 85 adults (28 men, 57 women; M age = 32.96 years old). Reflective rumination...
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January 2012
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Ernest Cline is totally Airwolf. This piece,...
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“Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me … they live in their heads....”
– Steve Wozniak, quoted in an article about the creative benefits of solitude. cf. Pablo Picasso: “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” (The author of the article, Susan Cain, has a new book coming out: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking)
Identifying....
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December 2011
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MCAD Student Tumblrs
miguel-perezident:
salmmon:
Hey everyone! Some of the majors at my school (MCAD—Minneapolis College of Art and Design) are starting student run tumblrs! The items posted will be process and final pieces of both undergrads and alumni. Check it out, there are some pretty amazing things going on here!
Graphic Design — Illustration — Comics
THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT TRIUMVIRATE OF TUMBLRS!
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On Why Jazz Isn't Cool Anymore... →
This. This is a great piece. Seriously.
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November 2011
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WatchRichard D. James remixing Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima with video by Weirdcore. … … RICHARD D. JAMES remixing PENDERECKI’s THRENODY for the Victims of Hiroshima with video by WEIRDCORE. seriously. SERIOUSLY. I almost don’t even care what it sounds or looks like. Just the thought of the two of them “shooting the crap” (as young...
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October 2011
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Advice from John, William & BIG AL →
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Some advice/art stuff via Big Al himself. LittleBrownMushroom/Miscellanea.
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Windsor Wabbit →
An impressively detailed account of the terror that was the design process for the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits. It caught my eye because of the Windsor inspired version submitted by one Tony Horning from, where else but, the Windsor capital of the world, Minnesota! Maybe that won’t be the captivating moment for you but it was a funny twist for me.
Other highlights include...
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WatchThat kind of week.