Monthly Archives: January 2007

links for 2007-01-26

Posted on 26 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

Robert Anton Wilson: Illuminated Manuscripts Probably the best RAW obituary from the past couple weeks. How DID that copy of Illuminatus make it from Oregon to East Germany? (tags: obituary high.weirdness psychology conspiracy)

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Radio Silence

Posted on 24 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

Quartz City is raising anchor and jetting off to Italy for a bit and will return next month. Ciao for now!

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links for 2007-01-23

Posted on 23 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

Stephen Shore documentary Short documentary movie on photographer Stephen Shore (tags: photography art americana)

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76 sign victory

Posted on 22 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

Wow! I can’t remember any previous situation where a corporation (especially one the size of ConocoPhillips) making a decision in favor of aesthetics. Nearly one year after we launched our campaign asking ConocoPhillips to reconsider their “destroy all balls” policy … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-01-22

Posted on 22 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

Captain Haddock’s Insults Per Book Captain Haddock from the Tintin books has a, well, unusual lexicon of insults he hollers at people. This site lists them all (tags: comics) How to make your own Dashboard Widget with Dashcode (tags: mac.os.x … Continue reading →

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Ladd Observatory, Providence

Posted on 20 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

Chris Perridas has been blogging about H.P. Lovecraft and his time in Providence, Rhode Island and his post today featured the Ladd Observatory. Originally built in 1891, Lovecraft used to hang out there quite a bit: Ladd remains a living … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-01-19

Posted on 19 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

“Christmas Wrapping,” & the story of the blue Vox teardrop guitar (tags: vox guitar)

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links for 2007-01-18

Posted on 18 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

Normal Room Web 2.0-ish site of user-uploaded pictures of interiors from around the world (tags: design photography) Sumaato Labs: Localize Bookmarklet – Map Your Flickr Photos Yet another geocoding bookmarklet for Flickr (tags: flickr geography maps photography)

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links for 2007-01-17

Posted on 17 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

ToyVault – Cthulhu plush toys (tags: lovecraft cthulhu toys) Amboy: Breathing life into a faded desert landmark LA Times article on the slow restoration of Amboy and Roy’s Cafe (tags: california desert highway history)

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links for 2007-01-16

Posted on 16 January 2007 by Chris Barrus

Giant Owls, Mystery Millionaires & the CIA at Cryptomundo.com Rumors are sweeping throughout Kashmir of a mystery millionaire who will pay a high bounty on the capture of giant owls. Now we hear that some are saying this is just … Continue reading →

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