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Septivium - The Best Books
http://www.septivium.com/b/2009/02/19/best-books
On 19 February 2009 with 4 comments. For years, long before the idea for this site, I’ve been mildly obsessed by the idea of the “Best Books”. For any given topic, I imagine, there must be a single Best Book to read. If you’re going to read a single book about something, which should it be? I expect this question is easier to answer for some subjects than others. Maybe it’s also easier if the subject is narrow. For example, if you want a good overview of typography then. The Elements of Typographic Style.
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Rising Slowly
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The original weather weblog by Giles. Contact: giles at gilest dot org. LiveLeak.com - Australia : Driving into a Dust Storm. Rain will become heavy and persistent across many parts of southern and central Scotland, with 15 to 25mm falling generally, but locally 40-50mm is possible. The rain will gradually clear northwards through Friday morning. The public are advised to take extra care. Met Office: SW Scotland, Lothian Borders: severe weather warnings. New Chief Scientist at the Met Office.
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Partial solar eclipse over Bath (via... - Rising Slowly
http://risingslowly.tumblr.com/post/44385399/partial-solar-eclipse-over-bath-via
The original weather weblog by Giles. Contact: giles at gilest dot org. Partial solar eclipse over Bath (via anthonygrimley. Cos eclipses are weather as far as Rising Slowly is concerned.
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A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families - The Morning News
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/opinions/a_common_nomenclature_for_lego_families.php
We'll see you again on Sept. 6. Ads via The Deck. Nov 3, 2009. A selection of various Lego bricks. A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families. Thousands of different Lego exist, yet when your seven-year-old asks for “a clippy bit,” you know exactly what to hand him. A breakdown of the atoms of a Lego universe. Catch us on a rainy weekend afternoon, and you’ll probably find my son and me busy spreading Lego over the living room floor. It’s easier to see it that way. Raimi often builds spaceships but has neve...
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upsideclone [The Eye of the Beholder]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_06_07.php
The Eye of the Beholder. He was walking down a busy street. His skin was pale, as though he never saw the sun, and his clothing seemed old and dirty. The people waling by ignored him entirely, concerned only with themselves. He tried to look at each of their faces, interested in them all, but there were too many. He soon gave up and focused on the path ahead. Upsideclone is now shuttered and no longer taking submissions. 6dec2002 The Face of The Future. Anonymous 1nov2002 Winning the Lottery. 1mar2002 He...
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upsideclone [The Campaign for Real Advertising]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_09_06.php
The Campaign for Real Advertising. I used to rearrange them all into each other's prepaid envelopes and post them back, I used to slip CAMRAD recruitment leaflets in for the mailroom staff, but I refuse to surrender my time to them, any more. I drop the envelopes into the recycling bin by the door, and step out into the soft September rain, collar up, head down. And enough people still take it at face value, and pass it on. The appeal of preformed opinions to impress your friends with - all the more ...
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upsideclone [The end of history]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_06_14.php
The end of history. The history-howitzer nearest me slams back into its recoil shielding. Good technicians swarm around it. Check the grammar, clean the swarf of punctuation from around the muzzle, and press the small of their backs into the velvet bulwarks to heave it back to the edge of the battlement. Dolly back. Fade to black. Sorry - you'll need some context. I forget. It's all so familiar to me. Good operates this side of the front. It's hard to believe, when the only thing both sides agree on is h...
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upsideclone [I wanna shake your hand]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_05_31.php
I wanna shake your hand. Yet, on the other hand (the left one this time), what of that poor egghead in his laboratory or thinkery or wherever it is that such people do their ovicapitular things? I could not live with the guilt of depriving that man of his daily bread, and besides, he might find out where I live, so from now on I shall be keeping my hands to myself. Upsideclone is now shuttered and no longer taking submissions. 6dec2002 The Face of The Future. Anonymous 1nov2002 Winning the Lottery. 26oct...
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upsideclone [Family Life]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_07_12.php
Sure the parents can laugh at them and enjoy them now, but when they get older it'll be different. The youngest one that was carrying the box will start smoking pot in a few years, maybe when he's eleven or twelve. He'll get killed when he's seventeen and had too much to smoke at a party and wraps his car around a lightpost. Pity. He'll cry himself to sleep until he's thirteen. Pity. The boy leaves for a party a few hours later. Upsideclone is now shuttered and no longer taking submissions. 19apr2002 A T...
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upsideclone [How the people came to stop thinking]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_08_16.php
How the people came to stop thinking. In the dawn time the first tribe wandered all over the wide lands, seeing all the magical things there were in those days. They saw the mountain that smokes, the land that walks and the grass that grows on the sea. When they had finished walking all over the wide lands they stopped to talk about all they had seen. Then the little boy who asks questions said 'Why does the smoking mountain smoke? Why does the land walk? And how does the grass grow on the sea? So the fi...
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