December 2010
17 posts
“Simply put: I carry enough titanium in with me to set off most metal detectors,...”
– Testing the TSA with Titanium Man - Boing Boing
I don’t usually think much of it, but I can say from experience that this is true.
I have a titanium rod in my right leg that runs from my knee to my ankle. Like Dr. Michael Shaughnessy (the author of the post from which the above text is...
November 2010
13 posts
Knitsgiving turkey →
by katrinkles
“I am a good American and I want safety for all passengers as much as the next...”
– TSA pat-down leaves traveler covered in urine
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Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge 1899 →
I favorited a YouTube video: Sept. 22, 1899. Edison Manufacturing Co. The B.M.T. train ride from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation…
My response to “Why I really, really hate Instagram”:
Let me preface this by saying I don’t use Instagram, and I almost never post-process my pictures. It’s just not my thing.
1. Historians? Not to knock instagram’s business model, or the sustainability of the Internet’s infrastructure in general, but do you really think anyone’s gonna go sifting through...
