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“Today marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook’s...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:25 -0400

“Today marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook’s historic IPO, one of the largest — and arguably one of the most flawed — offerings of all time… So how much has Facebook changed a year later? Here’s a by-the-numbers look:

Stock Price – Down 31%: If you bet $10,000 in the IPO, here’s what you would have in Facebook versus a few other choice investments”

via: wsj.com

latimes: Google presents global time-lapse views Thanks to a...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:50:22 -0400

latimes:

Google presents global time-lapse views

Thanks to a new tool released by Google, NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey and Time magazine, the changes made to any location on Earth between 1984 and 2012 can be charted out.

As you can see above, the changes to Los Angeles aren’t all that drastic, but there are plenty crazy changes in other parts of the world:

For more info, check out TechNow’s coverage or go straight to the Google Earth Engine.

Photos: Google Earth Engine

nprfreshair: For the Seinfeld fans out there. And we are...

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:53:08 -0400

nprfreshair:

For the Seinfeld fans out there. And we are legion.

PetaPixel

The woman in this portrait doesn’t actually exist. The face is actually the average of 57 different women — 57 girlfriends that appeared in episodes of the popular TV sitcom Seinfeld.

The image is actually the latest appropriation artwork by photographer Richard Prince, who says he found photographs of 57 of the girlfriends on Google.

A Fresh Air interview with Jerry is always worth your time, right?

via On the Media

The Thin Red Line

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:16:20 -0400

The Thin Red Line:

longform:

Inside the White House debate over Syria.

Dexter Filkins | New Yorker | May 2013

I know it’s heavyI know it ain’t lightBut how you...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:12:24 -0400

I know it’s heavy
I know it ain’t light
But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight?

"Me Gustas Cuando Callas Me gustas cuando callas porque estas como ausente, y me oyes desde lejos,..."

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:39:16 -0400

“

Me Gustas Cuando Callas

Me gustas cuando callas porque estas como ausente,
y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca.
Parece que los ojos se te hubieran volado
y parece que un beso te cerrara la boca.

Como todas las cosas estan llenas de mi alma
emerges de las cosas, llena del alma mia.
Mariposa de sueno, te pareces a mi alma,
y te pareces a la palabra melancolia.

Me gustas cuando callas y estas como distante.
Y estas como quejandote, mariposa en arrullo.
Y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te alcanza:
dejame que me calle con el silencio tuyo.

Dejame que te hable tambien con tu silencio
claro como una lampara, simple como un anillo.
Eres como la noche, callada y constelada.
Tu silencio es de estrella, tan lejano y sencillo.

Me gustas cuando callas porque estas como ausente.
Distante y dolorosa como si hubieras muerto.
Una palabra entonces, una sonrisa bastan.
Y estoy alegre, alegre de que no sea cierto

”

- Pablo Neruda

todaysdocument: For roughly 4 cents an acre, the fledgling...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:11:53 -0400

Map of the Louisiana Purchase Territory, 1903

Agreement to Pay France for the Louisiana Purchase, 04/03/1803

Agreement to Pay France for the Louisiana Purchase, 04/03/1803 (signed by Napoleon Bonaparte)

Treaty between the United States of America and the French Republic ceding the province of Louisiana to the United States, 04/30/1803

Treaty between the United States of America and the French Republic ceding the province of Louisiana to the United States, 04/30/1803 (final page)

todaysdocument:

For roughly 4 cents an acre, the fledgling United States doubled in size with the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, signed 210 years ago with France on April 30, 1803.

Acting on orders from President Thomas Jefferson (who had put his doubts as to the constitutionality of the expansion aside) American agents James Monroe and Robert Livingston had planned only to negotiate for the purchase of New Orleans and Florida from France. Instead they were offered the entire territory for the equivalent of 15 million dollars, an offer they hastily accepted.

via Our Documents »

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:44:00 -0400