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lookhigh: All this would fit in your pocket now The photo shows...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:01:44 -0500

All this would fit in your pocket now

The photo shows the busy catalog card distribution office at the Library of Congress. There’s no date on the photographic print. Recently, we needed to determine when the photo was taken, so out came my magnifying glass. (LOC: Picture This blog)

beachhouse2011: Things we are Thankful for: Bad paintings of...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:01:33 -0500

beachhouse2011:

Things we are Thankful for: Bad paintings of Kurt

beachhouse2011: Things we are Thankful for: Unknown Brand...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:01:21 -0500

beachhouse2011:

Things we are Thankful for: Unknown Brand names

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!!!

thenewrepublic: Occupy the universities? With the costs of a...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:01:08 -0500

thenewrepublic:

Occupy the universities?

With the costs of a college education astonishingly high and youth job prospects incredibly dim in this economy, is going to college worth it anymore?

“The students in Zuccotti Park are right to focus on the injustices of student debt: Many of them are indentured to the very banks that destroyed the economy and along with it the jobs students need to pay their loans back. The banks were bailed out for their trouble, while students are left with debt that, thanks to financial industry lobbying, can’t be discharged in bankruptcy. Outstanding student loans in the United States are projected to reach $1 trillion this year, a larger sum than credit card debt.”

- Kevin Carey “Why Obama Should Pay Attention To Occupy Wall Street’s Critique of Higher Education”

Photo courtesy of Andy Wibbels.

uncomfortablemomentswithputin: Before the president even gave...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:00:01 -0500

uncomfortablemomentswithputin:

Before the president even gave his verdict on their cook-off, the flower team had begun to imagine the bleak steppes of West Siberia which would soon be their home.

uncomfortablemomentswithputin: Two Ministry of Internal Affairs...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:59:45 -0500

uncomfortablemomentswithputin:

Two Ministry of Internal Affairs juniors struggle to suppress mirth in their snowmen costumes, while their boss attempts to explain to Putin exactly why he has chosen an official Day of Military Honour for the office Christmas party.

biancavirina: CLICK THE SQUARES. THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:59:31 -0500

biancavirina:

CLICK THE SQUARES.

THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

THIS THIS THIS THIS!

seldo: This is genuinely Microsoft’s idea of a “streamlined”,...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:59:03 -0500

seldo:

This is genuinely Microsoft’s idea of a “streamlined”, “optimized” UI for Windows Explorer. They were so proud of it they wrote a blog post about it.

The post is a sort of masterpiece of crazy rationalization, but I think my favourite part may be this screenshot:

Here, they proudly overlay the UI with data from their research into how often various commands are used. They use this to show that “the commands that make up 84% of what users do in Explorer are now in one tab”. But the more important thing is that the remaining 50% of the bar is taken up by buttons that nobody will ever use, ever, even according to Microsoft’s own research. And yet somehow they remain smack bang in the middle of the interface. The insanity is further enriched by this graph:

Again, this is Microsoft’s own research, cited in the same post: nobody — almost literally 0% of users — uses the menu bar, and only 10% of users use the command bar. Nearly everybody is using the context menu or hotkeys. So the solution, obviously, is to make both the menu bar and the command bar bigger and more prominent. Right?

Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody.

potatofarmgirl: I read this earlier tonight...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:57:52 -0500

potatofarmgirl:

I read this earlier tonight http://michelelee.net/2011/09/24/dear-dc-comics/comment-page-1/

So I drew Starfire wearing a sweater, cause alien or not, sweaters are fun to wear, and outerspace is cold. She probably misses wearing Earth clothes.

fromme-toyou: The kettle can wait… This couple sells jewels...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:56:36 -0500

fromme-toyou:

The kettle can wait…

This couple sells jewels & is giving this to you

vancityriotcriminals: I HAD TO reblog...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:56:07 -0500

vancityriotcriminals:

I HAD TO reblog this:

thechromaticscale:

I saw some Boston fans helping out with the post-riot cleanup downtown, and I was so touched. I am aching and sore from scrubbing walls for four hours, but I am so glad that I got to experience the beauty of Vancouver, including the love and solidarity of those who wanted to preserve it… whether inhabitants or not.

(photo credit: 2011 ANDY FANG PHOTOGRAPHY)

thenycnomad: People liked this one on @instagram so I thought...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:55:50 -0500

thenycnomad:

People liked this one on @instagram so I thought I’d share it here. I think I need to live near the beach.

lolslater: Clearly, I’ve been going about this blog all wrong....

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:55:21 -0500

lolslater:

Clearly, I’ve been going about this blog all wrong. Would you guys mind if I spent the rest of the year making stupid shit like this?

Photo

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:55:02 -0500

sesamestreet: This year, our Dutch co-production, Sesamstraat,...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:50:16 -0500

sesamestreet:

This year, our Dutch co-production, Sesamstraat, enters its 35th season! Here’s a cast shot… how many of the characters can you name?

tumblinfeminist: FOOL PROOF SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:48:43 -0500

tumblinfeminist:

FOOL PROOF SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION TIPS.
Original Text: http://feminally.tumblr.com/

EDIT: This is NOT a printable poster and it is NOT for sale- sorry folks!
It’s just a picture that I’ve made! The biggest size available should be viewable by clicking onto the image :)

Free this weekend?

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:48:17 -0500

staff:

There are 88 Tumblr meetups coming up all over the world!

nypl: “Listen, we iz NOT cats on a hot tin roof! This roof iz...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:47:57 -0500

nypl:

“Listen, we iz NOT cats on a hot tin roof! This roof iz not tin!”

“OK, OK. Don’t go hisssterical!”

This crazy card from between 1876 and 1890 was an advertisement for F.O Pierce and Company, which had a paint and oil warehouse on Fulton Street in Manhattan, according to an old NY Times article. The card is now in our Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. Our favorite part is the little cat head that is seemingly floating around. Happy Caturday!

Android Gripes: Why do apps from the same company look worse on Android than on iPhone?

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:47:31 -0500

Android Gripes: Why do apps from the same company look worse on Android than on iPhone?:

android-gripes:

When I use an iPhone and an Android phone at the same time, I often find that apps from the same company look a lot different on these two platforms - the ones on Android usually look much worse.

Here is a couple of examples.

This is what Meebo IM (see update [5]) looks on Android, the contact…

nypl: Librarians go viral! This amazing quote is printed on a...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:46:43 -0500

nypl:

Librarians go viral! This amazing quote is printed on a carpet at the Gungahlin Library in Australia. The folks at Duke University Medical Center Library posted it to their Facebook page, where it got picked up and reposted by best-selling author Neil Gaiman, library lover and source of the quote. Authors, libraries, librarians - it’s perfect!