Archive for January 1st, 1970
put some sugar in that tea (micro loans)
this is a great idea: kiva raises micro-loans - down to as little as $25 - for starting businesses in developing countries. (the money seems to go straight into the loan, not into funding the organization overhead.)
When interviewing entrepreneurs about their standard of living, one simple question she would ask was, “Can you afford [...]
The comic book “GRENADA: Rescued from Rape and Slavery” was produced by the CIA and air-dropped over the island nation after the 1983 US-led invasion.
[via BoingBoing and le sofa blogger]
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bunny theatre
“The 30-Second Bunnies Theatre Library… in which a troupe of bunnies parodies a collection of movies by re-enacting them in 30 seconds, more or less”: Angry Alien. Grand!
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5s
old&neat: get out those 5S again.
SEIRI: create tidyness. Throw away all unused stuff, file away the rest.
SEITON: keep evertything at the right place. Keep the tools you need accessible, hide materials you don’t need regularly.
SEISO: keep your (work-)space clean, remove all traces from the previous task before starting the next.
SEIKETSU: develop a personal sense for [...]
weltzwonull
Zero tolerance inzwischen auch beim Eishockey.
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pocketmod
Nice lifehack: PocketMod, the disposable personal organizer. Just drag&drop your customized 8 pages into the template, print & fold.
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memory stick
Nice contrast: The USB stick in, well, a stick.
They look quite cool. Particularly if compared with one of the inventor’s former inventions, the real hair hat.:
[via we make money not arts]
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mini figs
Minifig Famous People # 17: Dick Cheney
[via Boing Boing]
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shortshort story
Von Einem, der es wissen sollte: Deutschland/ Berlin in 5 Sätzen:
Wir haben nur noch ein einziges wirkliches Industrieunternehmen hier, Schering… Berlin ist eine Stadt mit dreieinhalb Millionen Einwohnern, aber fast ohne Umland… Wir sind postnationale Mitglieder der EU, die ihrerseits in einer sich globalisierenden Welt liegt… Außerdem finden unsere Kinder und Enkel Berlin sehr spannend… [...]
map your own world
forget about pins in a map on your wall: generate your own visited countries map. and other unnecessary, but fun travel tools.
(ouch: 13%)
[via diskrep.ant]
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