I’ll be leaving for India in a few hours and I’m not too sure how much time I’ll have to get on the internet to blog about life there. But when I return in January, expect lots of photos from my travels.
‘Til then, stay well!
Originally Posted By designtumblelog
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More unusually, the Dymaxion map does not have any “right way up”. [Buckminster] Fuller argued frequently that in the universe there is no “up” and “down”, or “north” and “south”: only “in” and “out”. Gravitational forces of the stars and planets created “in”, meaning ‘towards the gravitational center’, and “out”, meaning “away from the gravitational center”. He attributed the north-up-superior/south-down-inferior presentation of most other world maps to cultural bias.](http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktuj14nlE51qz4t8no1_500.jpg)
Dymaxion Map, Michael Faukner
the Wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map_of_the_Earth):
More unusually, the Dymaxion map does not have any “right way up”. [Buckminster] Fuller argued frequently that in the universe there is no “up” and “down”, or “north” and “south”: only “in” and “out”. Gravitational forces of the stars and planets created “in”, meaning ‘towards the gravitational center’, and “out”, meaning “away from the gravitational center”. He attributed the north-up-superior/south-down-inferior presentation of most other world maps to cultural bias.
Originally Posted By inothernews
“Even during the Arirang Mass Games in North Korea, the ultimate expression of the state ideology, an individual can still sometimes stand out from the crowd and break free of the collective. If only just for a moment.” (Photo and caption: Brendyn Zachary / National Geographic via the Boston Globe)
Originally Posted By inothernews
NYU. (for Tamburina)
NYU STUDENT:
Our team name is the Violets.
OTHER STUDENT:
The Violets?
NYU:
Yes.
OTHER:
After the flower?
NYU:
Um, I think so.
OTHER:
And what's your mascot?
NYU:
Um... a bobcat.
OTHER:
A bobcat?
NYU:
Um... yes.
OTHER:
But your team name is "Violets."
NYU:
I know.
OTHER:
Your mascot is not a violet.
NYU:
I said I know.
OTHER:
It's a bobcat.
NYU:
Yes, God damn it! It's because it's named after our library's cataloging system.
OTHER:
What?
NYU:
The BOBst library CATaloging system. Thus, Bobcat.
OTHER:
That's stupid.
NYU:
Again, I know.
OTHER:
And what's your tuition again?
NYU:
Shut up!!!
OTHER:
Violet bobcat muthafukka.
Originally Posted By thedailywhat
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Tee of the Day, Too: “Hope is Fading Fast” from Freshjive.
From re-uping the Patriot Act to expanding involvement in Afghanistan to defending DOMA to laughing off legalization, Obama has managed to do many disappointing things in his short time in office. And hope for change is fading fast.
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Tee of the Day, Too: “Hope is Fading Fast” from Freshjive.
From re-uping the Patriot Act to expanding involvement in Afghanistan to defending DOMA to laughing off legalization, Obama has managed to do many disappointing things in his short time in office. And hope for change is fading fast.
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