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amandapickering recommended this 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tons of NYC dog stats put together by WNYC, like most common names and breeds by zipcode.

amandapickering recommended this 4 months ago

@pentametron is a twitter bot that retweets tweets written in iambic pentameter in rhyming couplets. It is probably the coolest thing on twitter.

amandapickering recommended this 6 months, 4 weeks ago

Yay New Jersey! Besides being a great place to bike, there are also some nice hiking trails near the bridge with a few little beaches along the way where you can find some excellent sea glass.

amandapickering recommended this 7 months ago

Bwahahahaha. I am excited for this.

amandapickering recommended this 7 months, 1 week ago

The weather channel came up with these totally awesome winter storm names this year. I really really hope we make it to K.

Also good job trying to pretend these aren't all from science fiction books/movies weather channel...

amandapickering recommended this 7 months, 2 weeks ago

A visualization of complaints called into 311 over the past two years. Looks like Staten Island hates litter, Manhattanites hate noise, and people in my neighborhood in Brooklyn complained about a little bit of everything.

amandapickering recommended this 8 months ago

HOLY CRAP

amandapickering recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Instead of the usual things you'd find on chatroulette *cough* you get to watch cute cat after cat hanging out waiting to be adopted! A fantastic idea by animal rescue orgs in Belgium.

amandapickering recommended this 12 months ago

This book was great! I know next-to-nothing about video games but that really didn't matter since the plot and narration were so good--it's more than just a nostalgia-fest.

shiva210 recommended this 12 months ago

Incredible images from the the rare book rooms of Natural History Museums around the world.

Masae recommended this 1 year ago

Melancholy note.
Wonderful pictures.

amandapickering recommended this 1 year ago

Who knew there were so many.

karenaa recommended this 1 year ago

This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, complete with saddle, printed internal intestines, and a plush lightsaber zipper pull

ictus recommended this 1 year, 1 month ago

How we got off the pedestrian path.

Great writing by Tom Vanderbilt.

amandapickering recommended this 1 year, 1 month ago

Shameless Hunch plug for my friends Shady Hawkins, number 8 on the list. In general, though, all of these bands are pretty great and especially worth checking out live.

Ryuukuro recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

First of all, spinach will give you instant super strength so you can beat up that guy who's trying to steal your girlfriend for the 100th time. Second, seriously, spinach is delicious. While it's good stewed, I think it works best as a substitution for lettuce on sandwiches. The flavor isn't too strong, it sits better on the other ingredients, and it's really healthy.

ictus recommended this 1 year, 1 month ago

'Our favorite cartoon characters in adorable, minimalist lego.'

Masae recommended this 1 year, 2 months ago

This is what my love is.

amandapickering recommended this 1 year, 1 month ago

Saw the premiere last night with a bunch of really really excited friends--although I was the odd non-excited one out it was much better than I expected. Jennifer Lawrence is an excellent Katniss. The boring dude who plays Gale can't act though, hopefully he'll get it together by the rest of the series.

amandapickering recommended this 1 year, 1 month ago

Photographer Theron Humphrey is traveling across the country with his coonhound, Maddie, and document the trip by taking pictures of Maddie on things (coonhounds are naturally good climbers). The blog is an interesting look at the American landscape.