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MGMT’s Social Media Scavenger Hunt

Link: MGMT’s Social Media Scavenger Hunt

For a secret show in every city, MGMT provides a password and secret location to qualify for the next “challenge”. 2 hours of your time is required and you will be one of 6 to attend electric pop heaven. That’s if you got time, it’s quite tedious.

the future of the library

Link: the future of the library

A California College of the Arts professor asked his architectural class to explore what a library might look like in the future, if information were no longer accessed through books. The results include a Google Book Portal, Public Access Wifi envelopes, and more.

[via caleb/bldgblog]

The first letter in the batch is dated May 22, 1951, weeks before “Catcher in the Rye” was published. He tells of going on a couple of dates with a model for Vogue whom he met on the voyage. “No real fun, though,” he reports. A night at the theater ended with his being invited to sup at the elegant Chelsea home of the couple who starred in the show: Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. “Naturally,” Mr. Salinger recounts with some chagrin, over cocktails “some gin went up my nose. I damn near left by the window.”

Link: The first letter in the batch is dated May 22, 1951, weeks before “Catcher in the Rye” was published. He tells of going on a couple of dates with a model for Vogue whom he met on the voyage. “No real fun, though,” he reports. A night at the theater ended with his being invited to sup at the elegant Chelsea home of the couple who starred in the show: Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. “Naturally,” Mr. Salinger recounts with some chagrin, over cocktails “some gin went up my nose. I damn near left by the window.”

Catch J.D. Salinger’s letters at The Morgan Library & Museum in Midtown Manhattan.

ZONAmaco Mexico Arte Contempo Raneo

Link: ZONAmaco Mexico Arte Contempo Raneo

mexico city 4.14-18.10

Born in China, Electric Bikes Gain a Toehold in the West

Link: Born in China, Electric Bikes Gain a Toehold in the West

What a way to dork out. These electric bikes go up to 45 mph with a slight buzzing sound. Dorkier than a mama-chari.



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