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October 30, 2011

Sunday afternoon at the movies — "Life in a Day"

The movie in its entirety, here at YouTube.

Free, the way we like it.

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Hokusai view of Mount Fuji crew socks

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$10 here and here.

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The growth of newspapers across the U.S. 1690–2011

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"For this data visualization, we have taken the directory of U.S. newspaper titles compiled by the Library of Congress' Chronicling America project — nearly 140,000 publications in all — and plotted them over time and space."

[via Stanford University's Rural West Initiative and Derek Watkins]

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Tèo Spoon

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By LUCY.D for Alessi.

$25.

[via Rima Suqu and the New York Times.

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Caramel Corn Cob Candy

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4 "C"s in a row merit pride of place here.

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"First the corn is removed from the cob, then it is popped, sweetened, and finally returned to a cob shape."

"Heat it in the microwave for a warm caramel delight."

I'll do just that, thank you very much.

Might make a humorous place setting accent for Thanksgiving dinner.

If you've got that kind of a sense of humor.

3.75 oz.

$3.99.

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Blog Breakdown — by Roz Chast

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Way too close for comfort.

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MovieLocationsGuide.com — "Maps and directions to famous filming locations"

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"This website aims to provide you with maps of and directions to famous filming locations, giving you the ability to go and see these locations for yourself. The website has been around now for just over a year. We currently have loads of filming locations from movies and TV shows in our database. Each location includes a map, an address and a link to see the filming location in Google Earth (if you have it installed on your computer)."

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There's also a Facebook Group.

[via Joe Peach]

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Flower Seeds T-Shirt

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¥8,400.

[via Svpply]

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