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March 31st

"Perhaps the greatest photograph ever included in a scientific manuscript"

From a 1967 Ig-Nobel-winning paper on beard-assisted pathogen transmission in the laboratory:

(via Sullivan)

Shhh, don't tell Heidi I'm posting this

But she was in the paper yesterday.

Jump City: Seattle in Pioneer Square

So Heidi and I were watching TV at her folks' house a couple weekends ago and we caught this crazy new parkour show on G4. We were like, "geez, that looks familiar" during one of the competitions, which you can see the backdrop for at 1:02 here:

 

And sure enough, it's an alley like half a block from our house! I have no idea when it was shot, or why I was not consulted as a technical advisor. This is facing east, directly across the street from the Pop-In on First, between Jackson and King (between Dry Soda HQ and the old One Reel office):

"Libyan TV Anchor Delivers The News While Holding AK-47"

Don't know what to add to that.

FUCK YEAH SILAS HUGHES

I hadn't thought of proper nouns when I saw this a couple weeks ago. Inspired by a friend of Jeff's, I was delighted to find this pic:

Computer criminals

Proto-Julian Assanges in 1981:

Qwest Field will become CenturyLink Field?

Yee. But I guess who cares, whatever. It is a testament to the power of branding that "Qwest Field" had started to sound nonawful. 

"Tennis pin-up turns the other cheek"

This is cute. I thought that was the coolest, most sophistciated poster in the world in junior high. I don't know why I expected her to be Australian.

Our dining table light is famous!

I just saw this magazine at Emily's yesterday, although apparently it's from last fall. This is not our house, but it's the same light we have over our dining table, thanks to my sister scoring us a reject prototype!