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all together now

In Bb (B flat)
Darren Solomon has put together a block of 20 videos from submissions all playing meandering pieces (including spoken word) in the key of B flat.

it's beautiful.

via Hacker News

Proposal: '{' and '}' to be known as openstache, closestache.

Over at The Mudshow Diaries, Valérie chronicles the day to day of a small American traveling show.
She takes a near-daily photo from her trailer window (a cross-country tour in itself), lots of her family, and occasionally a shot of backstage circus life that is so very, very perfect I don't have words.
Click on the image to see it larger (recommended).

valerieberta.com

Readability

Whenever I need to read something of any length on the web I use Readability. It reformats pages and gets rid of superfluous everything.

The setup instructions are fairly clear, but be sure to get the formatting to your liking first, then drag the bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar.

The image above is from a New York Times article that looked like this.

Direct Representation

photo via brianslens

Since I became a voter, I've been in the habit of writing myself into uncontested offices, or positions that sounded like fun. Sheriff? Sure!
I encourage others to write me in to any seat that you think I would like.

This past winter I let the deadline for collecting signatures for nomination to one of my district's seats in Town Meeting lapse, and blew my chance for my first elected office.

Until election day.

There are 29 seats available in Precinct 2 in Town Meeting, and only about a dozen nominees.

You guessed it. I wrote myself in, bypassing all of the door knocking and ball-point mayhem, and I am now a card-carrying member of the Precinct 2 delegation to Fairhaven Town Meeting. For a 3 year term. With one vote.

Hail democracy.

Bike:normal

photo via Amsterdamize

"The idea that it is somehow 'dangerous' and 'irresponsible' to cycle without a helmet is a total myth. It merely puts people off cycling and contributes to the increase in the level of obesity and other inactivity-related illnesses, which kill tens of thousands of people every year. If we are to encourage people to take up cycling – with all its benefits for our health, our streets, our environment and our wallets – then we need to promote it as a safe and enjoyable way to get around for day-to-day travel, wearing normal clothes." -Roger Geffen, UK Cyclist's Touring Club

Home - Provincetown History Preservation Project

Wow! What a treasure.
Now maybe whoever put this together should take over town government, and the school system, maybe?

Provincetown History Preservation Project