August 2010
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Sprinkle Coal Dust on my Grave
This amazing video by Jim Lo Scalzo is an amazing depiction of the coal mining world of Appalachia. The song ‘Sprinkle Coal Dust on my Grave’ is sung by Orville Jenks.
(Via A Continuous Lean)
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Are we where we would have hoped to have been? No. We still have a long way to...
– Edward Favre, five-time mayor of Bay St. Louis, Miss via NPR.
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'The Deadly Choices At Memorial' by Sheri Fink,... →
This story recently won the Pulitzer Prize and is a great (albeit long) read. It details the choices by New Orleans doctors in Memorial Hospital as to what patients could evacuate or stay (and live or die) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This should probably be required reading.
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Inside the secret world of Trader Joe's by Beth... →
I really like Trader Joe’s (especially now that I live less than a mile from one), but I have been suspicious of their good food at really low prices. This fantastic Fortune article explains how they’ve managed to keep their public appearance and business workings separate. Starbucks couldn’t keep doing that as they expanded, can Joe’s?
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How Lady Gaga Embodies America's Prosperity Trap. →
The question becomes, is gaga manipulating America’s overzealous desire to find authentic ‘rags-to-riches’ narratives or is she the victim of that desire?
Good find by @whitwaide on Twitter.
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What the book you're reading in public says about... →
From my experience on the train, this seems pretty accurate.
(Via Flavorwire)
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Canon 7D vs. Video Barbie. This bizarre video by Brandon Bloch and Fernando Ortega goes through a point-by-point comparison between the awesome Canon 7D DSLR and the weird Barbie Video Girl camera/doll.
(Via Make)
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See the exclusive trailer for “Monsters” http://tinyurl.com/25su4ps
– iTunesTrailers (via mostexerent)
A movie that declares itself ‘the best giant monster movie’ of the year has to be worth seeing.
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