I caught up with an old friend from high school this afternoon, and among other things he casually mentioned a Frank Lloyd Wright house that was recently built on an island in the middle of our hometown.
Seriously.
Read the story; it gets even more interesting.
Oh, crap. Late Blight Fungus Threatens Tomato Crop in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
“…the outbreak spread in part from the hundreds of thousands of tomato plants bought by home gardeners at Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, Home Depot and Kmart stores starting in April.” We started a bunch of ours from seed but two of the ones I’ve got in containers are organics from Home Depot.
Here’s info on identification and treatment.
This will make your head explode: Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up. I didn’t think it was possible to mix oil and water.
Wow, this is pretty amazing: Why I won’t be at my high school reunion. My high school experience wasn’t nearly as bad as this one, but I echo the sentiment at the end: Our kids will have some kind of kung-fu lessons and be able to finish physical conflicts on their own terms. I think that kind of self-confidence is essential in this day and age.
Be still my beating heart: FontXChange converts fonts to OpenType, TrueType or PS Type 1 format. And it works, too! This means I can retire my copy of FontMonger for good, and with it, any legacy need for OS 9. Sweet.
Pour a little out on the curb for my homie: Adobe discontinues Macromedia HomeSite 5.5. It’s funny—Adobe hasn’t done shit with it in five years, and they’re finally killing it now. I still use this program today; it’s one of the main reasons I have an XP install on my MacBook Pro. (via)
This is good stuff: The Odd Lies of Sarah Palin. All the “misstatements” collected in one place. On a related note: Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid. I used to make the mistake of saying she is a crazy, stupid woman; I am in fact afraid of the idea that people take her seriously, but it’s better to respectfully disagree with almost everything that comes out of her mouth than call her names.
The Auteurs Films: A site that streams high-quality arthouse films, with a better selection than Hulu (The Seven Samurai, Breathless, Annie Hall, Taxi Driver, etc.)
The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies. Amazing how many of these I’ve used (and some of which I still own).
I’m currently listening to Metric, Fantasies (iTunes link). I’m a sucker for indie electro-pop with female vocals (no, not Britney; think Ladytron) and this fills the bill perfectly.