A river of sewage: LA artists paint scenes from the LA river. - Wall Street Journal online
A creepy slide show of contemporary drawings, paintings and collages of the LA river.
The Challenge of Totalitarianism - Telos (Andrew Walker)
"Totalitarianism is not of itself an ideological position but involves total state authority with the goal of continuation of an established order."
"Fingerprinting" computer chips - Technology Review (Neil Savage)
"By sending a series of signals through, and measuring how fast they travel, he can generate a string of numbers unique to each circuit. This has been dubbed a 'physically unclonable function'--PUF for short."Stupid fashion fads killing off wildlife - Taki's Magazine (Mandolyna Theodoracopulos)
Chinese discover 90 years worth of frozen methane. - Inhabitat (Bridgette Meingold)
Better to burn the methane/ice than all the coal that they use now.
Houseboat living on the Puget Sound - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"And they are resistant to earthquakes."(A reader's comment).
Hundreds of drug cases dropped by SF police; Head of lab was stealing, using the evidence herself. - SF Chronicle
What’s the best commuting bike for urban/city riding? - Outdoors onlineA native NYer he used taxis, the subway, the bus, walked and bummed rides from friends. Now an Angelino he's had to learn to drive, get a DL, buy a car, and insurance, etc.
