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Presenting the NUMI by Kohler. With features like programmable colored LED lighting, bluetooth for music streaming and custom playlists America is finally catching up in the so called, Battle for the Bottom in the high end toilet wars.
posted by humanfont at 10:25 PM PST - 75 comments

Kwadrart. Mesmerizing Patterns Constructed Within Surreal Landscapes by Dariusz Klimczak.
posted by homunculus at 8:19 PM PST - 2 comments

Futurama's "Robot Hell" song as performed by the cast of Team Fortress 2.
posted by mightygodking at 7:50 PM PST - 24 comments

Dinosaur Jr. live at Umass 1986. Murph had hair!
posted by vrakatar at 7:43 PM PST - 10 comments

In 1960 or so, Professor Perry C. Van Arsdale was helping his 7-year-old granddaughter researching the Santa Fe trail. He found his granddaughter's textbook to have some number of errors. He set off to create a map of pioneer history (prior to the 1900's), using his own knowledge and information from judges, sheriffs, and descendants of historical figures. This was his start in creating the Pioneer New Mexico map, which would contain 300 towns that no longer exist, old trails of all sorts (including the three historic Santa Fe trails and various camel routes), locations of minor squabbles and major battles, and because he couldn't fit everything on the maps, he also included extensive notes in the corner of the map. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief at 7:43 PM PST - 17 comments

David Gold, founder of Southern California's (and beyond) ubiquitous 99 Cents Only Stores, has died. [more inside]
posted by 2N2222 at 6:35 PM PST - 18 comments

Fun, unusual short films slash excerpts (& music video & animation) made by Callum Cooper.
posted by dobbs at 1:51 PM PST - 2 comments

Join Spongebob & friends as they dub classics like Godfather, Singing in the Rain & Casablanca! [slyt]
posted by cthuljew at 1:36 PM PST - 15 comments

Man wears construction paper Sailor Moon costumes; dances to Estelle's "Do My Thing." [SLYT] via The Mary Sue.
posted by topoisomerase at 1:32 PM PST - 15 comments

Partysaurus Rex, a new animated short from Pixar, in which we join the characters from Toy Story for an ecstatic bathtime rave (poster). The short débuted ahead of ("opened for") Finding Nemo 3D in September 2012, and features an original soundtrack by electronic musician BT. [more inside]
posted by Tufa at 12:46 PM PST - 34 comments

The romance comic blog Sequential Crush takes a look at an astrology-themed love story from 1970: "Horoscope, Don't Fool With My Heart!"
posted by The Whelk at 12:44 PM PST - 13 comments

Nobel laureate's campaign calls for pre-emptive ban on autonomous weapons. As our technology advances, it becomes more and more feasible to give more and more autonomy to our drones. A new campaign led by 1997 Nobel laureate Jody Williams calls for an international ban on the design of autonomous weaponized drones. [more inside]
posted by Sleeper at 11:50 AM PST - 123 comments

Layton Kor, one of the world's most prolific and admired rock climbers, has died. [more inside]
posted by gruchall at 10:55 AM PST - 12 comments

Charles Bock examines how underground comics helped give rise to TV's Archer and reviews the series in a post-Sideshow Bob world. (First link contains NSWF embedded YT videos.)
posted by Room 641-A at 10:40 AM PST - 79 comments

Gorgeous stop-motion photography of a wooden bowl being made.
posted by pjern at 7:56 AM PST - 46 comments

What Is the Business of Literature?

Publishing is a word that, like the book, is almost but not quite a proxy for the “business of literature.” Current accounts of publishing have the industry about as imperiled as the book, and the presumption is that if we lose publishing, we lose good books. Yet what we have right now is a system that produces great literature in spite of itself. We have come to believe that the taste-making, genius-discerning editorial activity attached to the selection, packaging, printing, and distribution of books to retailers is central to the value of literature. We believe it protects us from the shameful indulgence of too many books by insisting on a rigorous, abstemious diet. Critiques of publishing often focus on its corporate or capitalist nature, arguing that the profit motive retards decisions that would otherwise be based on pure literary merit. But capitalism per se and the market forces that both animate and pre-suppose it aren’t the problem. They are, in fact, what brought literature and the author into being.

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posted by the man of twists and turns at 7:54 AM PST - 62 comments

The Vivienne Files. "Timeless, Elegant, Classic, Simple, Unique, Beautiful. Working toward carefully curated and deliberately distilled wardrobes that reflect our personal styles and our distinctive contributions to the world." [more inside]
posted by drlith at 6:16 AM PST - 21 comments

Life worries as expressed by Google Suggest.
posted by twoleftfeet at 1:05 AM PST - 74 comments

In the archives of Cinema Canada (1962-1989), articles about the relationship of Canadian cinema to American genre films, the Canadianization of popular comedy, and "what is 'Canadian film'?" stand out as typical--even commonplace, given their context. They also happen to suggest an interesting mix of obscure and popular films to watch. [more inside]
posted by Monsieur Caution at 12:51 AM PST - 23 comments