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Commented on Books as planters
easy to do Have you ever tried hollowing out a book? I had this crazy idea one year that I was going to make secret compartment books. I bought a whole bunch of old textbooks of differing sorts and got...
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Commented on Scavenger's Manifesto: HOWTO be an urban scavenger
heh. I work a few blocks from Tilden Park. Maybe I should take a trip up there for lunch!...
Commented on Bounty offered to anyone who can prove homeopathy outperforms placebos
This reminds me that I'm really mad right now. My roommate's cat is ailing, possibly with stomach cancer. My roommate keeps taking her cat to a homeopathic "veterinarian" and coming home with these herbal remedies. Dude. Stomach cancer. I know...
Commented on You Suck at Photoshop #4
Bwahahaha! I *love* these! And man, soooo right on that I never used that tab and have only used like $75/worth of Photoshop.... *blush*...
Commented on Can the Smithsonian's public domain images join the Library of Congress's "Commons"?
RRR, sorry. Another point I intended to add: In terms of having a non-profit hosting such content (as most cultural heritage places are really concerned about sharing their content on a commercial site like Flickr), I wonder if this is...
Commented on Can the Smithsonian's public domain images join the Library of Congress's "Commons"?
We've been talking about how museums can get into the act on the steve.museum project listserv. Turns out, the project developer has been lurking on the list for some time now, so he piped in once the list started talking...
Commented on Photo-bans at pop art shows -- irony impairment, or Dadaism?
It is the museum that presents an exhibit whose rules ironically contradict its very content and thus the museum that looks idiotic, and the museum that we criticize. Perhaps the museum could not present this show except by agreeing to...
Commented on Photo-bans at pop art shows -- irony impairment, or Dadaism?
I agree that crying "copyright!" on the no photos signs is dumb, but it's probably a quick reaction on the part of security guards who just want to keep cameras out of those particular galleries. I admit that sometimes, some...
Commented on Photo-bans at pop art shows -- irony impairment, or Dadaism?
Gyusan - that is exactly the case. Museums rarely have full copyright to contemporary works and must obey the copyright holders associations and individuals. As a result, they must prohibit photography within exhibitions containing those sorts of works. Generally speaking,...

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Takuan commented on Books as planters
perhaps an arbor press with paper guillotine knives cut to length and welded in a box form? Ten tonnes force on the ram?...
infinitemptythoughts commented on Books as planters
Green Book burning Mantra What a waste, First they came for the tree I said I am not a plant then the ink was spiled I said there is more where that came from & last when the book was minured I thought that's crap. Oh I,missed the clever/cute part of DIY Book pot. Sorry... Landfill Here I come....
dainel commented on Books as planters
Why don't we just make this up from scratch. Fake book spine, cover, fake text block. I think it would be easier....
Snig commented on Books as planters
I came across the memoirs of James Watt (former secretary of the interior, not steam engine guy) in a bookstore once, and was filled with an unreasonable rage towards the thing. (For you youngsters, James Watt was for Reagan and trees what Alberto Gonzales was for Bush and the law.) If only I'd had potting soil, a couple plants and sharp implements....
knodi commented on Bounty offered to anyone who can prove homeopathy outperforms placebos
Damn boingboing won't let me log in! page doesn't exist or something. Anyway, I was going to warn- Beware bashing all homeopathic remedies as "absolute 100% hogwash". Almost by nature, homeopathic customers don't carefully read labels, and there are a LOT of "homeopathic" remedies out there that contain actual ingredients. Like "homeopathic" headache pills which have, like, snake juice diluted 1 billion:1 with acetaminophen. Homeopathic is more than just 19th century shamanism- it's also a "brand" which may not be what you assume. -Knodi...

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