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Stunning time-lapse video of Yosemite
Especially if you don’t have a window in your office — but honestly, even if you do — you want to watch this time-lapse video of sunsets, sunrises, and meteor showers in Yosemite National Park. [vimeo 35396305]
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Super-cute M.I.A. parody about home efficiency
Okay, this is not exactly new but it is totally charming and looks like it could use a wider audience:
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Ask Umbra: Why are my CFLs burning out so quickly?
Umbra offers illumination on CFLs (fritzy and otherwise), LEDs, and halogen incandescents.
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Protein: An invitation to sink your teeth in
Today on Grist we’re launching a series of articles about protein. What made me want to focus on protein? Well, let's just say it started with my dog, Lucy.
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‘Cabin porn’ fuels your Thoreau fantasies
If you’ve been daydreaming about packing up and moving off-grid, maybe to Walden Pond or the Lake Isle of Innisfree, the Free Cabin Porn Tumblr will help give shape to your fantasies. If you haven’t, well, you just might now.
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Here’s what the inside of a tree sounds like
Installation artist Bartholomäus Traubeck’s new work, “Years,” uses some kind of optical dealie to translate a tree’s age rings into piano music.
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Pop-up Starbucks made of shipping containers
Recycling shipping containers into houses and environmental centers has been the new architectural hotness for a while, but what good are houses and environmental centers when you can’t get coffee? This four-carton Starbucks near Seattle (go fig) offers a recycled alternative to your strip-mall Starbucks.
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An inhabited apartment inside a subway station
Ad agency Ubi Bene built an apartment for five roommates in the middle of a Paris Metro station.
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Your stroller wheels, on the bus
Ever try to maneuver a baby stroller onto a bus, along with a diaper bag, toys, blanket, groceries -- oh, and your little bundle of joy? It’s not easy. Here’s one mom’s story -- and some suggestions for making transit more family-friendly.
