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June 28, 2010

Sarah Teper follows master of skronk guitar Arto Lindsay (Lounge Lizards, DNA, Golden Palominos, Ambitious Lovers) and his band in Arto Lindsay, Simply Are ….

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Ben Cooper's classic Hallowe'en costumes

Thrillist takes a look at Ben Cooper Hallowe'en costumes and the changes in modern American Hallowe'en celebration. Ben Cooper competitor Collegeville's box art was my inspiration for the pic above, for the blog a few years ago.

Off by a trillion

Click on the picture for a closer look In this General Electric promotional photo from 1953 Mrs. Connie Hodgson, of Syracuse, N.Y., displays her figure and figures after taking on GE's Office of Air Research Automatic Computer in a mathematical challenge. She was one of a half dozen intelligent adults multiplying 8,645,392,175 by 8,645,392,175. Mrs. Hodgson is pointing to the line where she forgot to carry a one and ended up one trillion off in her product. She shouldn't feel too bad, none of the humans — who took from 4 ½ to over 8 minutes — got the answer right. The correct answer, by the way, is 74,742,805,859,551,230,625 and was solved by OARAC in a fraction of a second.

The 5-6-7-8's: Space Rock, Part One

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