From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #30: Colonels, Tokyo and magnets
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** The Curious Corner #30
Hi there! This months catch has been wonderful, ranging from Tokyo, to Colonels of truth and very special magnets. I hope you enjoy this months catch! If you like the the Curious Corner, please help us further along by sharing this newsletter (it’s as easy as one click!): http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| Share (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|: |URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| Tweet (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|: |URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|&mini=true&title=|URL:MC_SUBJECT| Share (http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|&mini=true&title=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|) https://plus.google.com/share?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| +1 (https://plus.google.com/share?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) |FORWARD| Forward to Friend (|FORWARD|)
Here’s this months list: * A phone booth (https:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_phone_booth) somewhere in the Mojave Desert. (Thanks Mike!) * Write nothing, when you want to write nothing (http:///typenothings.com/) . * How a science fiction story (http:///www.dezeen.com/2016/03/23/olson-kundig-sci-fi-story-welcome-5th-facade-architecture-fairytale-competition-blank-space/) won a architectural price. * Follow this train (https:///twitter.com/choochoobot/) on twitter. * Tokyo 42 (http:///www.tokyo42.com/) is the lovechild of Syndicate and GTA 1. * Eschersketch (http:///levskaya.github.io/eschersketch/) is a tool to draw escher-like patterns. * From a drone’s-eye view, it looks as though a giant hole punch has taken two neat circles out (http:///spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/transportation/mass-transit/my-subterranean-tour-of-londons-crossrail) of the silty earth. * The Colonels of truth (http:///www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/) . * In the “Black Mayonnaise (http:///nautil.us/blog/in-the-black-mayonnaise-of-brooklyns-gowanus-canal-alien-life-is-being-born) ” of Brooklyn
http://conceptartworld.com/?p=361&replytocom=908 * Scarfolk (http:///www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/visiting-scarfolk/) , an imaginary dystopia to reflect the 80’s in Britain. * Wander around (http:///www.koenschmeets.nl/projects/dwaler/) without getting lost. * Every likes magnets, but polymagnets (http:///www.polymagnet.com/polymagnets/) are way more fun! * The secrets of wave-pilots (http:///www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/magazine/the-secrets-of-the-wave-pilots.html) , navigating the seas without instruments. * The violin (http:///www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2016/03/17/the-violin-thief/) thief. * Saddam Hussein wanted to build a really really big gun (http:///www.bbc.com/future/story/20160317-the-man-who-tried-to-make-a-supergun-for-saddam-hussein) . * An SR-71 made an emergency landing in Norway, this is what happened (http:///foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/that-time-an-sr-71-made-an-emergency-landing-in-norway-1765436508) . * How a group of grandpa’s robbed on of the biggest vaults.. * The ecologist (http:///nautil.us/issue/34/adaptation/the-ecologist-who-threw-starfish) who threw starfish. * “I wish they didn’t randomize the flavors,” she sighed. Those Octopi Adjacent (http:///exolymph.com/2016/03/03/octopi-adjacent/) . * Glass in lead versus (http:///caventou.com/) solar panels. * 42% (http:///www.pcgamer.com/dwarf-fortress-creator-on-how-hes-42-towards-simulating-existence/) towards simulating existence.
That’s it, thanks for reading! Let me know by email (mailto:jsplattel@gmail.com?subject=A%20suggestion%20for%20the%20Curious%20Corner!&body=Hi%20Joost!) if you have any suggestions for the Curious Corner!
Joost
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