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Dan Weiss

  • Morning Coffee

    Tiny Swedish lighthouses. A walk through JD Salinger’s New York. Philip K. Dick’s book covers. (via MeFi.) Behold the molecular Venus flytrap! Accidental contemporary art.

  • Morning Coffee

    C. D. Payne’s museum of oddities. Some people live lives filled with beautiful Chinese tea house/spas. I am not one of these people. New Scientist on our most likely next space location. When someone sends you a link called “Axe…

  • Morning Coffee

    Now even earlier! I have a thing about redheads. The top ten books written by librarians. Matthew Rainwaters looks at the Texas criminal justice system. Why yes, I would like a giant chandelier made out of old light bulbs. The…

  • Tune of the Day

    Artists: Nana Grizol Song: “Blackbox” (Live)

  • Morning Coffee

    Is it just me or is today really dorky? We here at the Rumpus aren’t always so keen on the idea of steampunk, we do however like these lamps a lot. Mark Twain is PISSED! Perhaps you need to buy…

  • Tune of the Day

    Artists: The Field Mice Song: “Sensitive”

  • Morning Coffee

    The Context Project is seeking to blur the line between industrial design and fine art. It is also totally rad. Yesterday marked the 31st anniversary of the first robot homicide and the 50th of bubble wrap. So watch out I…

  • Tune of the Day

    Artists: The Marvelettes Song: “As Long as I Know He’s Mine”

  • Morning Coffee

    So many things we meant to mean to say. NYC’s edible schoolyard. Wired on why mold is as efficient as Japanese urban planners. Instead of changing the electoral college or senate systems, let’s just remake the states! Look, everyone, I’m…

  • Morning Coffee

    Boingboing wants to talk to you about sloths for a second. Gay for clouds! How I plan to impress my girlfriend’s parents. New York City shower portraits. Maybe it’s time we rethink gravity a little. (hella entropy dudes!)

  • Morning Coffee

    Passport photos of famous artists. (via MeFi.) Dinosaur comics reminds us that there are still reasons to be excited. Here is that info on exciting new Chinese infrastructure architecture you were asking about. Crazy-gorgeous-washed-out-Spanish-photography of the day. The actual use…

  • Morning Coffee

    Monroe County Indiana Coroner’s reports, 1896-1935. It’s raining as I type this, so this seems like a good start. (via MeFi.) Tattoo locations (and what they say about you). Hey, climate change isn’t all that bad; sometimes it creates rad…