{"id":6198,"date":"2011-11-08T13:03:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T18:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=6198"},"modified":"2011-11-08T13:03:56","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T18:03:56","slug":"miscellaneous-notes-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellaneous-notes-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscellaneous notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I discovered this downtown this past weekend. I’m not sure what it is, but because it is big, prominent and ugly, it’s probably art.<\/p>\n

Some perhaps not-unrelated art news<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Chinese science education might not be quite as rigorous as thought<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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… Studio 4C has taught me that, if it\u2019s pretty enough, I won\u2019t mind if it\u2019s nonsense<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Election notes:<\/p>\n

I like his attitude<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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End post-mortem discrimination<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For guitar aficionados, a proposition from a thread on Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Roy’s playing<\/a>: like a funeral. Danny’s playing<\/a>: like a carnival.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If Buchanan’s playing is funereal, it’s one hell of a service.<\/p>\n

Bonus video: a twelve-year-old Joe Bonamassa plays Gatton’s telecaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The idea of a maid caf\u00e9 is a bit creepy, but this one<\/a> might be worth visiting for its name.<\/p>\n

(Via dotclue<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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A couple of notes for volcano watchers:<\/p>\n

There’s a natural jacuzzi<\/a> near El Hierro in the Canary Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nyamuragira<\/a> in the Congo is putting on a nice display<\/a> of lava fountains<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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