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Cataloguing My Lust
Submitted by junglemonkey on April 29, 2010 - 11:35amIt's been previously documented (here, for instance: http://junglemonkee.livejournal.com/251077.html) that I LOVE catalogues, but more for what's behind the stuff they're showcasing than for the stuff itself.
The Importance of Wardrobe in Warfare
Submitted by junglemonkey on February 20, 2010 - 9:11pmThere was a time before the advent of modern, hygienic warfare that men went to battle wearing whatever they could strap to themselves to prevent the enemy from breaching their integumentary hulls and carrying whatever they thought might breach their enemies'. How did it work? How were battles actually fought? How could anyone tell who was fighting, or who won? What I know about battle makes it seem that every ancient military victory was nothing more than propaganda, because if you couldn't tell one side from another, the first guy to yell "I win" must have won.
The Future of Work
Submitted by pirateguillermo on January 6, 2010 - 10:09amI just read a story on NPR's website about a co-working space in New York.
Chairman Mao = Carl Icahn
Submitted by junglemonkey on October 27, 2009 - 10:03pmIn 1958, Chairman Mao implemented the Great Leap Forward - a scheme that would advance China's economy so quickly that by 1988, it would be as large and powerful as that of the United States. The Great Leap Forward abolished private property, putting tools, food, buildings - everything that kept China running and fed - into the hands of collectives. Each collective was asked to produce everything it needed - not just its own food and clothing, but the means of production themselves. They had to smelt their own metals to create steel for tractors and building.
