Month: December 2010

The party of the rich, by the rich, for the rich | Paul Harris | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: ” The party of the rich, by the rich, for the rich

Never have Republican values been so brazenly apparent than in holding the unemployed to ransom for the Bush tax cuts”

 

Hidden Room Love: Through the Armoire | Apartment Therapy Chicago: “Who doesn’t love a hidden room? The adult in us, even, is still drawn to this children’s play room that’s just a short step through an unassuming armoire:

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The home’s owner found the old armoire secondhand. He then hired a woodworker to take out the back and install it up against a doorway into his children’s play room. The result is a simple-enough-looking armoire that opens to a hidden room of magic and play. We love this idea because A. it would be so fun and B. it’s a great way to literally hide away playtime clutter. See more of this awesome project at Maple Seed Renovation.

MORE SECRET ROOMS FROM APARTMENT THERAPY:

* Creative Home Engineering: Hidden Passageways!

* Home Hack for Mystery Lovers: Secret Door

* Maybe our love for hidden rooms has something to do with a wish for a larger apartment? Check out Do You (Literally) Dream About a Bigger Apartment?

* Chicago * Regina Yunghans * March 29, 2010 05:45PM

Tags inspiration, playroom, armoire, hideaway “

 

The Spontaneous Creation of New Information: An Interview with James Kent about his new book, Psychedelic Information Theory | h+ Magazine: “Psychedelic drugs hold a strange position within the enhancement community. Many swear by it — finding the alterations in perception induced by these drugs and plants valuable to their creative or scientific work or their explorations of philosophy or their enjoyment of life. Others see scrambled perceptions, irrationality, extreme suggestibility, and lack of focus among psychedelicists and steer clear.

One thing is for certain. If the psychedelics are going to be useful (or more useful) in the enhancement context, we’re going to need to know more about what they’re doing in the brain.”