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Zebra “Pencils”

I was going through pencil lead like mad from working on various sewing projects (I’ll share these soon, promz!) so I went to my IRL Staples for lead and found these guys instead. I find it positively hilarious, and I wonder why they haven’t thought of this before. I have been a long-time fan of Zebra mechanical pencils because 1) they are stainless steel and look pretty techno and 2) they last forever. So, while…

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Crazy accent that sounds like Mandarin, Dutch and Australian? on Metacafe – Ceramic Knife 08:17:36, 2013-01-04 Tweets from this week 08:17:46, 2013-01-04 Tweets from this week: Favorited "Time for Trees – Sunday Morning With Coffee Pt.4" by Time… 08:56:42, 2013-01-04 Favorited "Kristian Auth – I got loaded!" by @LaidBackRadio 05:46:07, 2013-01-05 Live cop chatter over ambient tracks from Soundcloud. Here's Chicago 22:12:40, 2013-01-08 Like fish? Like the whole permaculture…

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Favorited "Time for Trees – Sunday Morning With Coffee Pt.4" by Time for Trees 05:57:12, 2012-12-29 “Wired Fridays” will feature Chicago DJs prominent in the industry every Friday beginning in January 09:53:29, 2012-12-29 “Wired Fridays” will feature Chicago DJs prominent in the industry every Friday beginning in January: The 2013 s… 10:46:33, 2012-12-29 Well, Chicago is featuring some interesting people who happen to also be DJs, for free, during lunchtime downtown in……

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“Wired Fridays” will feature Chicago DJs prominent in the industry every Friday beginning in January

The 2013 series of Wired Fridays in Chicago will be showcasing Chicago DJ-slash-promoters who have been passionately sharing their highly-specific tastes within their chosen branches of electronic music through their events, radio shows, workshops, and personal performances–albeit with the discerning eye of a curator who has been immersed in local musical culture long enough to be able to sift through the sand to find the gems. What’s really exciting about this particular debut lineup is…

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