Ps. I was the woman who got Mark to wear a suit.
Only a wedding and Russian president Putin have previously had the honour.
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Japanese Teens Fight Human-Eating Giants on Twitter
リアル進撃の巨人。 twitter.com/murai71/status…
— 村井大陸 (@murai71) April 14, 2013
いま流行りのの巨人ごっこ！ twitter.com/risanyannn/sta…
— りさにゃん (@risanyannn) May 9, 2013
巨人ごっこなう(*≧艸≦)wwww twitter.com/sanpeiz/status…
— 進撃のさんぺー。 (@sanpeiz) May 10, 2013
波にのってみた。進撃の巨人ごっこｗ(まだ練習足らず未完成) twitter.com/OOR0522/status…
— 超高校級のOORerかな (@OOR0522) May 13, 2013
進撃の巨人ごっこ巨人:さやこ食べられてる人間:わたし笑笑 twitter.com/manasugi27/sta…
— （R）まなか∞道産子 (@manasugi27) May 8, 2013
Visualizing how a Bitcoin transaction works
Following the last primer on the digital currency, prices have somewhat stabilized (despite the ongoing efforts of TPTB to regulate it out of existence). The following infographic provides a step-by-step illustration of how a bitcoin transaction occurs.
(h/t Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev via True Economics blog)
Last Shop Standing
Last Shop Standing is a film about independent record shops and independent record stores. It charts the rise the fall and the rebirth of the independent record shop. Last Shop Standing has gained 5 star reviews from Q magazine and, 4 stars in record collector magazine and a half page spread in the sunday observer. Last Shop Standing is made by vinyl record fans, for vinyl record fans. Blue Hippo Media are an independent film company and they are the creators of the film Last Shop Standing, which is based on the book of the same name by Graham Jones who is a huge vinyl record collector and has the claim to fame of visiting the most independent record stores in the world. If you love vinyl records, 7″ singles, CD’s tape cassettes but most of all music, you will love the movie, Last Shop Standing.
Berlin is still divided when you see it from space
Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield, currently living in space aboard ISS as Commander of Expedition 35, posted this photo on Twitter.
Berlin at night. Amazingly, I think the light bulbs still show the East/West division from orbit. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) April 17, 2013
New Zealand Passes Marriage Equality
Today the New Zealand Parliament voted 77-44 to approve marriage equality in its final reading, making it the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. This marks the first time a marriage equality law explicitly defines protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity — rescinding requirements that trans people divorce before they can change their gender marker on their birth record.
People helping people (using Google Docs)
Some clever and decent people (over at boston.com, I think) have quickly set up a housing helpline using Google Docs. Also, read this story: Bostonions extend kindness to runners. UPDATE! Now, Google Docs are also used for crowdsourced detective work!
