A thought provoking blog post on how William Burroughs revenged himself for a lousy espresso and bad cheesecake.
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A new way of looking at common things - art created from books. A few links to get you started:
http://weburbanist.com/2011/06/27/art-that-speaks-volumes-12-more-book-artists/
http://maskulllasserre.com/section/193004 - Click on the Archive link. Site has horrible navigation, some art from books...
http://www.bookpatrol.net/2011/07/bansky-of-book-art-world.html - about an artist who shopdrops interesting works at libraries throughout Scotland.
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A brilliant little article on the old school signs used by waiters in dining. Like a little primer to visiting another country - signs waiters used to use to communicate:
Link: Sign Dining Courtesy the NY Times
Interesting how the lexicon has changed - small hand signals to indicate texting, gone for a cigarette, losers - signs now have no subtlety and are easily intercepted by customers. But I've forwarded this to the staff and it will soon be fixed...
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