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The floor of the room in which this was the ceiling, and in which a bust of Benjamin Franklin was found at the center.

Interactive portrait of U.S. name choices, based on Social Security Administration database of baby names. [via rebelprince]

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Jeff and I at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Ceremonial Teahouse Sunkaraku (“fleeting joys”) inside the Asian wing of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Roof detail at the Ceremonial Teahouse Sunkaraku (“fleeting joys”) inside the Asian wing of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

A great interview with Flickr’s Stewart Butterfield.

“Welcome to the key-worded universe.” Salon looks at tagging.

Xeni Jardin:
Google has launched Google Maps, a DHTML-driven, map-making engine that pans smoothly and zooms with ease. Other features: directions, business locator, and zero ads (for the time being, at least). Link. It does not suck at all. (Thanks, Greg Brown)

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Black Kites
Gabriel Orozco, 1997.
Human skull and graphite.
Philadelphia Museum of Art

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