CNN and NPR, as well as multiple blogs are reporting on recently released evidence that multiple Los Angeles area hospitals have on multiple occasions discharged patients and left them on LA’s notorious Skid Row; home to a large number of the city’s homeless population. From CNN:
In one case, a man dropped off at Skid Row [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2006
LA Hospitals Dumping Patients, Spreading Epidemic
INTERNATIONAL CAPSLOCK DAY
HELLO
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPSLOCK DAY
THANK YOU
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Less Than Three
<3. Catchy jPop tune/animation about a hidden internet love. Link, via
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Currugated Cardboard Laptop Case
For this fall’s [re]Design exhibit in London, Giles Miller of Farm Designs decided to put a sustainable spin on something many of us use and rely on every day; the common laptop case. Taking cues from Frank Gehry’s Wiggle Side chair, Miller designed and built an elegant and sturdy looking carrier for his Apple PowerBook [...]
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Turn Signals
I can’t tell you guys how often I’ve wanted to do this.
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Airport “Security”
Although I don’t fly nearly as often as some people I know, I am in and out of airports regularly enough to get a pretty good feel for the way things work. It has recently become quite apparent to me how utterly useless, inconsistent, and innefectual most (if not all) airport security measures are.
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