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Green Roofs Around the World
Green Roofs Around the World
By Michelle King
April 29, 2014

Tap into your inner Frodo Baggins with these seven eco-friendly homes.

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Papercuts Welcome: 7 Books You Shouldn't Read as eBooks
Papercuts Welcome: 7 Books You Shouldn't Read as eBooks
By Alex Trivilino
April 23, 2014

Put down your iPhone, iPad, iWhatever for a second, and pick up one of these collections of printed sheets of paper bound together to tell a story. You know, books.

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How the Hell Did People Make Books During Medieval Times?
How the Hell Did People Make Books During Medieval Times?
By George Dobbs
April 16, 2014

Sadly, it wasn’t all dragon-skin parchment and unicorn pencils.

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Say Cheese: Our 10 Favorite Authors on Instagram
Say Cheese: Our 10 Favorite Authors on Instagram
By Adina Applebaum
April 16, 2014

Gary Shteyngart, Tao Lin, Dani Shapiro and the rest of the writers on this list might not be the best at Instagram, but they are trying, and for that they have our hearts.

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Digital Graffiti: Making Art on Twitter
Digital Graffiti: Making Art on Twitter
By Justin Glawe
March 20, 2014

Jonny Fox uses the microblogging platform to inject art into the babel of social media.

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It's 2014 & There's Still a Blacksmith Working in Central Park
It's 2014 & There's Still a Blacksmith Working in Central Park
By Robert Tutton
March 18, 2014

Blacksmith Larry Hagberg brings a lifetime of experience to a centuries-old craft at a workshop hidden in Central Park.

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I Threw My Cellphone into the East River
I Threw My Cellphone into the East River
By Arvind Dilawar
March 14, 2014

An experiment in living wirelessly in 21st century New York City for five months and counting.

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Norway's National Library is Putting Its Entire Collection Online
Norway's National Library is Putting Its Entire Collection Online
By Arvind Dilawar
December 12, 2013

The National Library of Norway is digitizing everything from books to TV shows, making it all available online.

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3D Printing: Separating Science Fiction from Reality
3D Printing: Separating Science Fiction from Reality
By Freddie Moore
July 29, 2013

Let's cut through the hype around 3D printing to see where the technology actually stands today and where it's likely to go tomorrow.

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