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I’ll be leaving Iceland (and this volunteering project) in 10 days time and heading to Canada, where I’ll be looking for a real, paying job.
So. There you go. 

Autumn in Ásbyrgi (by secretdark)

Autumn in Ásbyrgi (by secretdark)

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headphonesin:

Brother Grass - Give Romance A Chance

There are beautiful Icelandic girls who like singing bluegrass.
I feel like this is something of which you should be aware. 

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A short list of words

These are an excerpt taken from a list a German girl has been keeping in an effort to expand her English vocabulary while she’s been travelling. She has kept the list since May and so far it spans 30+ pages.

  • shuttlecock
  • gutted
  • tweasers
  • wagtail
  • stagefright
  • total service contractor
  • “moreish”
  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • lanyard
  • tread
  • to look like a brick shit-house
  • to worm your way
  • to waffle
  • wrist band
  • it’s a doddle
  • bonkers
  • shale
  • sherbert

How Tall Is Jake Gyllenhaal?

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copycats:

Postcards from Italy by Florence + the Machine
originally by Beirut

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Charles Bukowski reading his poem “A report upon the consumption of myself.”

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And we’ll be raising a generation of kids who don’t know what it is to be lost, to not know where you are and how to get to some desired destination from wherever that is.

Think about that. “Being lost” has been part of the human experience ever since our hominid ancestors were knuckle-walking around the plains of Africa. And we’re going to lose it — at least, we’re going to make it as unusual an experience as finding yourself out in public without your underpants.

Charlie’s Diary: Shaping the future (via deplorableword)
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The northern lights are beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. It’s like watching someone paint the sky with watercolours.

new-aesthetic: “Nonetheless, today’s data represents a step towards the recent calls by Greenpeace for improved disclosure of the energy required to run Internet infrastructure. In April the environmental group called on Google and other large IT companies to disclose more information about the energy uses by their data centers, and place greater weight on renewable energy sources in making decisions about where to build new facilities. […] Google says its power usage, while large, is equal to just 0.01 percent of the world’s electricity usage. That estimate is derived from data centers’ use of 1.3 percent of the total, and Google’s 1 percent share of total data center power usage.” 1.3% of the world’s energy is used by datacenters. Google’s Energy Story: High Efficiency, Huge Scale » Data Center Knowledge Well. Those are some interesting numbers.

new-aesthetic:

“Nonetheless, today’s data represents a step towards the recent calls by Greenpeace for improved disclosure of the energy required to run Internet infrastructure. In April the environmental group called on Google and other large IT companies to disclose more information about the energy uses by their data centers, and place greater weight on renewable energy sources in making decisions about where to build new facilities. […] Google says its power usage, while large, is equal to just 0.01 percent of the world’s electricity usage. That estimate is derived from data centers’ use of 1.3 percent of the total, and Google’s 1 percent share of total data center power usage.”

1.3% of the world’s energy is used by datacenters.

Google’s Energy Story: High Efficiency, Huge Scale » Data Center Knowledge

Well. Those are some interesting numbers.

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Super Duo! (by davegorum)

Super Duo! (by davegorum)

1000+ Unread Items -> Mark All As Read

Being offline for a few weeks at a time is disconcerting, especially when I’m only online again for a few days before the cycle repeats. Trying to catch up on news - personal or world-wide - seems damn impossible. News stories seem like balls of wool that need to be unpicked. Loading up Google News just confuses me - Obama jobs thing? Quadaffi what now? The same goes for email or Tumblr streams or… anything, really. (There’s probably a lot that could be said about how ‘Modern Online media Seems To Assume Their Audience Is Always Connected’ but maybe that’s just how it feels.)  
Anyhow, the first I knew there was a hurricane in America was when I read Alina’s cookie recipe. I found out that there was a shooting in Norway was when I overheard a German tourist talking about it in a small hiking hut in the middle of nowhere.
So if I owe you email, haven’t hearted your angry post on something or other, or wished you a happy birthday, know that there’s a reason.

texburgher: AHEM Remember that thing about how I’m offering to custom-make a painting for anyone someone you in exchange for your support of Colleen Wainwright’s campaign to raise $50,000 for WriteGirl? Well, the only way to get the painting is to make your donation via this auction. Confused? Don’t be. Here’s how it works: You want me to make you painting. You really do. For one, commissioning someone to make you a painting is fun. Have you ever done it? Probably not. Most people haven’t. Because it’s expensive. Well, here’s your chance to get good art, made just for you, on the cheap. You want to support the greatest causes, and you want your support to really make a difference. Colleen’s 50for50 campaign qualifies on both counts. You can do both at once! This auction is my way of enticing you to channel some of your love of the arts into the waiting arms of others. If you win this auction, not only will I custom-make you a very good painting, but every dollar you spend to get it will go straight to WriteGirl. THIS IS A BIG DEAL, PEOPLE. If you can’t make a bid on it yourself, please consider sticking this opportunity in front of someone who can. Seriously. The auction ends Thursday at noon. The time to make this happen in a big way is NOW. Pssst, hey, in case you missed the link, here it is: http://www.32auctions.com/organizations/1923/auctions/2162

texburgher:

AHEM

Remember that thing about how I’m offering to custom-make a painting for anyone someone you in exchange for your support of Colleen Wainwright’s campaign to raise $50,000 for WriteGirl?

Well, the only way to get the painting is to make your donation via this auction. Confused? Don’t be. Here’s how it works:

  1. You want me to make you painting. You really do. For one, commissioning someone to make you a painting is fun. Have you ever done it? Probably not. Most people haven’t. Because it’s expensive. Well, here’s your chance to get good art, made just for you, on the cheap.
  2. You want to support the greatest causes, and you want your support to really make a difference. Colleen’s 50for50 campaign qualifies on both counts.
  3. You can do both at once! This auction is my way of enticing you to channel some of your love of the arts into the waiting arms of others.

If you win this auction, not only will I custom-make you a very good painting, but every dollar you spend to get it will go straight to WriteGirl. THIS IS A BIG DEAL, PEOPLE.

If you can’t make a bid on it yourself, please consider sticking this opportunity in front of someone who can. Seriously. The auction ends Thursday at noon. The time to make this happen in a big way is NOW.

Pssst, hey, in case you missed the link, here it is: http://www.32auctions.com/organizations/1923/auctions/2162

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