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Mother America Always Loved Manufacturing Most

There’s just something about manufacturing. Ask Rosie the Riveter. Ask the computer geeks and artists across America who create “Hacker Space” workshops to help each other invent and fabricate to their imaginations’ content. Yeah, it’s cool to make stuff. The “maker,” whether an inventor or engineer or welder gets a thrill out of performing work that [...]
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25 Ways to Celebrate Geek Pride Day

Technology / Social Media : Mashable (14 hours ago)

You're surrounded by geeks every day. Your commute is filled with people playing Dots. Your best friend spends her Saturday nights creating Everquest fan art. And you constantly imagine scenarios in terms of endless loops. But May 2... Read Post

An Invented Space

Politics : The Daily Dish By Andrew Sullivan (15 hours ago)

Dressing The Air digs up a short film by Alex Roman: Entirely built and rendered on computer, this impossibly controlled journey around Louis Kahn’s Exeter Academy Library evokes the soul of the architecture with very particular att... Read Post

For the Strength of Rosie the Riveter: Make It in America

US Politics / Liberal : AlterNet Blogs: Speakeasy (3 years ago)

Rosie the Riveter defiantly rolls up her blue work shirt to show off a brawny bicep. She’s a symbol of American strength. She worked in a manufacturing job, one of millions that constructed the defense machine that won World War II ... Read Post


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