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<rss version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>A curtmerrill.com blog</description><title>North</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @curtmerrill)</generator><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/</link><item><title>One second of a lightning storm in super slow-mo.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/haW6-sQfMdw&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/haW6-sQfMdw&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;One second of a lightning storm in &lt;strong&gt;super&lt;/strong&gt; slow-mo.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/858641098</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/858641098</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:14:35 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Oceanic repellent bat sprays.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5x7pxBr4f1qzc6qso1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UJaprpxrk"&gt;Oceanic repellent bat sprays&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/841771007</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/841771007</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:45:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Second Annual Birthday Bowling Tournament</title><description>&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/aGwG3X"&gt;Second Annual Birthday Bowling Tournament&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;It’s my birthday. Come bowling. Win a prize!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/838236822</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/838236822</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:24:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I write like...</title><description>&lt;a href="http://iwl.me/s/86bc26af"&gt;I write like...&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/829220350</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/829220350</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:52:58 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Furniture from the future.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dAa6bOWB8qY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dAa6bOWB8qY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Furniture from the future.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/772385116</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/772385116</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:23:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Video</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-CVYOCMpJRY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-CVYOCMpJRY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/745836695</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/745836695</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:53:00 -0400</pubDate><category>starwars</category><category>at-at</category></item><item><title>Video</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12816548&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12816548&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12816548&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/738385150</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/738385150</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:07:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The fate of group C</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The following table shows who will advance from Group C based on the possible outcomes of the final two games.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://curtmerrill.com/media/wc_group_c.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* Order to be determined by goal differential or goals scored&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All things being equal (“random” is probably a better word here), which of course they’re not, here are the chances of each team advancing:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Slovenia: 8/11&lt;br/&gt;USA: 5/11&lt;br/&gt;England: 4/11&lt;br/&gt;Algeria: 3/11&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Flag icons from &lt;a href="http://fifa.com"&gt;FIFA.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/712977384</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/712977384</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:27:00 -0400</pubDate><category>worldcup</category><category>soccer</category></item><item><title>Roasted Spokes at Turner Field (minus one behind the camera:...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l451ph6q0I1qzc6qso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Roasted Spokes at Turner Field (minus one behind the camera: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/valstreit"&gt;@valstreit&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;a href="http://twitpic.com/1xdul9"&gt;See the whole group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/706585721</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/706585721</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:00:52 -0400</pubDate><category>turnerfield</category><category>roastedspokes</category><category>bicyclegang</category></item><item><title>"Discipline is not anal compulsion; it’s a lifestyle that breeds power. The only insult I’ve ever..."</title><description>“Discipline is not anal compulsion; it’s a lifestyle that breeds power. The only insult I’ve ever received in my adult life was when someone asked me, ‘Do you have a hobby?’ A HOBBY?! DO I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING DABBLER?!”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;John Waters (via &lt;a href="http://kmikeym.tumblr.com/"&gt;kmikeym&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/697330599</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/697330599</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:29:00 -0400</pubDate><category>inspiration</category><category>johnwaters</category><category>hobby</category></item><item><title>Super Mario in sticky notes. (via Boing Boing)</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QAue4hnH8-A&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QAue4hnH8-A&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Super Mario in sticky notes. (via &lt;a href="http://boingboing.net"&gt;Boing Boing&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/684274591</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/684274591</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:04:39 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Video</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10562000&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10562000&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10562000&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/680426657</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/680426657</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:33:11 -0400</pubDate><category>advertising</category><category>art</category><category>documentary</category></item><item><title>Couch Cushion Architecture; A Critical Analysis</title><description>&lt;a href="http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/04/couch-cushion-architecture-a-critical-analysis/"&gt;Couch Cushion Architecture; A Critical Analysis&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A clear derivative of the &lt;a title="Wikipedia" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe"&gt;Miesian&lt;/a&gt; box, this handsome project is “informalized” with the use of colorful, freeform roof panels. Taking further direction from the &lt;a title="Wikipedia" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archigram"&gt;Archigram&lt;/a&gt;movement, the project explores architecture as body wrap and propels couch cushion architecture to new and exciting territory.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/679968074</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/679968074</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:11:39 -0400</pubDate><category>architecture</category></item><item><title>acidfreakingonthekitty:

Yeah! more giant conglomco marketing...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="265" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12296001&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12296001&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12296001&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="265"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://acidfreakingonthekitty.tumblr.com/post/663868016/yeah-more-giant-conglomco-marketing-raping-my"&gt;acidfreakingonthekitty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yeah! more giant conglomco marketing raping my childhood memories, please, as long as they contain Snoop Dogg and lightsabers.  Hell, it’s better than Lucas raping them directly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/663883137</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/663883137</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:33:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"A man must constantly exceed his level."</title><description>“A man must constantly exceed his level.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://i.imgur.com/3JOJo.jpg"&gt;Bruce Lee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/660306873</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/660306873</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:50:26 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Tetris Tetris everywhere</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/olenkaolja/galleries/72157623981936334"&gt;Tetris Tetris everywhere&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/656404262</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/656404262</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:41:57 -0400</pubDate><category>tetris</category><category>photos</category></item><item><title>Original ad promoting launch of CNN, which turns 30 today.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/15tlrovNndE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/15tlrovNndE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Original ad promoting launch of CNN, which turns 30 today.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/653389335</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/653389335</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:11:16 -0400</pubDate><category>cnn</category><category>advertisement</category></item><item><title>"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give..."</title><description>“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Antoine de Saint Exupéry (via &lt;a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/06/the-vast-and-endless-sea.html"&gt;Coding Horror&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/653098522</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/653098522</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:58:02 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Mike Tyson is committed to a cannoli-free lifestyle.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O5XFH36UdQ4&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O5XFH36UdQ4&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mike Tyson is committed to a cannoli-free lifestyle.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/649850066</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/649850066</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 08:44:22 -0400</pubDate><category>mike tyson</category><category>breakfast</category></item><item><title>In case you missed it, I shot photos at a Portland Beavers game...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l38urzzUWz1qzc6qso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed it, I shot photos at a Portland Beavers game for &lt;a href="http://portlandsportsman.com/?p=1598"&gt;Portland Sportsman&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/647312678</link><guid>http://north.curtmerrill.com/post/647312678</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:47:59 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
