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giant motorized cupcakes

via Boing Boing tv presents CUPCAKE CUTTHROATS, a cakesploitation epic exploring the dark side of electric art-cars shaped like baked goods. These homemade vehicles are crafted by Silicon Valley nerds (including one engineer from Tesla Motors) and Burning Man enthusiasts in a Berkeley, California, warehouse. In today's episode, Xeni joins the marauding muffineers for a 15-mph thrillride down mean, sugar-sprinkled streets.

Kite Skiing On The Camus Prairie

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Idahoans for Fairness Rally

Idahoans for Fairness, originally uploaded by Buddy Stone.

This Saturday a protest will be held at Boise City Hall to add equal protection to ALL Idahoans.

nick garcia : comedy sketch

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We Need Bike Lanes

There was a scuffle on Thursday that featured Wayne Hammond, Budget Director of the State of Idaho, shuffling off the idea that Bike Lanes were anything more than a North-End dream.  The meeting was featured in the Twitter Feed of Idaho Reports Thanh Tan, and the Boise Weekly's CityDesk editor Nathaniel Hoffman.  Sen. LeFavour wrote a great piece about it, and there are some excellent comments from readers.

Since that time, Idaho Reports taped it's weekly show, which featured Wayne Hammond! Betsy Russel asks "If the 'enhancement' fund is not going to be spent on bike paths, it's going to be spent on landscaping."

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garage painting ... downtown boise

garage painting ... downtown boise, originally uploaded by arecity.

Ignite Boise #1

the presentations have been announced for Ignite Boise #1 in which looks to be an interesting event with pretty diverse topics. 

arecity will be doing a 5 minute presentation on art, play and creativity . . . don't miss it.

http://igniteboise.com

Freedom From Religion Foundation

via Buddy Stone on Flickr

on background: On Fairview Ave near Maple Grove. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with more than 13,000 members, is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) in the United States. FFRF has been working since 1978 to promote freethought and to keep state and church separate.

quilted couch

snow-ffiti

death of the rocky mountain news

Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.

Rotating Tongues 2 @ the VaC

The Yes Men Fix The World

The Yes Men, who attempt funny brazen activist satire on a regular basis, make a full length movie about their adventures . . . i guess about fixing the world, or some crazy s**t like that.

Jim Risch on Washington Journal

                                    

                                                   < click here to watch >

                                    how many times does he say "de minimis"?

breakdance thursday

local boys doing some crazy spiderman shit

LifeStyle Kings vs Connect

flying, interspersed with breakdancing

Real Name: Shin Kyu Sang Bboy Name: Bruce Lee

Details on Biden Visit

The Special Olympics 2009 World Winter Games invites you to attend with the Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden the medal round of figure skating to be held Thursday, February 12, at Qwest Arena.  Vice President Biden is leading the official presidential delegation to the World Winter Games.

Seating is first-come, first serve. Doors open at 7 a.m.
Everyone must be in the building and through security by 10 a.m.
Plan to stay until at least 11:30 a.m.

No large bags, backpacks, banners, signs or political buttons.

Special Olympics International is a world sports and advocacy organization for people with intellectual disabilities and is strictly nonpartisan. 

via Ada County Dems Email Blast this am

TODAY'S VISUALIZATION

Enormous Undulating

brought to you by Jim Risch, US Senator from Idaho

Sen Risch hopes by Thanksgiving, we'll be able to identify improvement with either the "enormous" spending package or the vagaries of an "undulating" world economy, or some other way - like with better policy - he said today in his first speech in the Senate, where they were debating the Stimulus Package.  It passed, 61-36.

Afterward, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gives him some love, as does Sen. Max Baucus - Democratic Senator from Montana.  Baucus explains that although he strongly disagrees with Risch, he hopes to work together in the future on Western Issues.

< listen here >   < House vs Senate #s >   < AP overview  another AP view >

 

ABOUT THE IMAGE:  One of Santiago Calatrava's finest works is the Bodegas Ysios in Laguardia, Alva, Spain. Its undulating roof and silvery edges are equisitely articulated.
from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flash Mob @ Boise Towne Square

Saturday January 31st, 2009.   Boise Flash Mob finds its way to the central court of the Boise Towne Square and freezes in place for three minutes.  via arecity

PART ONE

PART TWO

Inauguration Photography: arecity

INAUGURATION PHOTOS

 

 

 

AFTER PARTIES

 

 

 

on the way to/from Washington D.C., arecity Visited New York City

Telephone Booth or Aquarium

artwork by French artists Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino    via dvice.com