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Super Bowl Sunday is the 2nd largest day of food consumption behind Thanksgiving.

(via Super Bowl Spending: Chicken, Chips, and Antacids » Sociological Images; spotted on Twitter, via Zeynep Arsel, @zeyneparsel)

unconsumption:

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY — TO US!

Earlier this week (on January 16, to be precise) this Tumblr marked its third anniversary. Pretty exciting in and of itself, but super-exciting because things have picked up so sharply around here of late, particularly in the past year or so.

Three years ago we were a small band of volunteers sharing links that promoted mindful consumer behavior and creative reuse. Actually we’re still a (slightly different) small band of volunteers doing the same thing. BUT, we’ve also introduced our reuse/remix-friendly logo by Clifton Burt, we’ve launched our ongoing Uncollection project, we’re in the news, and we’re adding, conservatively, a thousand followers a month.

That’s thanks mostly to YOU, the Unconsumption reader! So THANKS again for the likes, the reblogs, the tips, the encouragement. Makes us think perhaps we’re onto something here…

And of course Unconsumption isn’t just a Tumblr thing anymore. Find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Pinterest, even on Instagram (where we’re @unconsumption). Oh, and of course the blog also has an RSS feed you can subscribe to here.

So thanks again to all, and let’s keep in touch, eh?

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kateoplis:

Palazzo Toschi Mosca inner court (via Yewknee)

Is that a fire hose? If so, good thinking.

Beautiful, isn’t it? (The wall of books, I mean. Not the fire hose.) File under: bookshelf of the week.

newsweek:

Tweets from kids trying to use Wikipedia for their homework—and failing. SOPA! 

[h/t gangster curator Katie Notopoulos]

Wikipedia’s SOPA protest message here.

junkculture:

Bird’s eye view photographs of traffic cones by Peter Emerick…more

unconsumption:

Here’s another kitchen-related reuse idea: Use a small dresser as an island in the kitchen. It’s an easy way to increase your storage and work space.

(Via Small Place Style: Ideas for the Tiny Kitchen; spotted on Pinterest.)

Note: This one’s on wheels so it’s mobile. 

npr:

WANT! — Tanya

laughingsquid:

Nostalgia Electrics Retro Series 3-in-1 Breakfast Station

Compact, multi-purpose design — good for small spaces, methinks. 

New York Philharmonic Halted by iPhone During Mahler’s Ninth Symphony — WSJ.com

The final movement of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is a slow rumination on mortality, with quiet sections played by strings alone.

During the New York Philharmonic’s performance Tuesday night, it was interrupted by an iPhone.

The jarring ringtone—the device’s “Marimba” sound, which simulates the mallet instrument—intruded in the middle of the movement, emanating from the first row at Avery Fisher Hall.

When the phone wasn’t immediately hushed, audience members shook their heads. It continued to chime, and music director Alan Gilbert turned his head sharply to the left, signaling his displeasure.

Minutes passed. Each time the orchestra reached a quiet section, the phone could be heard above the hushed, reverent notes.

Finally, Mr. Gilbert could take no more: He stopped the orchestra.

A Philharmonic spokeswoman said Wednesday the music director has never before halted a performance because of a cellphone or any other type of disruption.

As the offending noise continued in a loop, Mr. Gilbert turned in its direction and pointedly asked that the phone be turned off. The audience let out a collective gasp.

The ringtone—believed to be an alarm—played on.

The audience wasn’t pleased. A Wall Street Journal reporter seated in the 19th row heard jeers hurled from the balconies. One man screamed: “Enough!” Another yelled: “Throw him out!” The audience clapped and hollered in agreement—and still the tone continued to sound amid the din.

Read the rest: New York Philharmonic Halted by iPhone During Mahler’s Ninth Symphony — WSJ.com

Apparently none of Lincoln Center’s ushers heard anything unusual — the sound of the phone, the music stopping, or the in-hall commotion — to then kindly escort the patron out of the hall. Had I been an audience member sitting near a door during the phone-chiming episode, I think I would have left the hall to find an usher in the lobby and ask that he/she take action! 

DIY project: Decorate a candle holder with sea glass.

Choose two glass vases or tumblers of the same height but different diameters. Place the smaller one inside the larger one; add a votive. Fill the space between the containers with clear or colored sea glass.

(via bhg.com)

Earlier posts on sea glass here.

unconsumption:

Hundreds of smooth shards of glass collected from area beaches comprise each piece of Cornwall, UK-based artist Jonathan Fuller’s work.

View his gallery of sea glass assemblages here.  

For artwork made from debris washed ashore on California, Australia, and east Africa beaches, see earlier Unconsumption posts here, here, and here.

I’m so glad to learn I’m not the only person who’s got a thing for sea glass. 

pergoogle:

“Shell,” Google Image search by Rob Walker, December 6, 2011. Suggested by Molly Block.

I love this! Also, Rob’s search yielded a more attractive-looking mix of shell images than mine did.