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You to your feed, Minds on FF Loft Tour: Parisian Plywood Nights – LoftLife Magazine – The Loftstyle Guide to Life in the City – http://loftlifemag.com/mu… 4 hours ago from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like Lars Clausen liked this “Plywood, a moisture-proof, marine-grade, very low formaldehyde-content pine, certified by the European sustainable forest practices agreement, becomes a strong, almost abnormal complement to what would normally be simply a white, industrial space. It?s hard to see but the plywood kitchen islands are mostly on locking wheels, which creates a flexible space that can mutate from a small cooking area to a larger gathering area. Combined with the other moveable furniture, plywood has stopped looking cheap, and starts looking high-end (or high-grade, maybe?) whether it just sits pretty or on wheels.” – You

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TED Blog: Atheist summer camp, funded by Richard Dawkins’ foundation.

Alongside the more traditional activities of tug-of-war, swimming and canoeing, children at the five-day camp in Somerset will learn about rational scepticism, moral philosophy, ethics and evolution.

Camp-goers aged eight to 17 will also be taught how to disprove phenomena such as crop circles and telepathy. In the Invisible Unicorn Challenge, any child who can prove that unicorns do not exist will win a £10 note — which features an image of Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary theory — signed by Dawkins, Britain’s most prominent atheist.

Good points there – make me want to read this book. Personally, I dislike “plastic fantastic” even though I agree with the review that it can be useful. But our plastic culture seems to be futile…