randoms

good nytimes article about giving teachers six digit salaries:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/education/05charter.html?_r=1&hp

cool beds:
http://www.oddee.com/item_96623.aspx

what the 1930s thought about the future of fashion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txaR2HvnwVg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Flj%2Dtoys%2Ecom%2F%3Fjournalid%3D4919638%26moduleid%3D423%26preview%3D%26auth%5Ftoken%3Dsessionless%3A1244224800%3Aembedcontent%3A4919638%2526423%2526%3A2927&feature=player_embedded

putin lectures waste

putin is ridiculous, in addition to being evil and loving Abba cover bands. located by catherine:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7875372.stm


learn something you would pay $40K for, but do it for free:
http://www.academicearth.org/


an artist documents the waste of contemporary american consumer culture. located by kss:
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7

kids

a woman auctions off the rights to name her child, and gets a lot of money for it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270328527480&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38.l1313%26_nkw%3D270328527480%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1


i like this article about how much teachers need a happy hour:
http://proof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/pencils-down-bottoms-up/