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WFMU’s Radio Freetown with DJ Franc O from 11/10/2008

I really enjoyed this podcast!

Photo: Smiling Sisters, Pendembu, Sierra Leone (West Africa) by gbaku

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It’s been a long time since I’ve heard or written about severed feet popping up on British Columbia shore, so I was very exited to read a Boing Boing tweet about it today.

The shoe is a left New Balance running shoe.

CNN posted a timeline of the discoveries in British Columbia. I find it interesting enough to leave as is:

August 20, 2007

The first foot is found by an American man and his 12-year-old daughter boating near Jedidiah Island. The shoe is later identified as a Campus brand running shoe, primarily white with blue mesh, and is believed to be a size 12. It is determined that it was produced in 2003 and distributed primarily in India.

August 26, 2007

The second foot is found on Gabriola Island by a resident walking on a trail. The shoe is a size 12 men’s Reebok running shoe, primarily white in color. It was produced in 2004 and was distributed globally, though mostly in North America. It was first available March 1, 2004, but is no longer available.

February 2

A third foot is found by two forest workers on Valdez Island. The shoe is a size 11 blue and white Nike running shoe, made in 2003 and sold in Canada and the United States from February 1 to June 30, 2003.

May 22

The fourth foot is found on Kirkland Island by a man walking along the shoreline. The size 7 blue and white New Balance running shoe was made in 1999 and distributed in major retail stores. DNA tests later determine that the remains belonged to a female.

June 16

A fifth foot is found on Westham Island, in the same type of Nike shoe as the foot found February 2. DNA tests later determine that both feet belonged to the same male.

You’re probably thinking what I’m thinking: Does the new foot in a left NB shoe match the right NB shoe discovered May 22?

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Photo by Casey at the Bat

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Today in Boing Boing, David Pescovitz wrote about the teddy bears Dan Tobin Smith exploded and photographed for the latest issue of Kilimanjaro magazine.

Creative Review posted a feature about the magazine.

Via Boing Boing.

These cardboard duvets let you sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless person doesn’t have to.

Proceeds from their sale go to benefit a homeless charity.

Product page. Via Boing Boing.

Apparently lunch theft is a big issue where sherwood forlee works, and this is why he created this artificial mold covered sandwich bag.

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Bruce Mozert pioneered underwater photography.

In 1938, he was the only person in the world who had a waterproof camera.

Mozert stopped in Silver Springs, Florida, on his way to Miami. He never left.

He built a waterproof housing for his camera and for the next 45 years photographed amazing underwater scenes in the clear waters of Silver Springs.

link to the life aquatic in smithsonian.com via boing boing

Kokoriko Bushi, tune of the Kokoriko, an ancient string instrument, is a remix of the oldest japanese song by Japanese electro-pop collective Omodaka.

The animation is directed by Teppei Maki.

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beaters, originally uploaded by brittnybadger.

for her thesis project, flickr user brittnybadger took apart home appliances and rearranged their guts on a white sheet of bristol board.

the result is lovely!

link to flickr set (via boing boing)

This 1941 ad for a laxative is so inspiring!

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I cannot believe I forgot to blog about this.

The mystery feet never cease arriving.

This time, remains of a foot in a sports shoe arrived in Port Angeles, Washington.

the foot, just like the other five, seem to come off by itself.

This is so odd. What makes these feet fall off their owners legs? where is the rest of the body the feet was attached to?

I’m thinking voodoo. It’s either that or aliens. What else could explain it?

link to story in NY post, via boing boing