October 2009
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox →
bestofwikipedia: The coastline paradox is the counterintuitive observation that the coastline of a landmass does not have a well-defined length. This results from the fractal-like properties of coastlines. Over a wide range of measurement scales, down to the atomic, coastlines show a degree of self-similarity, and as the measurement scale is made smaller and smaller, the measured length...
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From Jonathan Raban’s post on the mechanized Madame Bovary in Ry: That said, there are two features of Ry that nicely reinforce a reading of Madame Bovary. The town is only thirteen miles east of Rouen, but feels far further. It belongs to Normandy’s agricultural economy (hay wagons on the main street), and its air of provincial isolation from a city so nearby would be unimaginable in...
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http://www.icehousedetroit.blogspot.com/ →
Per things magazine.
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