Design and technology company Satellite Studio have created a tool that automates ‘haikus’. Verses are randomly assembled collecting information about a place taken from OpenStreetMap. The results are sometimes fun, often weird but it's also pretty addictive.
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The Tiny Desk Concerts are live concerts hosted by NPR Music. The eclectic mix of musicians perform a few of their songs behind the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. There are hundreds of videos to keep you going but here's a list of a few favourites to get you started.
Adele →
Beirut →
Iron & Wine →
St Paul and The Broken Bones →
Villagers →
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'I think, therefore I cycle' – Photograph: Archive Fietersbond Amsterdam/Amsterdam City Archives/MLAdvies
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Amsterdam hasn't always been the ‘cycle capital of the world’. It's taken sixty years of successful bicycle activism, policy and culture (alongside some pretty kick-ass posters) to get there.
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Image © MUJI
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The famously utilitarian Japanese retail company MUJI has unveiled it's plans for a single-storey home configured designed for a country that is dealing with population changes such as declining birthrates, ageing citizens, and major work/life reforms.
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Who said you can't time travel? With over 5 million letters delivered since 2002, FutureMe lets you send an email into the future.
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