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Marginalia

• The Next Great Technology Platform: The Bicycle
  Copenhagen leads the way.
• World's Subways Converging on Ideal Form
  “What we find surprising is that all these different cities, on different continents, with different histories and geographical constraints, lead finally to the same structure.”
• The Avengers: Arc Reactors and NYC Zoning Laws
  The only thing that can really defeat a superhero? Inflexible urban planning.
• Think you're deft with vinyl?
  Think again.
• Who Killed Men's Hats? Think Of A Three Letter Word Beginning With 'I'
  The automobile ruined a lot of things, but this is simply fascinating.
• WWII fighter plane hailed the 'aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun's Tomb' found preserved in the Sahara
  Holy crap.
• Anatomy of a Mashup: Definitive Daft Punk visualised
  I wish Ableton would export something like this to HTML5 by default.
• When In Chicago
  The Portillo's one is dead on.
• Surely there's a smarter approach to smart cities?
  "It's not just about making data public; it's also about the public making data."
• The Bloomingdale Line | Forgotten Chicago
  Terry Banich goes deep on our favorite ghost rail line.