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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Palo Alto Urban Petroglyph Project

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Palo Alto Urban Petroglyph Project
These petroglyphs were all photographed from one particular road in and near Palo Alto, CA. It seems that the roadworkers had some good fun–or a tradition, of laying down their extra tar. Enjoy.”
I hope they actually ask what these are all about! (via anthrodesign)
- Anne

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Operation Silhouette: delegating governance

Friday, June 6, 2008

The Vancouver Sun reports that the city’s police are now using cardboard cops with radar guns to get drivers to slow down:
‘There may or may not be a police officer behind one of these cut-outs,’ Vancouver police traffic Staff Sgt. Ralph Pauw said at a news conference. Police will erect several on poles at the [...]

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Monday, June 2, 2008

North Oaks tells Google Maps: Keep out – we mean it
The city of 4,500 residents has demanded that Google Maps remove images of North Oaks homes from the website’s Street View feature, where any Internet user can glimpse a home from the nearest road.North Oaks’ unique situation, in which the roads are privately owned by [...]

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