That’s it I’m dedicating my run this year to Kathrine Switzer.In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after Switzer shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” However, Switzer’s boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield during the entire marathon.The photographs taken of the incident made world headlines, and Kathrine later won the NYC marathon with a time of 3:07:29. [Wiki]
Awesome women in history.
(via disconnectedreality)
A Town Gets the Green Carpet Treatment
To create the Tapis Rouge! installation in the French village of Jaujac, the public art collective Gaëlle Villedary rolled out 1,400 feet of turf grass rollers to create a snaking path of organic matter cutting through streets of asphalt, cement, and stone. According to Landezine, the meandering carpet was installed in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Jaujac’s arts and nature trail programs.
Read more at The Atlantic Cities
Kids! Secretly spy over walls and around corners without anyone seeing you!
Batman cereal prizes circa 1966 :: scanned from Chip Kidd’s Batman Collected :: Little, Brown & Company :: 1996
TED talk of the day: Avi Rubin “All your devices can be hacked”
Professor Avi Rubin specializes in Computer Security. In this TED Talk he reminds us that if a device runs software, it can be hacked – anything from a pacemaker to a car.
Fire drills, tornado drills, I-just-hate-everybody-today drills.
(via fennecandfool)
Another couple of test shots for my SDA.

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In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after Switzer shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” However, Switzer’s boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield during the entire marathon.The photographs taken of the incident made world headlines, and Kathrine later won the NYC marathon with a time of 3:07:29. [Wiki]
Awesome women in history.
That’s it I’m dedicating my run this year to Kathrine Switzer.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zd9hIlaP1qzr6ooo1_500.jpg)


