Inside a polaroid factory...

An interesting article which touches on the roots of the Occupy Wall Street protests: (via Cynical C/Metafilter)

I find this final point striking. About a year ago I was in St. Louis with my wife and young son, visiting friends. ... Wandering upriver, we passed into a half-abandoned industrial strip, then found ourselves in a small tent city. ...This was a middle-class homeless camp. They had jobs, they had families, they had gear and supplies, but they didn’t have houses any more, and they didn’t want anyone to know.

This is what Occupy puts in front of America: An increasing number of middle-class Americans are finding themselves obliged to tent it on borrowed land, and they’re ashamed, and they are hiding off along the edges. By Occupying, these protestors bring to our city centers the thing that’s been gathering on the periphery, a vision not of What’s Coming, but What’s Already Here.

Fascinating history of Maple Syrup, and why "Grade B" isn't lower quality than "Grade A" (via Making Light)

(via Making Light's Particles via Anne Gwin via Barcode Parade)