• Sweat and glow: One gym’s started using the energy generated by stairmasters and crosstraining machines to power the building’s lighting system. (via 3quarksdaily)
• Millstone and obfuscation: Coffee Habitat gets a sample of Millstone’s rainforest coffee — and goes into a helluva lot of trouble trying to research Millstone’s obscure claims to ethical practices before finally giving up.



• Car upholstery and vintage purses: Some pretty recycling work here. (via LA Weekly)
• Russia and expired visas: “If you don’t come up with the cash, you’re not going home,” says the Russian consul to this LA Weekly writer who can’t get the Russian ATMs to spit out the $50 to pay the consul fee so he can go home.

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