Saturday Linkages: Controversy Edition

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Gardening
Homegrown polenta? Floriani corn plants deliver ‘amazing flavor’ http://fw.to/2ju3QtE

The High Line in Person by Susan Harris http://gardenrant.com/2013/08/the-high-line-in-person.html?utm_source=feedly …

Knocked Out—and not in a good way by James Roush http://gardenrant.com/2013/08/knocked-out-and-not-in-a-good-way.html?utm_source=feedly …

Hackin’
Open Tech Forever: permaculture/open tech startup: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/21/open-tech-forever-permacultur.html …

MIT Has Had a Secret Pirate Program This Whole Time http://www.themarysue.com/mit-pirate-program/ …

Things All Scouts Should Know: 16 Camping and Life Hacks from 1911 http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/08/20/things-all-scouts-should-know-16-camping-and-life-hacks-from-1911/

Hyping
Don’t Believe the Hype(rloop) http://thebillfold.com/2013/08/dont-believe-the-hyperloop/ …

Anonymous funeral director explains the big con behind the industry, coffins, and embalming http://boingboing.net/2013/08/19/anonymous-funeral-director-exp.html …

On the Phenomenon of Bulls**t Jobs http://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ 

The water sommelier of Los Angeles: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/20/the-water-sommelier-of-los-ang.html …