June 2010
50 posts
Phil Jackson: The Lubricating Oil →
Phil Jackson never saw a movie until his senior year in high school. TV? His family didn’t own one. Dancing? Not allowed. For a while he thought he’d follow his parents, both Assemblies of God…
Make a DIY Flower-Pot Smoker [DIY] →
There are few things in this world as great as slow-cooked, smoked meat, but popular smokers can cost hundreds of dollars. Luckily, you can build your own with just a few flower…
x marks the spot →
…in the sky. Seen from Gerrard and Parliament.
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Ochi Chernye (Dark Eyes) →
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Los Rockin Devils Satisfecho Cover de Rolling... →
Can’t get me no … aww no no no!
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Those Were The Days →
Those were the days my friend, we’d thought they’d never end!
'Dippin' In My Tesla' is the best rap song ever... →
Don’t bother reading this text, just listen to the intensely awful hip-hop ode to an electric car. Elon Musk, where you at!? Continue reading ‘Dippin’ In My Tesla’ is the best rap…
Brain stem hidden in Sistine Chapel painting? →
Neuroscientists studying Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling suggest that the artist worked a depiction of the human brainstem into the neck of God in the painting “Separation of Light…
6 Super Close-Ups of Crazy Bug Eyes →
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They may not seem like creatures worth admiring when they are buzzing around your…
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The Kills Cover "Pale Blue Eyes" →
Alison Mosshart has found some time in her busy schedule touring with the Dead Weather and recording the next Kills album to lay down a version of Velvet Underground classic “Pale Blue Eyes”…
Inouye Sworn In as President Pro Tem →
The death of Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia puts Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii in line to take on the mainly ceremonial position.
Music animation machine →
Anyone can listen to music, but how can you see it? The Music Animation Machine plays music (ancient MIDI files) and displays it in real-time. On the vertical are notes and time runs on the…
Song of the Day: Dr. Dog - Shadow People →
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased…
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Jesus in a galactic tortilla? Cloud of material... →
Above, new imagery from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE): the red-colored thingie in the middle might be visually interpreted as a blood-red jellyfish or a pair of lips,…
Gratuitous Dancing Baby Video →
Must be something in the water in Brazil. What is it with all the weird baby videos we see from that part of the world? Here’s another, spotted by Tara McGinley at Dangerous Minds.
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Frank Gehry designs brain research center in Vegas →
Frank Gehry’s latest project is the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, where people research degenerative brain diseases. I like how the crazy contours and irregularities are…
How energy actually gets used →
This graph is the clearest visualization of our energy economy that I’ve seen (click for a larger version): That graph comes by way of Keith Hennessey, who observes that “when battery…
Skullcaps: The Pope’s vs. a Rabbi’s – What’s the... →
Cardinals wear red ones. The Pope wears a white one. Rabbis often wear black ones. What’s the difference?
Well, in this case, form does not follow function. Let’s start with rabbis. Theirs…
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Seattle U study finds that Broadway farmers market... →
Do you limit your shopping at the Broadway Farmers Market because you think the prices are too high? This just-released study by Seattle University’s Albers School of Business students…
Hubble Finds Jupiter’s Missing Stripe →
New Hubble images reveal what happened to one of Jupiter’s main cloud belts: It’s hiding behind ammonia clouds.
“Weather forecast for Jupiter’s Southern Equatorial Belt: cloudy with a…
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David Byrne: The Venue Makes the Music / Creation... →
TED has published video of a presentation by David Byrne at this year’s edition of the event. Byrne explains,
My talk (it wasn’t a musical performance) was based on the idea that the…
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“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill
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22 Fictional Characters Whose Names You Don’t Know →
You know the characters, but you might not know their full names. Store these away for future trivia nights.
1. Did you know the Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons has a name? It’s Jeff…
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“Yep, it appears your email is broken.”
– Isomedia call center support technician
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How Do You Listen to Music? →
When was the last time you sat down in front of a stereo — especially a real stereo, not just an iPod dock with the speakers six inches apart — and did nothing but listen to music? When…
Fine art "pie-packed" →
Mike sez, “Mario Klingemann is analyzing colors within famous artwork, and then recreating the artwork with the data from the original image.”
Shown here, Starry Night.
The Starry Night…
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Data Life of the Future →
It’s fun to imagine the future. Every few months, someone takes a stab with a concept video or a proof of concept prototype, providing a glimpse into human-computer interaction and data…
Noise Pollution Could Frustrate Fish →
After years of growing concern about the effects of marine noise on whales, scientists are finally asking what noise could do to fish. Whether they’re harmed isn’t yet known, but it’s…
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“Inches make champions.”
– Vince Lombardi
Ewok song karaoke →
It’s not a karaoke party until someone sings the Ewok celebration song: yub-nub!
May the schwartz be with you: Ewok Karaoke (via Digg)
Bilingual Ewok lyrics
Treetop Ewok…
Strange Geographies: Venetian Graffiti →
One thing that surprised me about Venice was that graffiti was everywhere. There’s almost as much art on the streets as there was in churches and museums, which might be because Venice is a city of…
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