June 2009
“June 1, 1849: Stanley Twins Steam Into History”
– June 1, 1849: Stanley Twins Steam Into History | This Day In Tech | Wired.com
Time-Lapse Videos of Massive Change on Earth |... →
Over the past decade, the number of people on Earth shot up by more than 13 percent, to nearly 6.8 billion people. To make room for all the hungry, breeding, CO2-emitting bodies on our small planet, we’ve ravaged Earth’s surface with staggering feats of deforestation, irrigation and urbanization — and NASA satellites have captured it all. Here are a few videos, compiled from images posted...
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The Making of Zach Galifianakis →
energyface: “Zach has a darkness,” Silverman agrees. “But at the same time he’s mostly silly. We were standing backstage at a club in L.A., U.C.B., that shares a hallway with a restaurant called Birds. On the door that goes into the restaurant, it says ‘Birds employees only,’ and Zach just took his pen and put a comma after ‘Birds,’ so it said, ‘Birds, employees only,’ as if they were telling...
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Haruo Suekichi: The Steampunk Watchmaker
What a beauty! Looks like an accessory out of the Steamboy anime — except that it’s real and a watch you can (theoretically) wear! Crafted by Haruo Suekichi to beam you in an alternative time.
For close to thirteen years, Haruo Suekichi has been investing hours upon hours every day to develop watches with a Steampunkflair. Reminiscent of Jules Verne and influenced by manga,...
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Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
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“Police cars everywhere in the Malasaña district. It was surrounded not precisely...”
– Wooster Collective: “A lot of Policeman for so few people”
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Hulu - Labs: Hulu Desktop →
Hulu Desktop is a lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer. It features a sleek new look that’s optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to navigate Hulu’s entire library with just six buttons. For users without remotes, the application is keyboard and mouse-enabled. Hulu Desktop is a downloadable...
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listening to "Me and My Crazy World - Lost Boyz" →
Lost Boyz – Me and My Crazy World: One of the best albums to come out in ‘97. Yeah I’m old.
listening to "Slow Motion - Juvenile" →
When I use to volunteer at a retirement home I would have headphones on and watch the older women move while I listened to this song—f’real.
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Amazon.com: Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, Available in... →
Each and every one of you should read the comments for this Amazon dot com item. This one in particular really grabbed me:
“This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that’s when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the...
“In an attempt to keep up appearances, celebrity jewelers say rappers are asking...”
– NPR: Bling Goes Cubic Zirconia
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Scott Wayne Indiana's Memory Lane In Central Park
From our friend Scott Wayne Indiana:
“Last year I spent a day in my hometown of Keizer, Oregon. Driving through the neighborhoods brought extremely specific memories to the surface. Curiously reflecting on that day, I decided to draw (with masking tape) a floorplan to scale of my childhood home to see what memories would reveal themselves to me. I chose a location in Central Park...
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Post No Bills, Post Pretty ART: An Urban...
As the impact of the current downturn in the global economy worsens, and more and more storefronts are being abandoned and boarded up, we expect to see more street art urban regeneration projects like ‘Post No Bills, Post Pretty ART’ in in downtown Edmonton, AB.
A group of local artists in Edmonton are encouraging other artists (local or international) to put up their work...
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