December 2010
90 posts
“If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away. What are we, anyway? Most of what we think we are is just a collection of likes and dislikes, habits, patterns. At the core of what we are is our values, and what decisions and actions we make reflect...
Bruce Sterling on Wikileaks:
The Wikileaks Cablegate scandal is the most exciting and interesting hacker scandal ever. I rather commonly write about such things, and I’m surrounded by online acquaintances who take a burning interest in every little jot and tittle of this ongoing saga. So it’s going to take me a while to explain why this highly newsworthy event fills me with such a chilly,...
“A world without metaphors would be like.” - beesening
WatchRobert Hodgin uses a Kinect to turn invisible, Predator-style. Also: cloning, typing+insanity.
WatchI have a crush on Carrie Brownstein.
“I write because I have to. It’s not chocolate. It’s not a choice.” - beesening
“7 words rendered meaningless by the past decade” (by beesening)
Friend.
Fact.
Genius.
Freedom.
Original.
Private.
Hope.
WatchThis video was created with a video camera mounted on the hood of a car and a mirror filter. (source: flickr)
“20 Untranslatable Words From Around the World” … an interesting read. For example:
iktsuarpok - (Inuit) to go outside to check if anyone is coming.
The origin of hiccups
Smithsonian.com:
The first air-breathing fish and amphibians extracted oxygen using gills when in the water and primitive lungs when on land—and to do so, they had to be able to close the glottis, or entryway to the lungs, when underwater. Importantly, the entryway (or glottis) to the lungs could be closed. When underwater, the animals pushed water past their gills while simultaneously pushing...
WatchA guy who enjoys wearing and lounging around in inflatable rubber. As a piece of film, this is absolutely genius.
WatchFellow Googler, chenalexander, has created this very cool music app. Now make it public and in JavaScript, Alex! :-D I bet it’d be awesome on iPad.
