March 2012
43 posts
Jesse Thorn Explains How to Make Your Thing →
Jesse Thorn is a hero of mine. I have been listening to his MaximumFun podcasts for years and they have had a rather profound impact on my life. I remember when I got to grad school to study mathematics and quickly realized that it was not what I had always dreamed that it would be. I remember trying to figure out what I should do, do I stay in school and just suck it up, do I drop out and go get...
February 2012
41 posts
I Always Wanted To Be Wes Anderson
dcpierson:
I’ve thought about Wes Anderson a lot lately.
I think there’s a trough, as your age becomes equidistant from Max Fischer and Steve Zissou, where it’s important that you act all better than Wes Anderson. At least, it seems to be an important rite of passage for most of my friends and contemporaries. It was probably most acute for people exactly my age (I’m twenty-seven) who were in...
http://www.thecleverest.com/content/attractors.swf →
Waste a few hours of your life with this super fun physics simulation.
The Bus
Yesterday I finished a 78 hour bus ride from Baltimore to Edmonton. It was only the 2nd Greyhound trip I have ever take, and it was more than 10 times longer than the first. During the trip I managed to listen to over 13 episodes of This American Life, 7 episodes of Bullseye, and 8 episode of the Pod F Tompkast. I also managed to suffer from severe ennui, boredom, flights of...
WatchThomas Edison may be a really hate-able character from modern history, but he did help make this 1894 video of cats boxing. I guess this is a case of the ends justifying the means in the end.
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“While growning up I constantly questioned the ownership of sound. People who have access to sound naturally own it and have a say in it. There were all these convention for what was proper sound.”
I live in a world were I not only own my sounds, but I also manipulate others. I record people’s voice and then using the wonders of modern technology I manipulate them. I do all...
Martha on Vimeo →
Uh, sorry?
From the description
This is an original music video from the song “Martha” in THE GREAT IMMENSITY, a new play and media project from investigative theater company The Civilians. The song is about a passenger pigeon named Martha and a golden lemur, both of whom were the last of their species alive before their extinction.
(via Radiolab)
“IN THE EVENT OF MOON DISASTER:
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the...”
– I am so glad that this speech never had to be given.
Read the speech Nixon prepared in case the Apollo 11 astronauts died on the moon(via io9)
“Martin is a digital fixer. He wants me to call him a “mercenary...”
– Fascinating story, never thought that rich people would need to hire people to fix their Google results but if you have the money…
The Mercenary Techie Who Troubleshoots for Drug Dealers and Jealous Lovers
“Boing Boing: You’ve voted for a satirical political candidate. …...”
– So this is what my favorite blogs say about me, why don’t you check out what yours say.
What Your Favorite Blog Says About You | Slacktory | This seems legit.
WatchSomeone pitch this to Lucas fast so that we can get this instead of the Return of the Jedi Special Edition 4.0.1.009.1 3D Director’s Cut.
For sure, the life metaphor has sparked... →
“For example, there are lots of reasons to go to a retail store. The shopper may...”
– The High Cost of Low Bandwidth - Bill Davidow - Technology - The Atlantic
Very cogent look at what the future may look like as we strip away the low bandwidth facade of today’s everyday life.
(via poptech)
