ACME Science Flickr Tweets follow me Tumblr (3.0; @samuelhansen)http://blog.samuelhansen.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzv9z1SeeP1qzgdzuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Waiting at the Syracuse Greyhound terminal, nearly 11 hours in. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/18149484850http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/18149484850Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:18:36 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzhx807M4y1qzgdzuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I do not know what brought Alice to such a fate, not to mention the poor White Rabbit, but I am glad that <a href="http://www.thomasczarnecki.com/">Thomas Czarnecki</a> captured it for eternity.(<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098046/Disney-heroines-meet-demise-photographer-Thomas-Czarneckis-fairytale-endings.html">Click through</a> for more scene’s of doom featuring Disney Princesses)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/18143645251http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/18143645251Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:31:05 -0500<iframe src="http://www.nowness.com/media/embedvideo?itemid=1700&issueid=1736" width="500px" height="315px" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>“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.”</p> </blockquote> <p>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 of this very consciously, because I can, and do, own sound. I had never really thought of not being able to own sound, I was born with the ability, so it is amazing to watch someone who was not figure out their own way to own sound.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.nowness.com/day/2011/11/9/1700/todd-selby-x-christine-sun-kim">NOWNESS</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/18084860651http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/18084860651Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:30:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfwhp5MBk1qzgdzuo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfwhp5MBk1qzgdzuo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfwhp5MBk1qzgdzuo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfwhp5MBk1qzgdzuo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfwhp5MBk1qzgdzuo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Pictures of a teenage gang from Brooklyn in 1959, photos by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Davidson_(photographer)">Bruce Davidson</a>.</p> <p>The membership looks a bit different from today’s gangs, as do the locations, but the disaffectedness and sense of being the puzzle piece that just doesn’t fit seem to be just about the same.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.retronaut.co/2010/06/the-jokers-1959/">retronaut</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/18024454152http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/18024454152Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:31:05 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0gjreHt0tRI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wnyc.tumblr.com/post/13787485008/bobby-mcferrin-plays-the-audience-must-watch">wnyc</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Bobby McFerrin plays the audience. Must watch.</p> <p>(and that looks like our John Schaefer seated on the left!)</p> <p>-Jody, BL Show-</p> </blockquote> <p>Bobby McFerrin is one of the greatest.</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17964557392http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17964557392Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:30:06 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/9880377" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Werner Herzog on Chickens (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/9880377">Tom Streithorst</a>)</p> <p>What??????</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17900644059http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17900644059Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:30:05 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iLBRgLQ4bEA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I remember when the <a href="http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4182102/">GANGSTAGRASS mashup</a> was released, I must have listened to it 10 times through before any other music came close to having a chance of getting played. I mean how can anything that combines bluegrass and rap be anything but one of the best things ever? Well, GANGSTAGRASS has now gone from being a mashup to <a href="http://gangstagrass.com">being a seriously good musical act</a>, and they now <a href="http://www.renchaudio.com/releases/shoot-dem">have an album available</a>. Check out the video for their debut single.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/ganstagrass-world-premiere-of.html">boingboing</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17839494479http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17839494479Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:32:06 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0PlwDbSYicM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I have never cared about Superman, he just does not seem like an interesting character to me. I knew that DC had killed him off in the early 90s, only to have him come back, but I knew nothing about the story. Now I know the story and I believe 100% that this video was a significantly better use of my time than reading the books. Also, there is a Hardwick face palm, and a Hardwick double face palm.</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17779445627http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17779445627Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:30:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hmzPWK6FVLo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Welcome to the new real world, where images can be what ever you want them to be even if you can’t use photoshop.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blogland/2012/feb/01/krulwich-wonders-whose-fingers-are-victorias-secret-models-shoulder/">Krulwich Wonders</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17723488230http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17723488230Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:30:06 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34381687" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><div> <p>Amazing video created out of stills of Brighton by Caleb Yule. Beautiful, touching, and wonderful.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://publicradiointernational.tumblr.com/post/17156526122/john-nedhepburn-sniffyjenkins-this-is">PRI</a>)</p> </div>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17669245855http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17669245855Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:30:05 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35870502?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Wes Anderson Overhead Shots!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/02/01/_wes_anderson_from_above_watch_a_supercut_of_wes_anderson_overhead_shots.html?wpisrc=twitter_socialflow">slate</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17618276073http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17618276073Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:30:05 -0500<a href="http://vimeo.com/34801325">Martha on Vimeo</a>: <p>Uh, sorry?</p> <p>From the description</p> <blockquote> <p><span>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.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/16590034442/its-tough-being-the-last-surviving-member-of-your">Radiolab</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17564260055http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17564260055Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:30:05 -0500“IN THE EVENT OF MOON DISASTER: <br/> Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. <br/> These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice. <br/> These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding. They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown. <br/> In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man. <br/> In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood. <br/> Others will follow and surely find their way home. Man’s search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts. <br/> For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>I am so glad that this speech never had to be given.</p> <p><a href="http://io9.com/5880226/read-the-speech-nixon-prepared-in-case-the-apollo-11-astronauts-died-on-the-moon">Read the speech Nixon prepared in case the Apollo 11 astronauts died on the moon(via io9)</a></p></em>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17506717221http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17506717221Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:31:05 -0500<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7ezeYJUz-84?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I have been a Star Wars fanboy since I first saw the films, and no matter how poorly George Lucas continues to treat me I will continue to be a Star Wars fanboy. It turns out that I am not alone. I had heard about the Uncut project a while ago and boy am I ever happy that it exists. </p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17443287981http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17443287981Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:30:06 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uGi_r9xlvqE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This video, made as an add for <a href="http://socialmediaweek.org/">Social media Week</a>, is a great look at exactly how all of us are going to act when we are elderly. I am actually looking forward to being able to tell young whippersnappers about my days as the most prolific mathematical podcaster in the world.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/02/09/video-when-hip-young-technoph.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29">boingboing</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17383864113http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17383864113Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:30:05 -0500“Martin is a digital fixer. He wants me to call him a “mercenary hacker,” although “renegade IT guy” probably better represents his skillset. Through a long history of hanging out with hackers, selling surveillance gear, and laboring on the fringes of the tech industry, Martin has developed a combination of technical skill and lack of scruples that makes him perfect for dirty jobs involving electronics. Many of Martin’s clients are what he refers to, reverently, as “HNIs”: High Net-worth Individuals. They’re ambitious, wealthy New Yorkers for whom the Internet has amplified the status anxiety that has always haunted the kind of person who might be flattered by the label High Net-worth Individuals. A lot of what Martin does is sort of blackhat online reputation management. His HNIs want someone to burnish their online image by any means necessary, to game the algorithms and stats of the web like a skilled publicist greases reporters in the real world.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Fascinating story, never thought that rich people would need to hire people to fix their Google results but if you have the money…</p> <p><a href="http://gawker.com/5878862">The Mercenary Techie Who Troubleshoots for Drug Dealers and Jealous Lovers</a></p></em>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17330454017http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17330454017Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:06 -0500“Boing Boing: You’ve voted for a satirical political candidate. …<br/> Kottke.org: You read all the liner notes, even if you bought the album as mp3s.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>So this is what my favorite blogs say about me, why don’t you check out what yours say.</p> <p><a href="http://slacktory.com/2012/01/what-your-favorite-blog-says-about-you/">What Your Favorite Blog Says About You | Slacktory | This seems legit.</a></p></em>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17276358509http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17276358509Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:30:05 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Py_IndUbcxc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Where are we from?”</p> <p>“The Dark Side of the Moon”</p> <p>“And?”</p> <p>“We come in peace!”</p> <p>…</p> <p>“Who are these guys anyway?”</p> <p>“Nazis…from the moon”</p> <p>This is going to be the movie of 2012, I am declaring it right now.</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17275109899http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17275109899Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:13 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2zldlIpY1qzgdzuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wonderful chart about the band choking victim (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17265913353http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17265913353Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:41:37 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KB53H3-qOWk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I know that a lot of Hollywood insiders are reading this and all I have is one simple request, please option this right now and get me a full length movie by the beginning of next year(Aaron Sims, the director, <a href="http://filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2012/01/exclusive-aaron-sims-talks-about-film.html">says he is already working on it</a> so now you just need to give him some funding). Thank you.</p>http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17221979143http://blog.samuelhansen.com/post/17221979143Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:05 -0500