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photo Pittsburgh has a surprising amount of awesome, public art (including a series of murals by Shepard Fairey). What’s your favorite?

Pittsburgh has a surprising amount of awesome, public art (including a series of murals by Shepard Fairey). What’s your favorite?

1 week ago

November 24, 2009
photo Sarah Palin meets Sarah Palin.

1 week ago

November 24, 2009
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November 22, 2009
photo Photograph of a helicopter landing at night in Afghanistan undergoing the Kopp-Etchells Effect. Friction caused by the metal blades moving through the air and dust causes static electricity, and creates the haunting light show seen above. The phenomenon has been named in honor of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan, but the underlying effect may be related to the triboelectric effect.

Photograph of a helicopter landing at night in Afghanistan undergoing the Kopp-Etchells Effect. Friction caused by the metal blades moving through the air and dust causes static electricity, and creates the haunting light show seen above. The phenomenon has been named in honor of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan, but the underlying effect may be related to the triboelectric effect.

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November 21, 2009
photo Twitter is crack cocaine: Fucking ANYONE is your friend. Yuppies do it on their iPhone. Cheap. Short. Fruitless.
Patrick Moberg’s Internet Vices. (previously)

Twitter is crack cocaine: Fucking ANYONE is your friend. Yuppies do it on their iPhone. Cheap. Short. Fruitless.

Patrick Moberg’s Internet Vices. (previously)

2 weeks ago

November 21, 2009
photo Patrick Moberg’s Lessons from a Dog. Lesson 3: “Always be curious about the world around you, especially when new people come into it.” Oh. Em. Gee! My heart just exploded!

Patrick Moberg’s Lessons from a Dog. Lesson 3: “Always be curious about the world around you, especially when new people come into it.” Oh. Em. Gee! My heart just exploded!

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November 20, 2009
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Chris Garneau’s El Radio has been out for awhile now, but finally the wonderful single “Fireflies” (previously) has an accompanying, and equally wonderful, music video. “If Link made music, this is what it would sound like.”

2 weeks ago

November 20, 2009
photo Money Hats from Make. More here.

Money Hats from Make. More here.

2 weeks ago

November 20, 2009
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SPIEGEL: You include a nice list by the French philosopher Roland Barthes in your new book, “The Vertigo of Lists.” He lists the things he loves and the things he doesn’t love. He loves salad, cinnamon, cheese and spices. He doesn’t love bikers, women in long pants, geraniums, strawberries and the harpsichord. What about you?

Eco: I would be a fool to answer that; it would mean pinning myself down. I was fascinated with Stendhal at 13 and with Thomas Mann at 15 and, at 16, I loved Chopin. Then I spent my life getting to know the rest. Right now, Chopin is at the very top once again. If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you’re an idiot.

Der Spiegel interviews Umberto Eco on the eve of his new exhibition at the Louvre.

2 weeks ago

November 20, 2009
video

Google releases Chrome OS. Looks interesting, but when will I have time to make my sandwiches now?

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November 20, 2009
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The King Khan & BBQ Show - “Tastebuds”, from their new album Invisible Girls.

Such a dirty, dirty, awesome song. I’d say NSFW, but that seems like such an understatement.

2 weeks ago

November 20, 2009
photo People talking on bananas. Dot com.

People talking on bananas. Dot com.

2 weeks ago

November 19, 2009
photo And other bits of bio-diversity at Abstract City.

2 weeks ago

November 19, 2009
photo Scott Beale at Laughing Squid was invited to a NASA tweetup to watch the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch, and he thought wouldn’t it be great to throw up some pictures from the event? Cosmic Variance was invited, too.

Scott Beale at Laughing Squid was invited to a NASA tweetup to watch the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch, and he thought wouldn’t it be great to throw up some pictures from the event? Cosmic Variance was invited, too.

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November 18, 2009
photo I’ve seen more guts in ten-year-old kids.

At the end of our interview, I ask young Will a question that might be a civics test nightmare for your average 10-year-old. Will’s answer, though, is good enough — simple enough, true enough — to give me a little rush of goose pimples.  What does being an American mean?
“Freedom of speech,” Will says, without even stopping to think. “The freedom to disagree. That’s what I think pretty much being an American represents.”

I’ve seen more guts in ten-year-old kids.

At the end of our interview, I ask young Will a question that might be a civics test nightmare for your average 10-year-old. Will’s answer, though, is good enough — simple enough, true enough — to give me a little rush of goose pimples.  What does being an American mean?

“Freedom of speech,” Will says, without even stopping to think. “The freedom to disagree. That’s what I think pretty much being an American represents.”

2 weeks ago

November 18, 2009
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