June 9, 2013
There’s something very intimate about these images, as you feel like you’re really up close to each person as they’re at their most vulnerable. What’s interesting is seeing how quickly the trains are moving, with the background blurring behind each set of closed eyes and nodding heads.
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June 5, 2013
Classic.
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June 3, 2013
Thomas Kuntz makes some pretty sweet automata, but the one that stands out for me is entitled Une Saison En Enfer. It features Paul Verlaine seated at a Parisian cafe, drinking absinthe and experiencing a series of ghostly encounters (one with the “Green Fairy,” naturally).
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June 1, 2013
“You have, in fact, already begun to die. You look great. Don’t get me wrong. And you are youth and beauty. You are at the physical peak. Your bodies have just gotten off the ski slope on the peak of growth, potential, and now comes the black diamond mogul run to the grave.”
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May 16, 2013
Originally posted on the National Mall and Memorial Parks Facebook page, this helmet cam video shows a group of construction works setting up scaffolding high atop the Washington Monument.
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May 14, 2013
In Frankfort, while visiting Bob and Julie… Liz and I got to see something pretty cool. Out in the backyard, Julie showed us a small patch of ground by one of her bushes. There was a small patch of ground that was pulsing a little, moving around every so often. I didn’t know what was going on, but Liz (with a lot of hesitation) started to peel back the ground a little bit… and this is what we saw:
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May 10, 2013
Looking forward to playing this thing when it finally gets released, and just started following the devs on Twitter. It sounds like there will be multiple platforms available, but my hunch is that it’ll be stellar on an iPad. Can’t wait.
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May 7, 2013
The details about how the FBI work to turn informants is a tricky bit of legal wrangling. Seeing this also reminds me of an excellent talk by Professor James Duane on why you should never talk to cops.
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May 5, 2013
Just happened to see that Cabin in the Woods is now available on Netflix Streaming. I’m really not a fan of horror movies in general, but I can’t recommend this one enough. Great writing, a quirky premise, and a really entertaining film.
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May 2, 2013
Oxyana is a documentary about Oceana, West Virginia. What once was a mining town has since turned into a city so inundated by the prescription drug Oxycontin that it’s now referred to as Oxyana.
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April 25, 2013
The Wheelharp is a keyboard instrument that lets you actually play up to 61 strings (that’s 5 octaves to you and me). Using a wheel to bow the strings, the device sounds a lot like a stringed instrument – letting you control the sound through things like the bowing speed, altering the pitch, and adjusting the volume through a dampening pedal.
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April 24, 2013
“I remember the feeling, the sense that we just really weren’t connected to anyone else’s reality. We were flying across the country, at a rate faster than anyone else was going for a constant time. So in a way, my view looking back now on it: I still can get back to that same feeling. I felt almost like we were hovering over the Earth, while we were driving. Whether it was a couple feet or a couple inches, it… there was a complete disconnect. “
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April 24, 2013
“I don’t race on weekends for trophies, I race because there is thrill in driving and satisfaction in winning. Going across country was no different to me.”
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April 24, 2013
In my research, I ended up finding a Google Talk that Alex gave back in 2008. I think it’s really worth watching, particularly if you’ve seen the documentary. As was the case in the documentary, I found Alex to be a highly charismatic, engaging person… and also a great public speaker. In his talk, he adds a lot of details that weren’t included in the film.
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April 22, 2013
Students at the University of Maryland are working on a human-powered helicopter, called Gamera II. Their goal is the AHS Igor I. Sikorsky prize – a $250,000 award, given under the conditions that a human-powered helicopter: hovers for one minute, achieves an altitude of 3 meters, and stays within a constrained box of 10 feet.
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