When this came out I must have watched it ten times. Thought of it again today out of the blue. What a great short film:
Author: resilience
The trade-offs of trading up
This past week alone, two pals of mine, who have historically resisted change, have traded their old-school cell phones (of the Symbian variety) for next-gen SmartPhones. One, an Android, the other, an iPhone. Upon getting home and beginning to introduce themselves to a new paradigm in communication technologies, each contacted me separately to ask what…
It’s true. Our brains aren’t awesome light meters.
via Strobist: My brain is still a little scrambled by the fact that what looks like a shadow in the checkerboard isn’t actually a shadow. It’s a tone.
Plain Gold Ring
Kimbra picks up where Nina Simone left off?
Tin Foil
Andrew Bird does Tin Foil even better than the Handsome Family: Late New Years Eve paper hat on your head It was hard to believe that you’d ever be dead And that dream that you’re falling you’ve had since you’re five Is a bird on your shoulder that whispers goodbye What is moving will be…
Give yourself a present [Part III]
Harry, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it, don’t wait for it, just…let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men’s store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee.
Dr. Walter Soboleff
This piece speaks for itself:
Honey, it really works, honey.
Since becoming a grown-up, there are many things about childhood I remember fondly but one of them I was happy to forget about forever and wasn’t anticipating having to deal with again: allergies. For my entire adult life I was allergy-free living in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. . In Chicago, I have tried over-the-counter…
Improvised Deconstruction
A few clicks is all it takes The kooks you don’t love me From the bottom of my heart from the wasteland you’ve got everything going to plan man De-de-duh-duh-duh-duh-de-de-duh-duh
Where We Are – Probably
This is the sum total of everything we think we know about the Universe.
The blog is back
After a couple of years of just letting Twitter dump schwack into it, only human-considered and hand-written articles will be once again posted into this thing. It’s good to be back to something that is only rarely considered nowadays amidst all the cross-posted, scheduled, or otherwise automated tools. Perhaps, one day our children will revert…
#radiopotluck is movin’ this a…
#radiopotluck is movin’ this a.m.
“while you see a chance, take …
“while you see a chance, take it” – Steve Winwood #word
Werner Herzog spends an evenin…
Werner Herzog spends an evening in conversation http://cultr.me/fEbdzp via @openculture
likes Wild Is the Wind by Cat …
likes Wild Is the Wind by Cat Power on Ping http://t.co/jH5kefs #iTunes
we took Dad and Mom for a spin…
we took Dad and Mom for a spin on the Merry-Go-Round #weee http://yfrog.com/gymtcahj
#lamontange God Willin’ and th…
#lamontange God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise: http://youtu.be/jVUL6KI8INs
saying “God willing and the …
saying “God willing and the Creek don’t rise†is the American equivalent of “enshallah”
saying “God willing and the …
saying “God willing and the Creek don’t rise†is hoping to achieve a goal as long as other forces out of our control don’t prevent it
next onsite project is in #Nak…
next onsite project is in #Naknek #Alaska in a week or so: http://bit.ly/dT13aM
RT @savasavasava: bothers me t…
RT @savasavasava: bothers me there’s still divide btween quantitative & qualitative but nice that we’re accepting they can be used together
#greatscott just found letter …
#greatscott just found letter confirming my first film contribution to the #LibraryofCongress but i guess theyre keeping this tweet too ; )