March 2010
42 posts
Criggo is a new favorite of mine. →
WatchA weird video on Japan factoids.
WatchMesmerizing.
“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy...”
– Samuel Butler
“Cain was marked, and so they drove him out, everywhere he tried to rest, they...”
– Tony Kushner; Hombody / Kabul
WHAT a website! →
Radical Cartography: more cool maps →
Fine lines
between:
integration & infiltration
rival & enemy
confidence & arrogance
abstraction & absurdity
Movie review!
Bronson receives a composite C+:
Plot: C-
Script: C-
Cinematography: B
Acting: C-
WatchWhat a gorgeous and completely creepy premise for Saudi Arabia to use for an #advertisement.
WatchThe camerawork is as impressive, if not more impressive, as the skating.
WatchTimelapse of the night sky. Quick but beautiful.
WatchWell that was quite pretty.
WatchThe Office was told from the point-of-view of the copy machine.
Another way to play with computer algorithms →
The 4th R?
Remember the 3 R’s of elementary education?
Reading
Writing
Arithmetic
The three pillars are generally attributed to Sir William Curtis, who stated them in a toast in 1825.
Almost 200 years later, I think it’s time we expand the educational triad to a fourth skill imperative to everyone that passes through the educational system:
Retrieval
According to The Economist,...
This is Sand →
BEST quotation from #Van2010
U.S. snowboarder Graham Watanabe:
“Try to imagine Pegasus mating with a unicorn and the creature that they birth. I somehow tame it and ride it into the sky in the clouds and sunshine and rainbows. That’s what it feels like.”
Source.
WatchThe state of the Internet. (With a bit of history, really.)