Literary Hack

(via Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel | Video on TED.com) -...

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:20:01 -0400

(via Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel | Video on TED.com) - via @gruber. This really is a great presentation.

Interesting - the movie Toy Story 2 was almost lost due to a...

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:11:41 -0400

Interesting - the movie Toy Story 2 was almost lost due to a mis-typed command and bad backups.

Pixar studio stories - The movie vanishes (full) (by pixarsuperfan10)

Ashima’s Ascent - Video Library - The New York Times

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:56:52 -0400

Ashima’s Ascent - Video Library - The New York Times:

This 11-year-old climber is just great. So impressive.

GoPro HD: Kirby Chambliss Epic Flight (by GoProCamera)

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:23:58 -0400

GoPro HD: Kirby Chambliss Epic Flight (by GoProCamera)

"Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you..."

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:46:58 -0400

“Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke ‘em down to nothing.”

- Tom Waits (via cardboardantlers)

"But there is something in his character that I am starting to get frightened about, an..."

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:39:07 -0400

“But there is something in his character that I am starting to get frightened about, an unwillingness, or an inability, to feel remorse, to simply own up to a moral failing, to apologize not just if “somebody was hurt” but because you know, deep down, that you hurt someone.”

- THE WEEK IN GREED #6: To Behave Like The Fallen World - The Rumpus.net

"The ideal memorial is written from distance, a generous calculation of merit that proceeds honorably..."

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:44:25 -0400

“The ideal memorial is written from distance, a generous calculation of merit that proceeds honorably without abandoning accuracy. I have to apologize right now for being unable to give you that—Adam Yauch was a part of my childhood, an ambassador to America from our New York, which is now gone, as is he.”

- Postscript: Adam Yauch - Sasha Frere-Jones on Adam Yauch.

What a clever idea for an iPhone app: LalaLunchbox gets kids to...

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:20:52 -0400

What a clever idea for an iPhone app: LalaLunchbox gets kids to plan their own lunches.

Henry Rollins - Young Person (by AJ salas)

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:43:25 -0400

Henry Rollins - Young Person (by AJ salas)

"The Kashi brand is owned by Kellogg Company, one of the largest breakfast cereal makers in the..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:08:08 -0400

“The Kashi brand is owned by Kellogg Company, one of the largest breakfast cereal makers in the world. The ownership base of Kashi is still not widely recognized or common knowledge, especially since the Kashi website continues to paint a picture of being a small company. Investigations into Kashi cereals show deceiving claims after their breakfast products were found to be riddled with genetically modified (GM) and pesticide loaded ingredients.”

- As Dave Pell put it, Even Kashi is a lie. Kashi Cereal Scandal | Om Malik

Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off | The Verge

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:06:20 -0400

Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off | The Verge:

Quite thorough overview of the bigger players in file syncing & storage. Personally I use a mix between Dropbox and Insync. Works great.

"The ethos of Mozilla and how we started was all community based,” says Zeier. “There’s very little..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:59:26 -0400

“The ethos of Mozilla and how we started was all community based,” says Zeier. “There’s very little that we do that’s behind closed-doors. So I don’t think doing a data center and talking about it was a weird thing.”

- Mozilla Opens Doors On New $3 Million Datacenter | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Um, WOW. (via A Massive Field of 200,000 Clay Figures - My...

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:55:07 -0400

Um, WOW. (via A Massive Field of 200,000 Clay Figures - My Modern Metropolis)

LogoLounge.com Article - 2012 Logo Trends

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:10:11 -0400

LogoLounge.com Article - 2012 Logo Trends

(via Glass Floored Bathroom Built Directly over an Empty...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:07:15 -0400

(via Glass Floored Bathroom Built Directly over an Empty Elevator Shaft)

"Contrary to popular belief, the wrinkle-effect on our fingers may not be caused by water absorption...."

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:19:49 -0400

“Contrary to popular belief, the wrinkle-effect on our fingers may not be caused by water absorption. Instead, pruney fingers may be a valuable adaptation that allows us to grip objects when it is wet. Mark Changizi, an evolutionary neurobiologist at 2AI Labs in Idaho, US, compares our fingertips to the tires of a car, and suggests that the wrinkles may act like rain treads, creating channels that allow water to drain away when our fingers are pressed against a wet surface.”

- MIND BLOWN. Why do fingers wrinkle when they get wet? | Science Illustrated

The rule of thirds (by dgray_xplane)

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:16:25 -0400

The rule of thirds (by dgray_xplane)

Radio Time Machine

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:10:19 -0400

Radio Time Machine:

So fun.

I really need to watch Extras, don’t...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:52:26 -0400

I really need to watch Extras, don’t I?

merlin:

atencio:

This is still one of the funniest scenes in tv history.

No. Question.

This is…perfect.

ojpatterson: Maria Bamford. “Paula Deen”. Hilarious!

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:47:46 -0400

ojpatterson:

Maria Bamford. “Paula Deen”. Hilarious!