reminder

an excellent demonstration of
"correlation does not imply causation"

by Bloomberg Businessweek
(click the link to see more)

tribute

from the incomparable xkcd

demonstration of flocking behavior

murmuration

sadly, I keep flashing on prey (michael crichton) and cell (stephen king)

apparition

the dark nebula SH2 136 (photo courtesy NASA)

happy halloween

use of legos

white stripes_Michel Gondry from samuel danesi on Vimeo.

it bears repeating.

proof that god exists

photo of the Carina Nebula, courtesy of Geekology

this explains everything.

alternative use of livestock

who says you can't play with your food?



I hope they move on to fractals next

postus interruptus

I'll be posting infrequently in the coming months so I can focus on other projects. The most efficient way to follow this blog is to subscribe.

challenge

a film by metroamv, a 20-year-old student

created for the u@50 competition
sponsored by YouTube and AARP

point of view

images from a 2006 exhibit by adam simpson

he makes me smile.

anniversary

onitsuka tiger commemorated twenty years
of making shoes worth celebrating

with the creation of the electric light shoe


and a new collaboration with tokidoki

ZODIAC RACE
by mcmentalninja

shoes for industry, compadre

self-referential commentary

another fine comic from xkcd

'nuff said.

counterpoint

scientists have captured on film
the waterjet formed
when a stone is dropped into a pool of water

read the whole story at science daily

great ball of fire

bioephemera, just one of many terrific science blogs,

has a great post with amazing video of the sun here

I'll forego the pun about sunscreen

panic attack

iCal not your cuppa?

try the 2009 counterterrorism calendar

if you've got a second, check out the technical pages,
which provide helpful information on all things scary, including
anthrax, bomb radii, plastic explosives, ricin,
and ramadan.

and I thought checking your horoscope was irrational

intersection of life and culture

perhaps americans would be more taken with

public transportation if we followed japan's lead

and injected more whimsy into our public transportation

check out this archival post at pink tentacle
for more fun train art

truism

location, location, location

animalia,
an exhibit by mikel uribetxeberria

watch where you step

act of extortion

neko case has agreed to donate $5 to the
best friends animal society
for every blogger who posts her new song to their blog


“people got a lotta nerve”

at least it's aptly named

playlist

that's right, you're not from texas

a texas songwriters playlist on finetune
compiled by wbaillargeon

well worth the listen
(even if it doesn't include pontiac)

wikitruth

a dose of reality from xkcd,
a web comic of romance, sarcasm,
math, and language


maslow must be spinning in his grave

incongruity II

another inspired effort by monique motil

captured from a story in the San Francisco Chronicle
by Marta Costa about Chris Moore's use of Motil's creatures
as inspiration for characters in his book, A Dirty Job

b movie plot

the spread of walmart across the united states

to watch the drama unfold store by store, click here

just one of the many intriguing visual presentations of data
(some of which are not reminiscent of an epidemiological study)
at flowingdata.com

announcement

a couple of the totally wicked designs
at gigposters.com

showcasing the work of over 7,500 artists

advertising dates for over 90,000 bands

these posters courtesy methane studios

dwell doppelganger

maybe it's just the cabin fever talking

but I'm wondering how he got in my house


art by daniel arsham

means of ascent

stair porn has nothing but stairs.

never take the elevator.

roadtrip song

this one's for bill, because he is



goin' out west, by tom waits

if this song sounds familiar,
check out this scene from fight club

chronometer

a bubblewrap calendar


betcha can't pop just one

seasonal inspiration

(it was either this or christmas in heaven)

happy holidays.

diversion

who hasn't wanted to play god?

create a squid

if you happen across melvin, say hi for me.

backward glance

the big picture has a series of three photostreams

of the year 2008 in review here

here

and here

in case you missed it the first time around

suffusion of yellow

when you feel
you need some answers,,,


dirk gently's i ching calculator

as conceived by douglas adams in
the long dark tea-time of the soul

agenda

my powerpoint on the sprout controversy is VERY compelling

(image courtesy of found magazine)

gift redux

for all your action figure needs ...

Miracle Jesus comes with five loaves, two fishes,

and glow-in-the-dark hands

Marie Antoinette features head-popping action

and carl jung helps you figure out
why you want toys like this.

barbie is so yesterday.

gift

for the person who has everything

a place to put it

harry, a flexible wire organizer and
free-form holder of life's accoutrement

from formila

politically incorrect love note

another great find

from found magazine

means of getting from A to B

the rollerblade suit

buggyrollin has some nice video here and here ...
but you have to go get it.

double-takes

enervate
inflammable

got any more?

recapitulation

I couldn't put my finger on why I was so taken with lacucinalessi

by valcucine

until I ran across Frigidaire's Kitchen of Tomorrow, Today!

on io9 and boingboing

if you've got a few minutes to kill,

check out this promotional footage from the 50s

(now if I could just remember where I parked that flying car ...)

sound of one drive crashing

if you can hear this

hard drive crash tones

be afraid.

be very afraid.



today's anxiety attack was brought to you
courtesy DataCent Data Recovery

closer look

take a peek at this photostream on electron microscopy

courtesy of the big picture

(less is more)

marketing strategy

the yellow pages commissioned the construction

of a treehouse restaurant

to market the value of advertising in the yellow pages.

designed by pacific environments architects,
all materials and labor were sourced through the yellow pages.

totally cool old school.

self-actualization

shenanigan

a word that's so much fun
it inspires its own realization

flash in the hand

yakuza, designed by eetteekers


just one of the many way-cool flash drives
and accessories offered by mimobot

cure for the common cold (front)

the first storm of winter,
and a girl's thoughts turn to ...

desultory composition

frostily bloating
grimly, shrivelling fertile
mules emerge, burnt

(a haiku randomly
generated by the haiku writer
at everypoet.com)

some ovaltine, perhaps?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition
of the work of Italian artist Giorgio Morandi,
who often chose as subject the humble elements of everyday life.
Morandi is remembered for the balanced, meditative quality of his art,
often painting the same composition repeatedly over the course of his lifetime.

how to

how to wrap five eggs, recently re-issued by shambhala,

pays homage to the wabi sabi aesthetic
of traditional Japanese packaging

next four years

what does it mean?

in fact, I think ...

silly party

hate to be so predictable, but there's no denying the classics

dexter moment

there's really nothing quite like
a theremin and a corpse in saran wrap
for inducing a calm, meditative state

(another fine album cover from 317x)

for all you fans out there,
here's one from the master ...