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jimray: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:04:40 -0800

jimray:

The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation

Canada’s Olympic Torch Relay - The Big Picture -...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:21:43 -0800

Canada’s Olympic Torch Relay - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Rock Genres (via kottke.org)

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:28:00 -0800

Rock Genres (via kottke.org)

electoral college reform A redrawing of state lines to form 50...

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:52:25 -0800

electoral college reform

A redrawing of state lines to form 50 new states of equal population. (via rands)

mrgan: Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010 Weather Sealed made this...

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:09:05 -0800

mrgan:

Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010

Weather Sealed made this awesome visualization of Crayola’s colors throughout the 20th century. My inner Tufte approves.

This is why I love where I live. travelhighlights: Winds of...

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:48:00 -0800

This is why I love where I live.

travelhighlights:

Winds of Color by Bryan Swan

Mount Baker, North Cascades, Washington, USA

BibliOdyssey: Victorian Infographics (via kottke.org)

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:25:29 -0800

BibliOdyssey: Victorian Infographics (via kottke.org)

Indexed » Blog Archive » Pancakes from space.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:47:29 -0800

Indexed » Blog Archive » Pancakes from space.

How an American Soldier is Made A photo essay from the Denver...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:54:25 -0800

How an American Soldier is Made

A photo essay from the Denver Post following a soldier through his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. (via kottke.org)

The Jobless Rate for People Like You - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:17:15 -0800

The Jobless Rate for People Like You - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com:

(via waxy.org/links)

We spent the morning finishing up on the mixing of the Tount...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:04:22 -0700

We spent the morning finishing up on the mixing of the Tount album. We’re quite pleased with how things have turned out. Here’s a taste of what is to come.

songparts: But did you hear the other thing? They’re SO EXCITED...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:23:32 -0700

songparts:

But did you hear the other thing? They’re SO EXCITED to play this song, and to KICK IT OUT, that they just skip a fucking beat. The last measure before the chord change only has three beats. And in doing that, they’re shouting LET’S GO, PEOPLE, GET ON WITH IT, LET’S LIVE HARD.

So here’s JBJ’s (and our) advice to you: if you’re excited about something, sometimes it’s OK to skip a beat. Don’t wait for dessert to arrive before you propose to her. Get in the hot tub with your pants on. Retire at 54. Submit the short story before you get your MFA. Hit the streets of Madrid before you’ve read the guidebook. Tell your best joke first.

(emphasis added)

merlin: (via thememegeneration)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:06:44 -0700

merlin:

(via thememegeneration)

"Here, Norphel is using what is abundant — stone — to conserve what is precious —..."

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:04:31 -0700

“Here, Norphel is using what is abundant — stone — to conserve what is precious — water. The idea is simple: Divert the unneeded autumn and winter runoff into a series of large, rock-lined holding ponds. As the days grow colder, the ponds freeze and interconnect into a growing glacier. He has built 10 glaciers across the region. His largest stretched more than a mile before an unusual week of rain wiped it out in 2006.”

- Indians decide to make their own glaciers (via kottke.org)

Why "Balloon Boy" Could Never Have Been

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:10:43 -0700

Why "Balloon Boy" Could Never Have Been:

nostrich:

The case of “Balloon Boy” Falcon Heene cost emergency services a signfcant amount of money and resulted in considerable distress to cable news viewers. This paper sets out the physics behind a helium lifting balloon and explains why it should have been obvious to both emergency services and news organisations that Falcon Heene was never aboard.

"You are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into..."

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:24:00 -0700

“You are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither high church nor low church, Fox nor CNN, citizen nor alien, capitalist nor communist, gay nor straight, beautiful nor ugly, East nor West, theist nor atheist, Israel nor Palestine, hawk nor dove, American nor Iraqi, married nor divorced, uptown nor downtown, terrorist nor freedom fighter, paedophile nor loving parent, priest nor prophet, fame nor obscurity, Christian nor non-Christian, for all are made one in Christ Jesus.”

- http://peterrollins.net/blog/?p=128

Make: Online : Mechanical reproduction of digitized speech...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:48:35 -0700

Make: Online : Mechanical reproduction of digitized speech on a piano

Vernazza, Italy. July 5, 2009. Three months ago this is what...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:20:06 -0700

Vernazza, Italy. July 5, 2009.

Three months ago this is what Sarah and I woke up to. We would spend that day hiking between the towns of the Cinque Terra and creating one of our fondest memories of our trip through Europe. Thinking back on this makes it hard to get motivated to do much here at work. That being said, you never do know how your going to look back on today three months or three years from now.

Beautiful. inthefade: fall on me large|flickr

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:12:29 -0700

Beautiful.

inthefade:

fall on me

large|flickr

travelhighlights: From Here to Eternity by...

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:17:08 -0700

travelhighlights:

From Here to Eternity by orvalrochefort

Approaching Monument Valley, Arizona, USA

Makes me want to bail on work, get in the car, and drive.