February 6, 2012

:: russian kid with no fear of heights

this makes my stomach hurt :: the kid's amazing :: click below to watch ::

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:: diagrams to explain your behavior

car richards takes big ideas and sketches them, simply :: read more here http://www.behaviorgap.com/about-carl-richards/

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February 4, 2012

:: long exposure photos of fireflies

see more at http://digitalphoto.cocolog-nifty.com/digitalphoto/cat4164851/index.html

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February 3, 2012

:: "love ever after" :: photos of lasting love

Lauren Fleishman takes photos of couples who have been married for over 50 years :: and interviews them too :: see more at http://www.laurenfleishman.com/personal/loveeverafter/loveeverafter2.php

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February 2, 2012

:: "to my old master"

an extraordinary letter written from Jourdan Anderson to his old master, Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee after the Colonel had requested Anderson come back to work on his farm :: read the whole letter here :: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/to-my-old-master.html


"Sir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again, promising to do better for me than anybody else can. I have often felt uneasy about you. I thought the Yankees would have hung you long before this, for harboring Rebs they found at your house. I suppose they never heard about your going to Colonel Martin's to kill the Union soldier that was left by his company in their stable. Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad you are still living. It would do me good to go back to the dear old home again, and see Miss Mary and Miss Martha and Allen, Esther, Green, and Lee. Give my love to them all, and tell them I hope we will meet in the better world, if not in this. I would have gone back to see you all when I was working in the Nashville Hospital, but one of the neighbors told me that Henry intended to shoot me if he ever got a chance."

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:: the stuff of nightmares :: megafishes

see more at nat geo's gallery today :: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/megafishes-gallery#

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February 1, 2012

:: "the first cycle"

a serendipitous vimeo discovery :: an animation on the creative process :: click below to watch ::

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January 31, 2012

:: breakdancing competition

click below to watch :: incredible stuff ::

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January 30, 2012

:: "people flying in new york city"

these guys made amazing kite/model airplanes shaped like people :: and flew them around the city :: click below to watch the awesomeness ::

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January 27, 2012

:: sound of silence

boy + (deaf) girl :: it's borderline saccharine :: but couldn't stop watching :: click below to watch

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January 26, 2012

:: data viz

commuting in chicago creates a haunting image :: from eric fisher :: "[The map] is paths from one geotagged tweet to the next by the same person, routed along the most heavily geotagged path in between." :: read the details here: http://gapersblock.com/merge/archives/2012/01/23/technology-follows-us-home/

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January 25, 2012

:: l'horizon :: surreal photos of surf city

romain laurent :: whimsical trick photography :: see more at http://www.romain-laurent.com/work/lhorizon/ :: (via mymodernmet)

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January 24, 2012

:: insecure :: by michael shevlin

a new book written by my friend Michael Shelvin (only $2.70 as a digital read) :: http://www.amazon.com/Insecure-ebook/dp/B006X3164C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327399735&sr=8-2

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:: power of music

"Jack Leroy Tueller, at age 90, recounts a remarkable experience he had in WWII." :: click below to watch ::

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January 23, 2012

:: "a girl like me"

teen filmmaker Kiri Davis created this documentary to explore questions of race :: click below to watch :: skip to 3:20 to see her reconduct Dr. Kenneth Clark's "doll test" with young African American children :: read more at http://www.understandingrace.org/lived/video/index.html

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