THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE

sorachamary: captain-geech: jenconnic: Jack Edwards’ reaction...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:31:14 -0400

captain-geech:

jenconnic:

Jack Edwards’ reaction to the Bruins winning in OT is as amazing as you think it would be.

the stabbing of whatever beast jack is stabbing is HYSTERICAL

I like Andy fixing his pocket square in the background

colchrishadfield: With deference to the genius of David Bowie,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:01:10 -0400

colchrishadfield:

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

thedailywhat: Viral Video of the Day: High School Student...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:20:19 -0400

thedailywhat:

Viral Video of the Day: High School Student Schools His Teacher

Frustrated by receiving packets and worksheets instead of a lecture, Texas high school student Jeff Bliss shared his feelings about his teacher’s lack of engagement as she made him leave the classroom.

laughingsquid: Fascinating Early Color Footage Shows London in...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:18:25 -0400

laughingsquid:

Fascinating Early Color Footage Shows London in 1927

jmarie3: The Pixies—Where Is My Mind Oh yes.

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:17:03 -0400

jmarie3:

The Pixies—Where Is My Mind

Oh yes.

chels: wnycradiolab: Isao Hashimoto’s extraordinary musical...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:16:20 -0400

chels:

wnycradiolab:

Isao Hashimoto’s extraordinary musical map of every nuclear explosion since 1945.

To the extent there can BE such a thing as an audio infographic, this is it.

Terrifying information, awesome presentation.

samreich: David Foster Wallace: This Is Water (Thanks for...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:15:53 -0400

samreich:

David Foster Wallace: This Is Water

(Thanks for sharing, Amir.)

atencio: clambistro: dtownsteez: jhermann: socksmahoney: ste...

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:18:00 -0400

atencio:

clambistro:

dtownsteez:

jhermann:

socksmahoney:

steffalopod:

every xzibit entrance on pimp my ride (and one of chamillionaire)

YOU’RE WELCOME GOSH

I didn’t know I needed this

Well damn

LIFE

Here’s to you, under-appreciated Pimp My Ride editor.

trainbrainstorm: “Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not,...

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:15:54 -0400

trainbrainstorm:

“Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.”

Bruce Lee

wired: If ‘Star Wars’ characters were Imperial Chinese...

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:37:16 -0400

wired:

If ‘Star Wars’ characters were Imperial Chinese warriors, they’d look something like this.

[via Taxi]

laughingsquid: Son Pays Off His Mom’s House Mortgage For His...

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:07:46 -0400

laughingsquid:

Son Pays Off His Mom’s House Mortgage For His Birthday

futurejournalismproject: A Boy and His Atom IBM researchers...

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:02:37 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

A Boy and His Atom

IBM researchers have created the world’s smallest movie, a 90-second stop motion animation made by moving a few dozen carbon atoms with a scanning tunneling microscope.

The video is viewable once you magnify it 100 million times, and would take 1,000 frames laid side by side to equal the width of a human hair.

Via the BBC:

The new movie, titled A Boy and His Atom, instead uses the STM, an IBM invention which garnered the scientists behind it the 1986 Nobel prize in physics.

The device works by passing an electrically charged, phenomenally sharp metal needle across the surface of a sample. As the tip nears features on the surface, the charge can “jump the gap” in a quantum physics effect called tunnelling.

The 242 frames of the 90-second movie are essentially maps of this “tunnelling current” with a given arrangement of atoms. It depicts a boy playing with a “ball” made of a single atom, dancing, and jumping on a trampoline…

…The effort, detailed in a number of YouTube videos, took four scientists two weeks of 18-hour days to pull off.

It underlines the growing ability of scientists to manipulate matter on the atomic level, which IBM scientists hope to use to create future data storage solutions.

IBM reports that while it currently takes about a million atoms to store a bit of data on computer devices, they have successfully reduced that number down to 12 with what they call atomic-scale magnetic memory. Meaning, the future of computing devices is about to get very, very small.

For example, “Being able to increase the data density of devices means more storage in a smaller space: specifically, storage that is 100 times denser than today’s hard disk drives, 150 times more dense than solid-state memory. An entire music and movie collection could fit on a charm-sized pendant around your neck.”

Photo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:37:50 -0400

suicideblonde: Nirvana - About a Girl (Live at Pine Street...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:21:07 -0400

suicideblonde:

Nirvana - About a Girl (Live at Pine Street Theater in Portland, 02-09-90)

businessweek: Will China Change Its One-Child Policy? Since...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:38:15 -0400

businessweek:

Will China Change Its One-Child Policy?

Since the one-child policy was enacted three decades ago, the number of children born to the average Chinese family has dropped well below the generational “replacement level” of 2.1 children (two children to replace two parents). Meanwhile the average lifespan has continued to climb, transforming China into a rapidly aging society. By 2050, one in three people in China is expected to be age 60 or over.

Read more at Bloomberg Businessweek

(Photograph by Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)

WIREDInsider: TWO SUPER COOL KITCHEN GADGETS THAT AREN'T MADE FOR THE JETSONS

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:05:05 -0400

WIREDInsider: TWO SUPER COOL KITCHEN GADGETS THAT AREN'T MADE FOR THE JETSONS:

wiredinsider:

Image via CNET

The realistic climb to the ultimate Smart Kitchen (and beyond) is not a sprint—it’s a slow, marathon-like burn. And by that, we simply mean that no, you aren’t going to wake up tomorrow and have Rosie (the Jetson’s butler—we’ll pretend you didn’t know that instantly) in…

WIREDInsider: FINALLY: A USB DRIVE FOR YOUR PHONE

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:04:49 -0400

WIREDInsider: FINALLY: A USB DRIVE FOR YOUR PHONE:

wiredinsider:

Image via Photojojo

I don’t have a ton of music, movies or books on my digital devices. But I do have one downfall: photos. I have an obsession with Instagram and an obsession with photo-editing apps. That means my iPhone is constantly at full capacity. It moves at sloth-like speeds…

tumblrgym: thorne-performance: For some, free-soloing is the...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:41:19 -0400

tumblrgym:

thorne-performance:

For some, free-soloing is the ultimate expression of movement over rock. Take away the rope, the harness, and other protective gear and all that’s left is a climber’s fitness, skill, and mental capacity. This video captures a climber as he free solos a 380-foot route in Zion National Park. This will surely get your palms sweating and you heart rate up.

Ok let’s play a game. If you can make it through this video without getting sweaty palms and your heart racing you win one internet. I think my internets are safe.

top5funniest: ‘Wayne’s World’ Reunion 21 years later…

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:25:30 -0400

top5funniest:

‘Wayne’s World’ Reunion

21 years later…

laughingsquid: Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins,...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:16:18 -0400

laughingsquid:

Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, and Others Discuss the Storytelling of Science