August 2008
28 posts
Presto - Pixar →
Verizon Math
The story on verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/transcription-jt.html
M: National roaming access coverage in Canada is .002 per kilobyte cents.
G: Can you say that again?
M: It’s .002 cents per kilobyte
G: .002 cents per kilobyte. So you just quoted me again; your price is .002 cents per kilobyte
M: Correct.
G: Okay, so now I’d like you to translate my 35,893 kilobytes into dollars if you would.
M: Okay, if you take .002
G: Cents, remember, cents.
M: Times 35,896. 71 dollars and 79 [cents]
Zoom into steel (to the atomic level!) →
Weird Weird Science posted this extreme zooming video on the structure of steel - quite awesome. They have video for concrete, brass, aluminium and more available as well.
Pattern Recognition - INTERIORS:IN PAINTINGS .... →
Pattern Recognition - INTERIORS:IN PAINTINGS . vol.26
Computer virus is alive and well on the... →
Laptops taken to the International Space Station were infected with a computer virus, Nasa confirms.
Tuesday Poem →
A Blade of Grass Brian Patten ………………… You ask for a poem. I offer you a blade of grass. You say it is not good enough. You ask for a poem.
read on…
“Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember...”
– François de la Rochefoucauld
bed →
(via)
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie →
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie - The Gumnut Babies (cover detail)
They Found Mr Lizard at the Photographer’s
At The Artist’s Studio
Mrs…
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive - Illustration:... →
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive - Illustration: Harrison Cady’s Bird’s Eye Views
МОЛИТЕСѦ →
Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics - no description
WatchUsing Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene
See also the project site for more
Lord of War →
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Reminiscent of the center-of-(wide)frame-focused opening to The Naked Gun, the knockout title sequence to “Lord of War” is a first-person narrative where the “I” happens to…
23 September, 1923 - Testing the bulletproof vest →
Frukost →
Frukost
Amigurumi, the frog →
Amigurumi, the frog
Brittny Badger’s disassembled appliances →
Brittny Badger’s disassembled appliances.
“If you want to trick someone with a photograph, there are lots of easy ways to...”
– Errol Morris
Le Souffleur [2005] →
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Textual fluidity frozen repeatedly.
Art of the Title spoke with Julien Widmer, the designer of the opening titles for “Le Souffleur” a film about an imaginative but shy…
Horse rider →
WatchAustralia : Driving into a Dust Storm (via)
istockphoto_6104538-retro-trees.jpg →
istockphoto_6104538-retro-trees.jpg
North Korean Mass Games →
North Korean Mass Games – Finale