Updates on previous entries for May 21, 2012*
Fantastic time lapse map of Europe, 1000 - 2005 A.D. orig. from May 15, 2012 Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
A "Kardashian" as a unit of measure for attention
Ethan Zuckerman proposes measuring attention with a unit of measure called a Kardashian. One Kardashian is equal to the amount of worldwide media attention that Kim Kardashian gets in a day. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
Drawings of the LHC in the style of Leonardo da Vinci
Dr. Sergio Cittolin has worked at CERN for the past 30 years as a research physicist. He has also made several drawings of the Large Hadron Collider in the style of Leonardo da Vinci. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
How the 30 Rock sausage is made
This long four-part interview of 30 Rock show runner Robert Carlock at the AV Club is, as mentioned, long but worth reading if you're into TV or 30 Rock. Part one covers season one & and part of two, and part two walks us through part of season two & season three. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
Epic video of a Slinky on a treadmill
I had no idea a Slinky's adventures on a treadmill could be so dramatic or affecting. The stumble at ~1:43 is the most harrowing scene in film so far in 2012. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
Whiskey on the rocks. Literally!
Sipping Stones are small stones that you put into your drink instead of ice. Gives new meaning to "on the rocks"!!! LOL LMAO ROFLCOPTER, etc. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
An atlas for the blind
The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind, published in 1837 before Braille was widely used, used embossed printing of lines, words, and symbols to be finger-readable. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
How the 30 Rock sausage is made
This long four-part interview of 30 Rock show runner Robert Carlock at the AV Club is, as mentioned, long but worth reading if you're into TV or 30 Rock. Part one covers season one & and part of two, and part two walks us through part of season two & season three. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
Updates on previous entries for May 21, 2012*
Fantastic time lapse map of Europe, 1000 - 2005 A.D. orig. from May 15, 2012 Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
An atlas for the blind
The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind, published in 1837 before Braille was widely used, used embossed printing of lines, words, and symbols to be finger-readable. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
A "Kardashian" as a unit of measure for attention
Ethan Zuckerman proposes measuring attention with a unit of measure called a Kardashian. One Kardashian is equal to the amount of worldwide media attention that Kim Kardashian gets in a day. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
Whiskey on the rocks. Literally!
Sipping Stones are small stones that you put into your drink instead of ice. Gives new meaning to "on the rocks"!!! LOL LMAO ROFLCOPTER, etc. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
Epic video of a Slinky on a treadmill
I had no idea a Slinky's adventures on a treadmill could be so dramatic or affecting. The stumble at ~1:43 is the most harrowing scene in film so far in 2012. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
Drawings of the LHC in the style of Leonardo da Vinci
Dr. Sergio Cittolin has worked at CERN for the past 30 years as a research physicist. He has also made several drawings of the Large Hadron Collider in the style of Leonardo da Vinci. Read more...
kottke.org, Today, 12:23pm
Low-resolution 3D printing
Dirk van der Kooij is a designer who uses a low-resoution 3D printer of sorts to print out plastic furniture with plastic recovered from recycled refrigerators. Read more...
kottke.org, Yesterday, 12:22am
Douche parking
I can't tell if the app featured in this video is imaginary or not, but it's a great theoretical solution to the problem of douche parking. Douche parking is basically parking like a douche, and is way more prevalent in Russia than in the US. The Village feels publicly shaming is the best way to deal with douches. Unfortunately, one trait of douches is an inability to be shamed. Read more...
kottke.org, Yesterday, 12:22am
Teaser trailer for P.T. Anderson's The Master
The teaser trailer for P.T. Anderson's next film, The Master. Anderson himself cut the trailer -- why don't more director/editors do this? Read more...
kottke.org, Yesterday, 12:22am
Douche parking
I can't tell if the app featured in this video is imaginary or not, but it's a great theoretical solution to the problem of douche parking. Douche parking is basically parking like a douche, and is way more prevalent in Russia than in the US. The Village feels publicly shaming is the best way to deal with douches. Unfortunately, one trait of douches is an inability to be shamed. Read more...
kottke.org, Yesterday, 12:22am
Teaser trailer for P.T. Anderson's The Master
The teaser trailer for P.T. Anderson's next film, The Master. Anderson himself cut the trailer -- why don't more director/editors do this? Read more...
kottke.org, Yesterday, 12:22am
Low-resolution 3D printing
Dirk van der Kooij is a designer who uses a low-resoution 3D printer of sorts to print out plastic furniture with plastic recovered from recycled refrigerators. Read more...
kottke.org, Yesterday, 12:22am
Aerial photo tour of the Alberta oil sands
Since the companies mining the oil from the sands of Alberta wouldn't provide access to their operations to a reporter, he rented a plane and took a bunch of photos. Read more...
kottke.org, May 21, 12:22pm
The coolest video of yesterday's annular solar eclipse
Cory Poole made this video of the annular solar ecplise yesterday using 700 photographs from a telescope with "a very narrow bandpass allowing you to see the chromosphere and not the much brighter photosphere below it." Read more...
kottke.org, May 21, 12:22pm
Aerial photo tour of the Alberta oil sands
Since the companies mining the oil from the sands of Alberta wouldn't provide access to their operations to a reporter, he rented a plane and took a bunch of photos. Read more...
kottke.org, May 21, 12:22pm
The coolest video of yesterday's annular solar eclipse
Cory Poole made this video of the annular solar ecplise yesterday using 700 photographs from a telescope with "a very narrow bandpass allowing you to see the chromosphere and not the much brighter photosphere below it." Read more...
kottke.org, May 21, 12:22pm
Alien still hasn't listened to all of Voyager's Golden Record
Eighteen months on, the alien who discovered Voyager's Golden Record still hasn't gotten around to listening to the whole thing. Read more...
kottke.org, May 19, 12:23am
Opening a beer bottle with a chainsaw
If you're attempting to enjoy beer and are without your bottle opener but you have your chainsaw, this will come in handy: Read more...
kottke.org, May 19, 12:23am
Ridley Scott is doing a Blade Runner sequel
In this interview with The Daily Beast, Ridley Scott reveals that he's currently working on a sequel to Blade Runner. Read more...
kottke.org, May 19, 12:23am
Alien still hasn't listened to all of Voyager's Golden Record
Eighteen months on, the alien who discovered Voyager's Golden Record still hasn't gotten around to listening to the whole thing. Read more...
kottke.org, May 19, 12:23am
Opening a beer bottle with a chainsaw
If you're attempting to enjoy beer and are without your bottle opener but you have your chainsaw, this will come in handy: Read more...
kottke.org, May 19, 12:23am
Ridley Scott is doing a Blade Runner sequel
In this interview with The Daily Beast, Ridley Scott reveals that he's currently working on a sequel to Blade Runner. Read more...
kottke.org, May 19, 12:23am
The NY Times' first restaurant critic
Craig Claiborne was the NY Times' first dedicated restaurant critic, providing an example that was soon followed by newspapers everywhere in the US. Read more...
kottke.org, May 18, 12:23pm
The NY Times' first restaurant critic
Craig Claiborne was the NY Times' first dedicated restaurant critic, providing an example that was soon followed by newspapers everywhere in the US. Read more...
kottke.org, May 18, 12:23pm
How to use a paper towel
In the spirit of conservation, Joe Smith shows us how to use a paper towel properly. Read more...
kottke.org, May 18, 12:26am
Back on Bullseye
Jesse Thorn had me on Bullseye again to talk links. We discussed Benton's ham (see if you can make it past the "we're about to go ham" crack at the beginning) and Senna, one of my favorite films from the past six months. Read more...
kottke.org, May 18, 12:26am
The history of the taco
In this Smithsonian interview, University of Minnesota history professor Jeffrey Pilcher drops serious knowledge on the history of tacos. Among other bits of taco trivia, Pilcher, author of the forthcoming book Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food, roughly disabuses us of the lie spread by Glen Bell (of Taco Bell) that Bell invented the hard shell. Read more...
kottke.org, May 18, 12:26am
The history of the taco
In this Smithsonian interview, University of Minnesota history professor Jeffrey Pilcher drops serious knowledge on the history of tacos. Among other bits of taco trivia, Pilcher, author of the forthcoming book Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food, roughly disabuses us of the lie spread by Glen Bell (of Taco Bell) that Bell invented the hard shell. Read more...
kottke.org, May 18, 12:26am
How to use a paper towel
In the spirit of conservation, Joe Smith shows us how to use a paper towel properly. Read more...
kottke.org, May 18, 12:26am
Back on Bullseye
Jesse Thorn had me on Bullseye again to talk links. We discussed Benton's ham (see if you can make it past the "we're about to go ham" crack at the beginning) and Senna, one of my favorite films from the past six months. Read more...
kottke.org, May 18, 12:26am
Face flapping photography
Tadao Cern sets people up in front of powerful fans and takes their pictures. Instant fun house: Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22pm
Justin Bieber is a man
Justin Bieber recently had his 18th birthday so GQ sent Drew Magary to make him a man. It didn't quite go as planned, but here are the 8 best parts of the story. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22pm
Justin Bieber is a man
Justin Bieber recently had his 18th birthday so GQ sent Drew Magary to make him a man. It didn't quite go as planned, but here are the 8 best parts of the story. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22pm
Face flapping photography
Tadao Cern sets people up in front of powerful fans and takes their pictures. Instant fun house: Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22pm
A blind man's first experience with echolocation
Austin Seraphin, who you may remember from his review of the iPhone, recently learned how to use echolocation to navigate his physical environment in a new way. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22am
The sounds of Aronofsky
The person who made Wes Anderson From Above and Tarantino From Below has put together a supercut of distinct sounds from Darren Aronofsky's films. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22am
Skating with shadows
I've seen skatboarding dogs, but I've never seen a skateboarding shadow before. The video feels like a dream sequence in a movie, a movie where some evil wizard turns the boys of Dogtown into shadows. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22am
Sorkin to graduates: you're "incredibly well-educated dumb people"
Aaron Sorkin recently gave the commencement address at Syracuse University. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22am
Kids review a Skrillex song
A bunch of cute kids review Bangarang by Skrillex. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22am
Straight White Male, the game of life's lowest difficulty setting
Using a video game metaphor, John Scalzi explains straight white male privilege for those straight white males who get hung up on the word "privilege". Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22am
A blind man's first experience with echolocation
Austin Seraphin, who you may remember from his review of the iPhone, recently learned how to use echolocation to navigate his physical environment in a new way. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22am
The sounds of Aronofsky
The person who made Wes Anderson From Above and Tarantino From Below has put together a supercut of distinct sounds from Darren Aronofsky's films. Read more...
kottke.org, May 17, 12:22am