The clock reads around 3:50 in this screenshotThe Hand in Hand Clock
Designer Johan Bisse Mattsson recently released his latest creation which he calls the Hand in Hand Clock. The pivots of each hand are placed at the end of the next larger one. Initially you have to think for a bit to get the actual time from it, but eventually it becomes intuitive. I really like things like this that are peculiar yet useful.
The clock reads around 3:50 in this screenshot
You can check out the Flash version of the clock HERE.
The clock reads around 3:50 in this screenshot
Hey, Cameron. You realize if we played by the rules right now we'd be in gym?
Everyone has seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Definitely one of my favorite comedies ever, and it was made in 1986 which proves its great longevity. Remember Cameron's beautiful house? Here is how Ferris described it:
"The place is like a museum. It's very beautiful and very cold, and you're not allowed to touch anything."
Well that house is actually named the Ben Rose Home, located in Highland Park, IL, and it has just been put on the market. The price requested is a measly $2.3 Million. You can check out more pictures and info HERE on realtor.com.
Don't drive a Ferrari out of the window!
"The place is like a museum. It's very beautiful and very cold, and you're not allowed to touch anything."
Well that house is actually named the Ben Rose Home, located in Highland Park, IL, and it has just been put on the market. The price requested is a measly $2.3 Million. You can check out more pictures and info HERE on realtor.com.
Don't drive a Ferrari out of the window!
A Post. I Can't Think of a Title
Man I was so excited for summer when it hadn't started. Was looking forward to doing so much, and now that I've been home for a bit I just want to go back to school. The only positives about being home so far is the money from work and the lack of classes. School was infinitely better.
I am probably just saying this because I had a shitty weekend. Here's to hoping the summer turns out better than so far. And it needs to go faster man cause I want to get back to Lehigh!!!
Here is a tits video that I found online that really makes you think about life. This really reminded me the insignificance of so many things that we take so seriously, and how we have a whole life ahead of us. Were still so fucking young and that scares me cause I feel like I have experienced all there is, and I know that is 100% wrong. Hell I don't even think we will live an entire life. Somehow we are going to doom ourselves. I'll post about how hopeless we are as a whole species some other time, cause I can rant forever on that. Back to that movie. Here it is:
An unrelated footnote: I still cannot stop listening to KiD CuDi. The best sing along music ever...
"I be posted with my blunt and a brew my dude,
I’m that man on the moon"
I am probably just saying this because I had a shitty weekend. Here's to hoping the summer turns out better than so far. And it needs to go faster man cause I want to get back to Lehigh!!!
Here is a tits video that I found online that really makes you think about life. This really reminded me the insignificance of so many things that we take so seriously, and how we have a whole life ahead of us. Were still so fucking young and that scares me cause I feel like I have experienced all there is, and I know that is 100% wrong. Hell I don't even think we will live an entire life. Somehow we are going to doom ourselves. I'll post about how hopeless we are as a whole species some other time, cause I can rant forever on that. Back to that movie. Here it is:
Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo.
An unrelated footnote: I still cannot stop listening to KiD CuDi. The best sing along music ever...
"I be posted with my blunt and a brew my dude,
I’m that man on the moon"
Fascinating Photography From NASA
There is a branch of NASA called The Earth Observatory whose goal is to inform the public with pictures, videos and stories of NASA's diverse and interesting work. Some of the data that they provide seems a bit useless, but every so often you can find a great story, or some stunning photographs that have been taken from satellites in space. Here are a couple of examples:
Crop circles in southwester Kansas. Each small field is half a mile wide and each large field a mile. The circles are created by the central pivot irrigation system which is the most efficient method of irrigation for preserving the Ogallala Aquifer which lies beneath our country's Great Plains.
A steam plume rises up from the Shiveluch Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. You can also see the brown ash that was blown to the right of the volcano.
Crop circles in southwester Kansas. Each small field is half a mile wide and each large field a mile. The circles are created by the central pivot irrigation system which is the most efficient method of irrigation for preserving the Ogallala Aquifer which lies beneath our country's Great Plains.
A steam plume rises up from the Shiveluch Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. You can also see the brown ash that was blown to the right of the volcano.
Music and TV Update
Music-
Eminem - Relapse: This album is technically being released today, but I found it online about a week and a half ago, and it is dope! I never really listened to Eminem's music, mainly because I never was truly introduced to him, but I recently downloaded his discography and Relapse definately trumps his other albums. The beats are done exclusivly by The Dr. Dre except for one song, and Eminem kills all of the raps. My current favorite songs are: Hello, Old Times Sake, and Medicine Ball
Def 3 and Factor - Drumbo: I came across this album by chance when I clicked the wrong link while reading some hip hop blog. Both of the artists that collaborated for Drumbo were no names to me, but the clip of the one song that I heard had a really catchy beat and some nice vocals to go along with it. It has beats that are similar to those of Blu, but they don't seem as chopped up, and the vocals blend really well with the beats. My favorite tracks include: Stutter Step, Take Me Higher, and Speed Demon.
You can download this album HERE
TV-
Basically Fringe is the best show on TV right now. The season just ended with a weird cliff hanger that makes me a little worried about the future of the show, but that was one of the best TV seasons I have seen since Heroes season 1. I'm hoping that they can keep the show grounded in realism after what happened now because that was one of my favorite parts of the show. JJ Abrams has revolutionized TV with his storytelling techniques.
Also Eastbound and Down is a great show that not that many people have heard of. It airs on HBO, and its six episode first season ended a month or two ago. The show starts Will Ferrel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson (Darrel from the Office), and its extreme vulgarity and ridiculousness make it one of my favorites in our currently airing comedies.
PS (NBC has Thursday nights set right now. The Office, 30 Rock, and Parks and Recreation are all great shows.)
Check out all of this stuff and tell me what you think!
Eminem - Relapse: This album is technically being released today, but I found it online about a week and a half ago, and it is dope! I never really listened to Eminem's music, mainly because I never was truly introduced to him, but I recently downloaded his discography and Relapse definately trumps his other albums. The beats are done exclusivly by The Dr. Dre except for one song, and Eminem kills all of the raps. My current favorite songs are: Hello, Old Times Sake, and Medicine Ball
Def 3 and Factor - Drumbo: I came across this album by chance when I clicked the wrong link while reading some hip hop blog. Both of the artists that collaborated for Drumbo were no names to me, but the clip of the one song that I heard had a really catchy beat and some nice vocals to go along with it. It has beats that are similar to those of Blu, but they don't seem as chopped up, and the vocals blend really well with the beats. My favorite tracks include: Stutter Step, Take Me Higher, and Speed Demon.
You can download this album HERE
TV-
Basically Fringe is the best show on TV right now. The season just ended with a weird cliff hanger that makes me a little worried about the future of the show, but that was one of the best TV seasons I have seen since Heroes season 1. I'm hoping that they can keep the show grounded in realism after what happened now because that was one of my favorite parts of the show. JJ Abrams has revolutionized TV with his storytelling techniques.
Also Eastbound and Down is a great show that not that many people have heard of. It airs on HBO, and its six episode first season ended a month or two ago. The show starts Will Ferrel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson (Darrel from the Office), and its extreme vulgarity and ridiculousness make it one of my favorites in our currently airing comedies.
PS (NBC has Thursday nights set right now. The Office, 30 Rock, and Parks and Recreation are all great shows.)
Check out all of this stuff and tell me what you think!
Stunning Photo of Space Shuttle Atlantis and Hubble Telescope
Amateur astronomer Thierry Legault recently captured a beautiful scene of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope in front of the Sun during NASA's recent difficult Hubble repairs. This photo, taken approximately 100 km south of the Kennedy Space Center was one of three that were captured within the .8 s that the objects were in the the sunlight's path.
HERE is an interesting read on the sheer difficulty of the repairs, and HERE are the uncropped photos on Thierry Legault's web page
I'll be posting an update on the music, tv, and movies that I have been enjoying lately if I can get the time at work tomorrow. I was swamped with shit today and it was really freaking complicated.
HERE is an interesting read on the sheer difficulty of the repairs, and HERE are the uncropped photos on Thierry Legault's web page
I'll be posting an update on the music, tv, and movies that I have been enjoying lately if I can get the time at work tomorrow. I was swamped with shit today and it was really freaking complicated.
Deadspin's Ball's Deep Message to the Class of '09
Deadspin, an unbiased, vulgar sports blog, recently published a graduation "speech" directed towards the graduating class of 2009. I was told to check it out by a friend, and it was definitely one of the best reads that I have had online in a while. The writer, Drew Magary, goes on to explain how all of our lives will be utterly terrible now that they have graduated college. It is the most cynical and awesome view on the world that I have ever seen. I loved it. Here are some great quotes:
"At some point, you will not be able to sleep in past 8 or 9AM, and this will piss you off. I used to be cool. I used to be able to sleep until noon no problem. I SPAT RIGHT IN MORNING'S FUCKING EYE. No waking up at dawn for me. Waking up early is crazy gay. Am I right?"
"You will find yourself, at times, tired of drinking. But you will continue drinking anyway. Beats the alternative, which is NOT drinking."
"Having a kid is just like having a really mean spinning instructor. They give no fucking quarter. They're like tiny little Hitlers."
This completely legitimizes all reckless activity that I will partake in for the next 3 years.
Definitely check it out HERE
"At some point, you will not be able to sleep in past 8 or 9AM, and this will piss you off. I used to be cool. I used to be able to sleep until noon no problem. I SPAT RIGHT IN MORNING'S FUCKING EYE. No waking up at dawn for me. Waking up early is crazy gay. Am I right?"
"You will find yourself, at times, tired of drinking. But you will continue drinking anyway. Beats the alternative, which is NOT drinking."
"Having a kid is just like having a really mean spinning instructor. They give no fucking quarter. They're like tiny little Hitlers."
This completely legitimizes all reckless activity that I will partake in for the next 3 years.
Definitely check it out HERE
My Bad
I've been in a summer daze for the last week. I have barely been on my computer because I have been out and about or sleeping at home. Also, I just installed Windows 7 which has been a great step up from XP, but it has kept me from my normal blog reading, Hulu watching, and video game playing. Oh and most importantly blog posting....... I start work next week, so I will be at a computer all day and therefore posting daily. And now to get back on track.
Every kid goes through their "phases" that can last from a day to months where they are obsessed with only one thing and that is all that they can thik about. My brother has been trying to learn to ride a unicycle in the last week, which is pretty difficult to learn, and that has been the focus of this "phase." My my dad changed my brothers "phase" today by sending him this animated GIF picture of a guy doing the colest trick ever. On a medicine ball. Check it 0ut:
Heartwarming Video That Will Make You Smile
This video is a cover of "Stand By Me" being performed by various street artists from around the world. It starts as a simple street performance by one person, but you are slowly taken around the world as the song builds into a magnificent version of this popular song. This is just a happy movie to watch
Playing For Change | Song Around The World "Stand By Me" from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.