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Thu, 24 May 2012 09:26:15 -0400

willstratton: Southwestern Austria

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:47:46 -0400

willstratton:

Southwestern Austria

Digital libraries! Love this. Want to read every issue. Cold...

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:49:31 -0400

Digital libraries! Love this. Want to read every issue.

Cold Splinters:

Randall Henderson started Desert Magazine in 1937. You can see every page of every issue printed over the next 21 years by clicking here. Have at it.

My new moto. acehotel: We love the hustle.

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:45:54 -0400

My new moto.

acehotel:

We love the hustle.

Looks like home.

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:26:53 -0400

Looks like home.

Nathan Fletcher at Teahupoo in slo-mo - Ride of the Year Entry...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:57:42 -0400

Nathan Fletcher at Teahupoo in slo-mo - Ride of the Year Entry in Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 2012

Los Angeles Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:01:37 -0400

Los Angeles Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling:

There is a war raging in Hollywood: a war between formats. In one corner, standing with Nolan, are defenders of 35mm film. Elegant in its economy, for more than 100 years film has been the dominant medium with which movies are shot, edited and viewed. In the other corner are backers of digital technology — a cheaper, faster, democratizing medium, a boon to both creator and distributor.

Evaluating a 1981 temperature projection

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:34:59 -0400

Evaluating a 1981 temperature projection

Y u so kool.

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:37:40 -0400

Y u so kool.

jstn: Incredible fluid wind map: hint.fm/wind

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:10:31 -0400

jstn:

Incredible fluid wind map: hint.fm/wind

Life of Pi, anyone? msnbc: A teen has apparently survived 28...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:54:44 -0400

Life of Pi, anyone?

msnbc:

A teen has apparently survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean after going on a fishing trip with two friends, according to reports. Adrian Vasquez, who was rescued by the Ecuadorean navy on Sunday, said he stayed alive by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish, the BBC reported.

Image: AP

snakecult: one of my cousin’s photos.

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:10:59 -0400

snakecult:

one of my cousin’s photos.

documentary: The footage in this little film was captured by...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:11:16 -0400

documentary:

The footage in this little film was captured by the hardworking men and women at NASA and The European Space Agency with the Cassini Imaging Science System.

Animated GIFs: The Birth of a Medium | Off Book | PBS

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:41:26 -0500

Animated GIFs: The Birth of a Medium | Off Book | PBS

theatlanticvideo: A Gorgeous, Face-Melting, Color-Saturated...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:10:18 -0500

theatlanticvideo:

A Gorgeous, Face-Melting, Color-Saturated Experimental Video

People grow feathers and dissolve into grains of sand in Andrew Huang’s Solipsist, which took home the Special Jury Prize for Experimental Short at Slamdance. Watch full screen in HD! With headphones, obviously.

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Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:20:22 -0500

Next American City: When Highway Removal Works Since 1959, San...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:04:02 -0500

Next American City: When Highway Removal Works

Since 1959, San Franciscans had to deal with the elevated Embarcadero Freeway cutting then off from the city’s eastern waterfront (and ruining their view of the Ferry Building). Nonetheless, voters kept rejecting plans to tear it down—until 1989, when an earthquake damaged it beyond repair and forced the city to consider alternatives.

Now instead of an elevated highway, the Embarcadero is a six-lane boulevard flanked by pedestrian walkways 25 feet wide. There are street lights, palm trees and waterfront plazas. Thousands of residential units have gone up, increasing the housing stock by over 50 percent, and jobs in the area have grown by nearly a quarter. The Ferry Building now contains a farmer’s market and retail shops. Neighborhoods in the immediate vicinity have seen a revival, whether they the freeway used to isolate them directly (Rincon Hill) or simply held back the entire area from flourishing (South Beach).

There’s something daunting about making changes, in any way, to a piece of infrastructure that serves anywhere from 20,000 to over 100,000 vehicles a day. Critics have a right to express understandable concerns about gridlock and economics when planners announce that they want to remove or convert a major thoroughfare in their city.

It’s vital, then, for advocates to hold up examples of where highway removal has worked. The numbers exist to back up claims that the practice can restore a city’s social fabric and facilitate local development, all without severely impacting traffic or commerce. We just need to make sure our neighbors know that.

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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:54:02 -0500

cool kite, bro mikeambs: 1st spotted via safe from...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:01:26 -0500

cool kite, bro

mikeambs:

1st spotted via safe from boredom : triangles

I don’t know exactly what this is - but I love it.