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Gerry Graf on How to Make a Great Commercial

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:05:00 -0500

Gerry Graf on How to Make a Great Commercial:

“A lot of ideas come at the beginning. Most you should throw out.”

Russian scientists reach Lake Vostok after 20 years of drilling into ice in Antarctica

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:11:23 -0500

Russian scientists reach Lake Vostok after 20 years of drilling into ice in Antarctica:

Why does this sound like the opener to a horror movie?

Russia says it has pierced through Antarctica’s frozen crust to a vast, subglacial lake that has lain untouched for at least 14 million years, hiding what scientists believe may be unknown organisms and clues to life on other planets.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/9071718/Russian-scientists-reach-Lake-Vostok-after-20-years-of-drilling-into-ice-in-Antarctica.html

fred-wilson: Jeremy Lin Rap - Mega Ran he threw down a dunk...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:58:51 -0500

fred-wilson:

Jeremy Lin Rap - Mega Ran

he threw down a dunk last night and the knicks are now 3-0 with Jeremy running the point. and he’s got his own rap too.

#lintastic

Griffin’s INSANE dunk of the year! (by NBA) This is pretty...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:52:24 -0500

Griffin’s INSANE dunk of the year! (by NBA)

This is pretty dope. Somewhat reminds me of, but not nearly as momentous as “the Dunk” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIlwUgdp3BM

Microwaves Ruin Everything, Video of Items Exploding in a Microwave

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:07:32 -0500

Microwaves Ruin Everything, Video of Items Exploding in a Microwave:

Microwaves Ruin Everything, Video of Items Exploding in a Microwave

kickstarter: Sounds like Chattanooga is starting a challenge....

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:13:43 -0500

kickstarter:

Sounds like Chattanooga is starting a challenge. Any other cities think they can beat them to it?!? Triple dog dare you.

futuramb: via Military technology: Magic bullets | The...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:43:38 -0500

futuramb:

via Military technology: Magic bullets | The Economist
The XM25, as the new gun is known, weighs about 6kg (13lb) and fires a 25mm round. The trick is that instead of having to be aimed directly at the target, this round need only be aimed at a place in proximity to it. Once there, it explodes—just like Shrapnel’s original artillery shells—and the fragments kill the enemy. It knows when to explode because of a timed fuse. In Shrapnel’s shells this fuse was made of gunpowder. In the XM25 it is a small computer inside the bullet that monitors details of the projectile’s flight.

With a computer in each rifle, and even one in each bullet a whole spectrum of technical possibilities emerge. Now we are definitely not talking about dumdums anymore… Rather the opposite.

The Uppers & Downers of Parenting (Or, Coffee & Wine)

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:55:55 -0500

The Uppers & Downers of Parenting (Or, Coffee & Wine):

via @evapeep

What you talkin’ bout Mondays? I saw this on a creative...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:59:17 -0500

What you talkin’ bout Mondays?

I saw this on a creative team’s office door at Saatchi & Saatchi….I think about it often. primarily on Monday. I went looking for it on the internets, but couldn’t find. So, I recreated…i’m sure the original was tighter…

Yahoo’s Renovator in Chief

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:11:26 -0500

Yahoo’s Renovator in Chief:

Scott Thompson, PayPal’s president, will try to revamp Yahoo, the struggling online media company. He succeeds Carol Bartz, who was dismissed in September.

“There’s a real opportunity for him at Yahoo, if they can take all this [user] data and use it for advertisers.”

Meh.

nevver: Probability of a White Christmas

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:09:27 -0500

nevver:

Probability of a White Christmas

Physicists Anxiously Await New Data on ‘God Particle’

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:33:36 -0500

Physicists Anxiously Await New Data on ‘God Particle’:

Scientists are set to issue a progress report on Tuesday morning on the search for the Higgs boson, which would vindicate the modern theory of how elementary particles get mass.

nevver: 3 Man Chess

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:32:23 -0500

nevver:

3 Man Chess

nwkarchivist: A Proud Tradition of Comedy

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:36:06 -0500

nwkarchivist:

A Proud Tradition of Comedy

laughingsquid: Olly, A Digital Air Freshener Turns Internet...

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:42:36 -0500

laughingsquid:

Olly, A Digital Air Freshener Turns Internet Notifications Into Smells

a third sense (scents?) enters the media arena…

shut machines and devices down for 11 minutes at 11AM, November...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:42:49 -0500

shut machines and devices down for 11 minutes at 11AM, November 11, 2011.

#ReBoot1111

dope design / geek watch

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:28:41 -0500

dope design / geek watch

nevver: Dead at 67, Joe Frazier #already dead

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:20:44 -0500

nevver:

Dead at 67, Joe Frazier

#already dead

“…the only hope you have is to accept the fact that...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:02:28 -0500

“…the only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function. Without mercy. Without compassion. Without remorse. All war depends upon it.”

newsweek: firstbook: Our friends at Random House Children’s...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:15:40 -0500

newsweek:

firstbook:

Our friends at Random House Children’s Books have generously agreed to donate one brand-new book for each new follower we gain on Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter this week. Those books will go to thousands of schools and programs serving kids from low-income families across the country.

Please Re-blog!

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Consider yourselves followed (and re-blogged).