5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

  • The Arabic term for Muslim Iberia Al Andalus, and its derivative Andalusia, are probably not derived from the Berber pronunciation of the word Vandal: "Wandal"where »
  • Pabst Blue Ribbon is brewed by the Miller Brewing Company where »
  • Clockwork Orange was set in the far off future of 1995 where »
  • Almost all people suffer from change blindness where »
  • Elvis Presley had a father (although obvious, it never occurred to me). Also, Natalie Portman can make a mean salad where »

    • 5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. A full-length, Emmy-award winning collaborative shot-for-shot Fan Film version of Star Wars? yeah. http://bit.ly/9LdFJI

    2. Mixing video of office workers and audio of birdsong shouldn't be this interesting http://bit.ly/bNye3v

    3. Despite a heavy reliance on the real audio format, it is great to find a free audio archive of Orson Wells' The Mercury on the Air http://bit.ly/ccKk5q

    4. Whether manic inner music or guerilla street theater, this still rocks http://bit.ly/9mKM5g

    5. I am clearly a sucker for clear, interactive infographics, this time comparing countries (not sure how that works) http://bit.ly/9t4N1z

     

     

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Although b&w photos are beautiful, color photos do a remarkable job of rendering the far-off and long-ago in a way that feels much closer http://bit.ly/cC5z51

    2. Not only can you explore the universe through amazing research photographers, you can contribute to our knowledge of the universe http://bit.ly/9FXp5O

    3. Straight from the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford comes the Behavior Wizard http://bit.ly/aV3U9Z

    4. I have never met a kind of bread I haven't liked. Do you have a favorite? http://bit.ly/aPuhjd

    5. Ghostly International has come up with a Color Theory browser for discovering music, a description which really doesn't get at what it does http://bit.ly/bI3Jzk

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Eastern France looks really hot in this map of touristyness http://bit.ly/cIylcm

    2. Some grad student actually walked across America and sounds like a zombie about it http://bit.ly/90k1rF

    3. Not that I needed to be convinced, but Roger Ebert makes a compelling case for everyone to watch Miyazaki http://bit.ly/d33DRG

    4. Music played out on the street is kinda fun http://bit.ly/daF9j7

    5. Pandora may be king, but there are other ways to get introduced to new music http://bit.ly/csRGRa

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. The plays of Shakespeare get an awesome data visualization treatment http://bit.ly/9OOjRL

    2. Understanding the lifecycle of cities casts some light on the lives of the people living in them http://bit.ly/c3GMm7

    3. Looking at these art mods of public space makes me wonder how I have never gotten into vadalism http://bit.ly/cixxrr

    4. Mounting a camera to the back of a surfboard is a super duper great idea (no joke) http://bit.ly/cfjGJy

    5. I've been reading a lot about how irrelevant résumés are these days. this summer accomplishments reel puts the period at the end of that statement. http://bit.ly/bBRqTG

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Google TV looks to have lots of really cool features, but needs, perhaps, a bit more baking http://bit.ly/92yhIo

    2. Yes, mapping (as well as graphing and charting rap lyrics http://bit.ly/13dVBl) the incidents of the rap world IS a might fine thing to do http://bit.ly/bBRrTF

    3. Ubu.com's incredible collection of sounds (rare, out of print, strange sound poems, interviews, etc) is still going strong (even though I'd thought it'd disappeared years ago) http://bit.ly/9vqVgl

    4. Okay, now I really want to read a Deadwood Choose Your Adventure http://bit.ly/b1wrVT

    5. Chatroulette got p0wned (well, I guess it didn't, but kinda feels like it) http://bit.ly/bns3iV

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Sometimes rather than describing what you do, you should show it (that's a lot of bicycles) more »
    2. The art of the Advice Column has been taken to new heights by Dear Sugar more »
    3. Magic happens when you cross humor, mathematics, illustrations and music more »
    4. There is now an iPhone case much like the beautiful DodoCase iPad case where »
    5. The form and order of the Alphabet has a long, fascinating history where »

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Old color photographs of far-off places are awesome where »
    2. You can hang an entire novel on the wall where »
    3. Very very few people (80, apparently, in 2009) in America work as Architects in the Agricultural industry where »
    4. And fully aware how backwards this is, this bicycle mounted bottle opener makes me want to get a bicycle where »
    5. Seeing that other people have used garbage bags to make an Air Whale makes me a little jealous where »

    6 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. It's pretty cool when you peer 100 years into the future and get it mostly right where »
    2. The pixelating winds are powerful where »
    3. Imagination and Knowledge are not opposites, but instead rely on one another where »
    4. The Museum of Modern Art has an iPhone app where »
    5. Hearing sounds from places I've never been makes me want to go there where »
    6. Apparently we really needed another font, and this one's got to be special! where »

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Conductors (the orchestral type, although perhaps the railroad type too...) seem to need to have crazy hair where »
    2. A cool but kludgy way to make your camera phone's camera more awesome where »
    3. I could buy Cameron's (from Ferris Bueller's Day Off) house! (if I had the money, of course) where »
    4. Unicorns can be real assholes sometimes where »
    5. When bad guys are illustrated they are both kinda cute and kinda badass where »

    6 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. It is quite possible to make hauntingly awesome computer animation art where »
    2. I might be a little bit of an Anosognosic where »
    3. I want a Drum-cycle (and also, Scandinavians are funny folk) where »
    4. Seriously, I had no idea that Russia was one fire where »
    5. I will have to eat more apricots and peaches (and word for word translations have a beauty edge) where »
    6. Antarctica actually has two ATMs where »