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

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Photos from Bonnie & Clyde at the Asolo Rep Theater

Photos by Scott Braun

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

1. Iconic actors posing in their iconic roles http://bit.ly/gn5hE4

2. Video art carved out of Tristan & Isolde http://bit.ly/eeVITU

3. Reciting "to be or not to be" while using a shakeweight http://bit.ly/hqOaok

4. When you can't be there, send your telepresence robot avatar http://bit.ly/fNdoXa

5. Thirteen lovely bookplates from Etsy http://lat.ms/f5PQFR

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

1. An otherworldly geyser in Nevada http://bit.ly/eMu7pZ

2. A complex (but awesome) Japanese gift-wrapping technique http://bit.ly/f9lnVN

3. Google body browser http://bit.ly/gDZaoS

4. Google nGram lets us chart word usage across 5 million books, for 500 years http://bit.ly/hWSnIN

5. An eery frozen lighthouse on Lake Erie http://bit.ly/fGH1Xb

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

1. Walt Whitman's pocket notebook http://nyti.ms/eGtpkM

2. 17 minutes of "lost" footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey http://bit.ly/ePlTLL

3. Tyler Shield's stunning video portraits of celebs http://bit.ly/fb33DL

4. Apparently, car thieves now have the electronic code to turn your car back on http://bit.ly/i57KWP

5. A Sim City-cum-music sequencer: Isle of Tune http://bit.ly/hYOMwg

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

1. The coolest tool chest ever http://bit.ly/fd2igU

2. The most expensive vintage toys bought at auction http://bit.ly/gk4JSu

3. Instead of fan fiction, it's fan pencil making? Royal Tenenbaums Pencil Set http://bit.ly/idEJvk

4. Car & Driver created a Periodic Table of Sports Cars http://aol.it/emFzIR

5. A stunning photo series called 1503. The costumes alone are amazing http://bit.ly/gC6EW0

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

1. Compositing covers of all the regional issues of Vogue is beautiful http://bit.ly/hl5mXa

2. Art by typewriter http://bit.ly/gEzss7

3. Pub of the future, 1965 http://bit.ly/dUMtv3

4. Jaguar's E-Type is turning 50 http://bit.ly/efIBGm

5. A different China, in pictures http://bit.ly/fzuvgn

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

1. A gift guide for the geeks http://bit.ly/fG1Bxh

2. "Bad Writing" the movie, has some of my favorite poets (Margaret Atwood, Nick Flynn) in it http://bit.ly/hcdmtj

3. IDEO reimagines the music experience http://bit.ly/g5avpJ

4. A design process for apps, documented http://aol.it/hwsiH2

5. A place to share photos of the fridges in your offices http://bit.ly/hOH9FS

5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget) - Weekly Episode 7 Season 2

‎1. The Big Picture at the Boston.com has a collection of entrants from the National Geographic photo contest http://bit.ly/gAsSKH

2. Animated dance: lovely http://bit.ly/hqJafV

3. The Snark Handbook: Insult Edition http://bit.ly/dLosPR

4. Google fashion show (image search + projector) http://bit.ly/gpeDWT

5. A very cool little project: a time capsule in a light switchplate http://bit.ly/gyJmFe

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

1.The coolest thing to do to your new Facebook Profile page http://bit.ly/eLMDEU

2. Stolen street signs bent into furniture http://bit.ly/g6t7l5

3. The year in reading http://bit.ly/hSbyTO

4. Paris tiltshift video http://bit.ly/glIsrk

5. Shadows and reflections http://bit.ly/i0Au2B

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

1. All the Christmas lights make bokeh photos more awesome http://bit.ly/fqSw7G

2. The year 2010 according to google http://bit.ly/fUnIhk

3. The Pantone Color of the Year, 2011 http://bit.ly/gJz3gj

4. Inception, with all its nested time lined up, in real-time http://bit.ly/i0a46L

5. A photo series called "Swapping Clothes" http://bit.ly/fYUNFx

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

1. "Design of the Decade": originally a student design project, Target's ClearRX http://bit.ly/ig6JKV

2. Secret illegal music http://bit.ly/hdDyBU

3. A snark: a top 20 album list, without even listening http://bit.ly/e1jNtg

4. A collaborative musical instrument http://bit.ly/eXiifb

5. Racing across America via Google Street View http://aol.it/gFdZoE 

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

1.  The Beatles' decade in poster form http://bit.ly/fIqBWZ

2. 1958 visions of the future, Disney's Magic Highway http://bit.ly/hns0R1

3. Bend desk: touch screens extended down http://bit.ly/h17Itu

4. Truck + Bicycle (in French) = Camioncyclette http://bit.ly/dKm13I

5. How music works http://bit.ly/f7LBqk

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

1.  Collecting wasps nests is creepy. Taking creepy pictures of your nest collection: creepier http://bit.ly/hyWxj6

2. In 1968 the computer mouse was demo'ed in public http://bit.ly/gj5R9k

3. Actors 'acting' http://nyti.ms/gPywnl

4. Civil War portraits http://bit.ly/hknYQ2

5. Gorillas, camping http://bit.ly/eESHji

5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget) - Weekly Episode 6 Season 2

1. Hans Roslings' amazing data view of health across the globe and through time are made even more awesome through holographic visualizations http://bit.ly/g7STIi 

2. How DO shipping companies treat your packages? http://bit.ly/ien4wK 

3. Qatar was just awarded the 2022 World Cup and here are the stadiums it will have http://bit.ly/hCYWiO 

4. This nearly 2,000 year-old lighthouse in northwest Spain is still operating as a lighthouse http://bit.ly/hPyrGE 

5. A fan film (!!) in the form of a live-action Road Runner v. Coyote http://bit.ly/gUkTtM

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

1. Animated dance: lovely http://bit.ly/hqJafV

2. Shipwrecks and the like http://bit.ly/dIylGk

3. If you've ever "read" Infinite Jest this might make sense http://bit.ly/g70wNZ

4. The Star Wars alphabet http://bit.ly/epM1uW

5. A riverboat zombie survival compound http://bit.ly/e9b0ed

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

1.  Celebrity Photobooth photos from Yu Tsai http://bit.ly/fMNKaM

2. The Johnny Cash Project http://bit.ly/iaA8AR

3. "Forever Lazy": Adult, hooded, footless onesies http://bit.ly/dZvwjd

4. Google fashion show (image search + projector) http://bit.ly/gpeDWT

5. New York Accent, the movie http://bit.ly/hKsQ0F

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

1. Anatomical drawings from Edo Period (1603-1868) Japan http://bit.ly/hJhA8T

2. A pretty comprehensive list of spells from Harry Potter http://bit.ly/eMC840

3. Qatar was just awarded the 2022 World Cup and here are the stadiums it will have http://bit.ly/hCYWiO

4. Historical moments as pop videos http://bit.ly/f8XBMt

5. 99 foot rope, backflips, lake http://bit.ly/gHicIS

Filming Episode 6, Season 2 at Cafe Epicure

We will be filming episode 6 tomorrow (Saturday) at Cafe Epicure beginning around 4 pm. Come on out and say hi and get yourself a martini.