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

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5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget) - Weekly Episode 10 Season 2

1. Protean actor, writer and Oscar host, James Franco has a solo art show too http://bit.ly/hpADtF

2. OMG this speedflying (snow skiing + parasailing) is a.w.e.s.o.m.e. http://bit.ly/dUZHyd

3. Gorgeous, but bittersweet portraits of endangered species http://bit.ly/hgRzTH

4. Some of the best children's books of 2010 http://bit.ly/exqOHc

5. Light painting is fun http://bit.ly/i5jacX

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

1. A stunning and exhaustive array of movie titles through the decades http://bit.ly/gXyse7

2. A short film made by Thomas Edison in 1897 http://bit.ly/endic0

3. Color-coded roads tell you the speed limit http://aol.it/f9AHC2

4. 80s entertainment icons as Nintendo games http://bit.ly/f5vBFc

5. The swinging London of the 1960s http://bit.ly/i6Rm3S

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

1. New Year's around the world http://bit.ly/dJIW39

2. The Beauty of Pixar http://bit.ly/eyEE7C

3. One in Seven Billion http://bit.ly/gepmgG

4. Graphical instructions for lovers http://bit.ly/hcYPdv

5. Steampunk tech http://bit.ly/i77CNA

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

1.Real hyperlinks are made of string http://bit.ly/fLbRbD

2. Christopher Nolan's own Inception chart http://bit.ly/fuzuXy

3. Advice from artists & photogs http://bit.ly/e18EOj

4. A train throwing off sparks in the snow http://bit.ly/hSeWof

5. Fifty-one films from 2010 I shouldn't have missed http://bit.ly/fIS5EZ

Photos from the upcoming episode 10 on Siesta Key

Photos by Peter Acker (http://www.packerphoto.com)

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

1. Twenty-four hours of drinks http://bit.ly/e9OAgJ

2. The 100 most beautiful English words http://bit.ly/ehghIs

3. Watch Times Square tonight in 3D http://bit.ly/hb2nky

4. Wow, that is a cave (Vietnam) http://bit.ly/i8XNH2

5. Nat Geo's Great Migrations seems awesome http://bit.ly/fEsB4a

Photos from Bonnie & Clyde (3 of 3)

Photos by Scott Braun (http://subliminalistic.blogspot.com/) 

Photos from Bonnie & Clyde (2 of 3)

Photos by Scott Braun (http://subliminalistic.blogspot.com/) 

Photos from Bonnie & Clyde (1 of 3)

Photos by Scott Braun (http://subliminalistic.blogspot.com/) 

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

1. A prefab house that can be erected in one day http://bit.ly/f2StV1

2. DJ Earworm brings us his annual United States of Pop http://bit.ly/ejBzNW

3. American English by regional accents http://bit.ly/hHtTjj

4. Update: the entire one hour JOY OF STATS hosted by Hans Rosling http://bit.ly/gZ27Fd

5. Light painting is fun http://bit.ly/i5jacX

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

1.  Twenty forgotten photos from Apollo 11 http://bit.ly/f3dvX1

2. Roger Ebert is kinda badass. And this "Man In A Blizzard" video is very badass http://bit.ly/e5FU2t

3. Gorgeous, but bittersweet portraits of endangered species http://bit.ly/hgRzTH

4. Ok, bring me my Ikea catalogue and my table saw http://bit.ly/fCodyq

5. Ancient Robots and Victorian Androids http://bit.ly/eRB8zB

5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget) - Weekly Episode 9 Season 2

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

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

3. 1958 visions of the future, Disney's Magic Highway http://bit.ly/hns0R1

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

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

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

1. Motorcycles! http://bit.ly/hB9AKV

2. Google shows that there is no excuse (except lack of time & talent) for boring powerpoints http://bit.ly/fKRFfW

3. Badass girls surfing in Tahiti http://bit.ly/ftIFIe

4. How sciences relate to each other http://bit.ly/fZjeRV

5. Things to buy with your giftcards (if you are a productivity nerd) http://bit.ly/i6j8vg

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

1. Some of the most interesting pieces of street art in NYC http://bit.ly/fxcvGP

2. Science historian, James Burke's Connections http://bit.ly/gDBCLV

3. Cambridge University shows how to respond to pressure to censor http://bit.ly/f3aLlo

4. Collection of photos from Fairs & World Expos http://bit.ly/gOEQxM

5. A sculpture park with the human works of Norway's Gustav Vigeland http://bit.ly/fsE4co

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

1.  A clever repurposing of old stuff to be new stuff http://bit.ly/eL8Bzb

2. OMG this speedflying (snow skiing + parasailing) is a.w.e.s.o.m.e. http://bit.ly/dUZHyd

3. Seventy-five photographs from 75 photogs: cool http://bit.ly/fogKxw

4. I want a forest so I can put in this wild watchtower library+study http://bit.ly/iegGW4

5. Throwing water sculptures http://bit.ly/i4T1IG

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

1. This Christmas Eve sky in Sweden: Viking church http://bit.ly/fcwlM7

2. Santa Claus the movie from 1898 http://bit.ly/gRtY0a

3. More retrofuturism from Disney http://bit.ly/ifskoo

4. Create Christmas cards using the offenisve words blacklisted from google instant http://bit.ly/eBs6RL

5. Quieter retail product packaging http://bit.ly/fArCyr

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

1. Some of the best children's books of 2010 http://bit.ly/exqOHc

2. Protean actor, writer and Oscar host, James Franco has a solo art show too http://bit.ly/hpADtF

3. Awesome 3D foam topographical carpet http://bit.ly/hOOpDt

4. Behold! The invisible Christmas tree http://bit.ly/fveNCj

5. Lovely and creative holiday wishes video: Starry Night http://bit.ly/faSNoQ

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

1. A gorgeous 2011 Lunar Calendar http://bit.ly/gsBOA2

2. A very Star Wars Christmas http://bit.ly/hpMpF3

3. The map of Europe from 1-2000 at 100 year intervals http://bit.ly/dITTFZ

4. How a Poem Happens: with former Poet Laureate Robert Pinksy http://bit.ly/hQNHSA

5. The choreography of the skies in multi-channel video http://bit.ly/hp6cxF 

5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget) - Weekly Episode 8 Season 2

1. Jazz soloists and their insight in collaborationhttp://bit.ly/icjIit

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

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

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

5. A riverboat zombie survival compoundhttp://bit.ly/e9b0ed