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

Ryan Nance August 10, 2010

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 July 23, 2011

5 things I learned July 23, 2011

5 things I learned July 23, 2011

5 things I learned July 23, 2011

5 things I learned July 23, 2011

5 things I learned July 23, 2011

Ryan Nance July 23, 2011

1. Rare early photos of Marilyn Monroe http://5thin.gs/oyYlgt

2. The beauty of the VW Bus http://5thin.gs/nko8mY

3. Blenders and glowsticks http://5thin.gs/rocjLE

4. GPS and Einstein http://5thin.gs/rl9gfr

5. Drive-by portraits http://5thin.gs/pjMeO0

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5 things I learned July 22, 2011

5 things I learned July 22, 2011

5 things I learned July 22, 2011

5 things I learned July 22, 2011

5 things I learned July 22, 2011

5 things I learned July 22, 2011

Ryan Nance July 22, 2011

1. Sexy with a side of Ken Jeong http://5thin.gs/olfQ7a

2. What bears are up to http://5thin.gs/pATLbc

3, Life hacks http://5thin.gs/qDESDd

4. Beautiful macro-lens photography http://5thin.gs/n7QVAu

5. LA without cars http://5thin.gs/o2OkCJ

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5 things I learned July 21, 2011

5 things I learned July 21, 2011

5 things I learned July 21, 2011

5 things I learned July 21, 2011

5 things I learned July 21, 2011

5 things I learned July 21, 2011

Ryan Nance July 21, 2011

1. Awesome above-and-below water photography http://5thin.gs/nD9wJu

2. Now that the Space Shuttle is retired.... http://5thin.gs/n8Rbbr

3. Some graphic designers take on Fortune Cookies: Posters of Fortune http://5thin.gs/pK1fLn

4. Nanotechnology had a role in the first synthetic organ transplant http://5thin.gs/ooFO1K

5. Trailer for Rebirth, a documentary following 5 people connected to 9/11 http://5thin.gs/rhcxLc

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5 things I learned July 20, 2011

5 things I learned July 20, 2011

5 things I learned July 20, 2011

5 things I learned July 20, 2011

5 things I learned July 20, 2011

5 things I learned July 20, 2011

Ryan Nance July 20, 2011

1. The $1200 space program http://5thin.gs/qH3Nmd

2. Urban decay http://5thin.gs/oaDU16

3. The process of building planes http://5thin.gs/q0BcJd

4. Running from the camera http://5thin.gs/rerTL8

5. A year of NYTimes.com in 7 minutes http://5thin.gs/r67Pti

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5 things I learned today 
1. Chicago by boat: A time-lapse journey http://5thin.gs/iUCXtp
2. World's Longest Bridge http://5thin.gs/mFuYwN
3. Taipei city guide http://5thin.gs/mgGJl
4. Radio Controlled Flying Super Hero http://5thin.gs/… — 5 things I learned today

1. Chicago by boat: A time-lapse journey http://5thin.gs/iUCXtp

2. World's Longest Bridge http://5thin.gs/mFuYwN

3. Taipei city guide http://5thin.gs/mgGJl

4. Radio Controlled Flying Super Hero http://5thin.gs/lRIKIH

5. Inside the Ghost Ships of the Mothballed Fleet http://5thin.gs/qnxHiw

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5 things I learned today

1. Chicago by boat: A time-lapse journey http://5thin.gs/iUCXtp

2. World's Longest Bridge http://5thin.gs/mFuYwN

3. Taipei city guide http://5thin.gs/mgGJl

4. Radio Controlled Flying Super Hero http://5thin.gs/lRIKIH

5. Inside the Ghost Ships of the Mothballed Fleet http://5thin.gs/qnxHiw

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5 things I learned today - Episode 4-6 - Travel Edition - Chicago

Ryan Nance July 19, 2011

5 things I learned July 18, 2011

5 things I learned July 18, 2011

5 things I learned July 18, 2011

5 things I learned July 18, 2011

5 things I learned July 18, 2011

5 things I learned July 18, 2011

Ryan Nance July 18, 2011

1. Star Wars of Tunisia http://5thin.gs/p7wqAe

2. Vaudevillian ventriloquists and their dummies http://5thin.gs/qynLEc

3. A collection of thoughts: You Know What's F*#cking Crazy? http://5thin.gs/qMEn6S

4. A father takes his son for an autocross ride http://5thin.gs/p8OLzv

5. A marijuana farm in Tiajuana that contains more marijuana than has even been found in Mexico http://5thin.gs/rknSdM

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5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

5 things at the Sarasota Film Festival

Ryan Nance July 18, 2011

More details of the Sarasota Film Festival.

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5 things I learned July 14, 2011

5 things I learned July 14, 2011

5 things I learned July 14, 2011

5 things I learned July 14, 2011

5 things I learned July 14, 2011

5 things I learned July 14, 2011

Ryan Nance July 14, 2011

1. Superpowers of the brain http://5thin.gs/pl21bq

2. Starfleet Commander http://5thin.gs/oZj6OW

3. Alternative Ghostbusters posters http://5thin.gs/ooPfyw

4. A kindergarten built around a tree http://5thin.gs/naUFOj

5. In Bruges http://5thin.gs/oTp8nh

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5 things I learned July 13, 2011

5 things I learned July 13, 2011

5 things I learned July 13, 2011

5 things I learned July 13, 2011

5 things I learned July 13, 2011

5 things I learned July 13, 2011

Ryan Nance July 13, 2011

1. Famous voice actors through the ages http://5thin.gs/oMtm7G

2. A baby duck feeding koi http://5thin.gs/nVWFxw

3. Vintage electronics recreated in paper http://5thin.gs/paqwpv

4. Color photos from 1900-the 1940s http://5thin.gs/r26LT2

5. A 360 pano of the Space Shuttle flight deck http://5thin.gs/rdNY4B

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5 things I learned today - Episode 4-5

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-5

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-5

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-5

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-5

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-5

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-5

Ryan Nance July 12, 2011

5 things I learned today

1. The United States of Awesome The United States of Shame http://5thin.gs/khxjs8

2. The many characters of actors (illustrations) http://5thin.gs/iwWF4y

3. Celebrity body art photo mod http://5thin.gs/kBBEy9

4. Funny Star Wars paintings http://5thin.gs/jZD8J3

5. Midsummer lantern festival in Poland http://5thin.gs/jy3FGj

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5 things I learned July 10, 2011

5 things I learned July 10, 2011

5 things I learned July 10, 2011

5 things I learned July 10, 2011

5 things I learned July 10, 2011

5 things I learned July 10, 2011

Ryan Nance July 10, 2011

1. Stop motion of sand storm hitting Phoenix http://5thin.gs/r1iJRe

2. Video of the final Space Shuttle launch http://5thin.gs/nIXRhL

3. Underground buildings http://5thin.gs/qXfdct

4. Shipwrecks http://5thin.gs/ocA6b5

5. Crazy sports and stunts http://5thin.gs/n92TuK

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5 things I learned July 8, 2011

5 things I learned July 8, 2011

5 things I learned July 8, 2011

5 things I learned July 8, 2011

5 things I learned July 8, 2011

5 things I learned July 8, 2011

Ryan Nance July 8, 2011

1. 34 awesome Original Star Wars Storyboard Illustrations http://5thin.gs/pwgwzV

2. Expanded rules for Rock-paper-scissors http://5thin.gs/q0rgdE

3. Inside the Ghost Ships of the Mothballed Fleet http://5thin.gs/qnxHiw

4. The 20 Greatest Driving Roads in the World http://5thin.gs/otUIbz

5. How something as simple as an arrangement of stones can be so beautiful... http://5thin.gs/qcFOPN

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-4 - Travel Edition - Detroit

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-4 - Travel Edition - Detroit

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-4 - Travel Edition - Detroit

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-4 - Travel Edition - Detroit

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-4 - Travel Edition - Detroit

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-4 - Travel Edition - Detroit

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-4 - Travel Edition - Detroit

Ryan Nance July 5, 2011

5 things I learned today

1. Two guys in the airport http://5thin.gs/jR8M0P

2. World War One in color photographs http://5thin.gs/kLjd6s

3. Amazing aircraft wing photos http://5thin.gs/iAS8Es

4. Drink like your favorite author http://5thin.gs/l0hh7M

5. X-ray art http://5thin.gs/kFEP8r

5 things I learned July 5, 2011

5 things I learned July 5, 2011

5 things I learned July 5, 2011

5 things I learned July 5, 2011

5 things I learned July 5, 2011

5 things I learned July 5, 2011

Ryan Nance July 5, 2011

1. Radio-controlled flying super-hero http://5thin.gs/lRIKIH

2. Taipei City Guide (I always wished I had put together one of these) http://5thin.gs/mgGJlT

3. Life in Pixels http://5thin.gs/jncv21

4. An amazingly lonely tall minaret http://5thin.gs/lTEZid

5. Wimbledon visualizedd http://5thin.gs/l2Blq4

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5 things I learned July 4, 2011

5 things I learned July 4, 2011

5 things I learned July 4, 2011

5 things I learned July 4, 2011

5 things I learned July 4, 2011

5 things I learned July 4, 2011

Ryan Nance July 4, 2011

1. Macy's 4th of July fireworks http://5thin.gs/ko7EdT

2. Superheros Picasso-ized http://5thin.gs/mPqd8m

3. The world's longest bridge just opened http://5thin.gs/lnxrRQ AND http://5thin.gs/mFuYwN

4. Ridiculous mini cars from the 60s http://5thin.gs/jiJSnQ

5. Mongolia: then and now http://5thin.gs/lPLzoR

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5 things I learned July 3, 2011

5 things I learned July 3, 2011

5 things I learned July 3, 2011

5 things I learned July 3, 2011

5 things I learned July 3, 2011

5 things I learned July 3, 2011

Ryan Nance July 3, 2011

1. 24 hours of sky in a single photo http://5thin.gs/iWYNFU

2. Poetry bombing http://5thin.gs/k82n2y

3. History of the Space Shuttle (yes that IS the cast of Star Trek) http://5thin.gs/kuIRr6

4. Chicago by boat: a timelapse http://5thin.gs/iUCXtp

5. From the fireworks' point of view http://5thin.gs/lV4uUX

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5 things I learned July 1, 2011

5 things I learned July 1, 2011

5 things I learned July 1, 2011

5 things I learned July 1, 2011

5 things I learned July 1, 2011

5 things I learned July 1, 2011

Ryan Nance July 1, 2011

1. Super-sized light paintings http://5thin.gs/iWRB1j

2. Mail camera project http://5thin.gs/jEsUY4

3. Compilation of classic movie creature animations http://5thin.gs/lzd9CD

4. Illustrated cocktail guide http://5thin.gs/l3YgNC

5. Stop-motion to the (now 20 year old) Terminator http://5thin.gs/jnQhXD

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5 things I learned June 30, 2011

5 things I learned June 30, 2011

5 things I learned June 30, 2011

5 things I learned June 30, 2011

5 things I learned June 30, 2011

5 things I learned June 30, 2011

Ryan Nance June 30, 2011

1. Super narrow house, what?! http://5thin.gs/kpfEUr

2. Drifting the Gauntlet http://5thin.gs/lJYK6u

3. Building the Titanic http://5thin.gs/jwCVHt

4. 3D photos from the Civil War http://5thin.gs/joPRVo

5. Now that's a Crannog! http://5thin.gs/ikZIp5

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5 things I learned June 29, 2011

5 things I learned June 29, 2011

5 things I learned June 29, 2011

5 things I learned June 29, 2011

5 things I learned June 29, 2011

5 things I learned June 29, 2011

Ryan Nance June 29, 2011

1. The many characters of actors (illustrations) http://5thin.gs/iwWF4y

2. Stylish soccer star designs http://5thin.gs/kDs8nU

3. Blowing up bridges, Hollywood style: a supercut http://5thin.gs/kPxDCg

4. The life of a facebook photo upload http://5thin.gs/irtHGe

5. In Situ: A new breed of interactive art movie is coming http://5thin.gs/jmSXlo

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