5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)
5 things I learned today - Episode 5-1 - Season Premier
1. Giant cow sculptures made from car parts http://5thin.gs/giant-cows
2. The amazing Phantom HD camera capturing stunning surfing http://5thin.gs/hi-def-waves
3. Hobo nickels http://5thin.gs/hobo-nickels
4. Photos from the 2011 Burning Man Festival http://5thin.gs/burning-man
5. Compositing the faces of our favorite classic stars and modern-day stars http://5thin.gs/Archetype-faces
5 things I learned October 25, 2011
1. Happy Birthday (130!) Picasso! http://5thin.gs/rpykrO
2. Yeah, infographics and Data Viz are amazing things... the new literacy http://5thin.gs/uXhceY
3. Hey! You! Moneyface!! http://5thin.gs/vx7VA3
4. Timelapse cities set to Blade Runner soundtracks are stunning, creepy, amazing: Android Dreams http://5thin.gs/t0g8f0
5. Here is my ultra geek out for the day (or week or month)! A lecture from an evolutionary linguist arguing that languages don't exist!!(!) http://5thin.gs/uGzmCN
5 things I learned October 24, 2011
1. All Time 100 songs http://5thin.gs/py6X5T
2. Wild animals in urban settings http://5thin.gs/owpTZk
3. This freaky, scary interactive thing makes the possibility of a murderous facebook stalker seem palpable.... just in time for Halloween http://5thin.gs/qHM8FK
4. Insult generator, Shakespearean style http://5thin.gs/ojyBQZ
5. Gorgeous set of monotone photography from Peter Denniston http://5thin.gs/nIN3eE
5 things I learned October 23, 2011
5 things I learned October 23, 2011 Audio by 5thingsilearnedtoday
1. Zombie Muppets http://5thin.gs/ouWzUC
2. The Divided Brain (BRAINS! for the zombies... see?) http://5thin.gs/r76noI
3. Zombie Boy cover up http://5thin.gs/otcIMq
4. Eleven ways to rid your house of ghosts! http://5thin.gs/p1uRWl
5. A Town Called Panic! (It makes sense in French, I am sure) http://5thin.gs/pefGcl
5 things I learned October 22, 2011
1. I don't know anything about Pencil Head, but this animation is an amazing soup of pop references, surreal transformations and parade of styles http://5thin.gs/pimcH2
2. Leave it to a baseball fan (a.k.a. a stats fan) to come up with an equation to chart how diehard different teams' fans are: The Die Hard Index http://5thin.gs/o9SkxH
3. Bicycle chains as material for gorgeous human sculptures http://5thin.gs/nflgo3
4. Kinetic sculpture fun http://5thin.gs/r8RQki
5. Breakfast around the world! http://5thin.gs/oJi9mv
5 things I learned October 21, 2011
1. Traditional Buddhist art motif collides with the modern world. AMAZING http://5thin.gs/nG7dNb
2. Human/Nature collages http://5thin.gs/pRdcWG
3. The Icelandic midnight sun http://5thin.gs/o1wCfC
4. Super hi-def/slo-mo water http://5thin.gs/qucxeA
5. Spike Jonze made this love story for book lovers by hand http://5thin.gs/mRtu6Y
5 things I learned October 20, 2011
1. F@*king periodic table of swearing! http://5thin.gs/neBDjM
2. Occupy Wall Street, 1979!! http://5thin.gs/ptNkMY
3. Teenage Mutant Turtles everywhere! http://5thin.gs/q3lo7i
4. Lots of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez's work http://5thin.gs/p8NOb8
5. Synchronized gymnastics http://5thin.gs/mWQSEc
5 things I learned October 19, 2011
1. Photo-realistic paintings of underwater scenes http://5thin.gs/qKSn92
2. Is this over-the-top hotwheels set up real? Click through to vote if you think it's real or not. http://5thin.gs/p5u77g
3. Six famous thought experiments, each animated for 60 seconds of explanation http://5thin.gs/nNjXUR
4. Astounding helicopter skiing filming and photography http://5thin.gs/rm3luA
5. One scene from the movie Brazil http://5thin.gs/nShTUO
5 things I learned October 18, 2011
1. Nerdy love notes http://5thin.gs/nmpjoJ
2. Super stunning photos of fog-shrouded San Francisco http://5thin.gs/qlVAPK
3. A metamorphizing head sculpture in Charlotte http://5thin.gs/qXss7O
4. Experts and lovers of sound ruminate on it http://5thin.gs/nFukjb
5. LEVITATION! I want my hoverboard now! http://5thin.gs/nea7dl
5 things I learned October 17, 2011
1. Scene seen from inside a tent http://5thin.gs/nHFeg5
2. Charming video about the afterlife of whales http://5thin.gs/qYzOg1
3. Painting with sparks and light http://5thin.gs/oByd83
4. The Bible sentiment analysis http://5thin.gs/oCM1P7
5. Photos from the BBC's 20th Century archives http://5thin.gs/pT2HwN
5 things I learned October 16, 2011
5 things I learned October 16, 2011 Audio by 5thingsilearnedtoday
1. I am absolutely in love with these photos done in the style of Song Dynasty paintings... http://5thin.gs/pMAbAT
2. Of course I knew that penguins surfed (pfft, of course I KNEW that) http://5thin.gs/nEtDva
3. Fun and whimsical dream illustrations http://5thin.gs/nLNx4Q
4. Video and photos seem to be converging. Here is a stylish and sexy flip book that seems to not know the difference (or relies on our not caring) http://5thin.gs/oLKuP7
5. Berlin's Festival of Lights http://5thin.gs/oYwtJk
5 things I learned October 15, 2011
1. 20 of nature's oddities http://5thin.gs/qy1Fhp
2. Fantastic shots from the roof of Chicago's John Hancock Building http://5thin.gs/nUniwk
3. How well do you Kern? A game for typo-geeks http://5thin.gs/pmbagt
4. Illustrated animations on the perils of being bad at dueling http://5thin.gs/nczxaf
5. That's how you quit a job (and create some media attention for your band!)! http://5thin.gs/rup0Tp
5 things I learned October 14, 2011
1. Photos with parents and children swapped http://5thin.gs/q0TzGV
2. A wonderful series on the world's few remaining nomads http://5thin.gs/nKdC76
3. North Korea's giant ghost hotel in its capital http://5thin.gs/psVAGc
4. Throw the ball camera in the air and get a full spherical panorama http://5thin.gs/pykmPu
5. I am a sucker for travel and for time-lapse http://5thin.gs/rdGv1V
5 things I learned October 13, 2011
1. Amazing, gorgeous, dark mosaics made of the images of thousands of humans http://5thin.gs/oziTMo
2. Stunning spiral drawings http://5thin.gs/nNgfKd
3. Every page of Moby Dick illustrated. I would probably put up anything to do with Moby Dick http://5thin.gs/qLISNV
4. Wild Japanese retrofuturism http://5thin.gs/nNUrIx
5. An awesomely detailed list of common English usage errors http://5thin.gs/pT1Bu4
5 things I learned October 12, 2011
1. Wow footage of a mountain biker getting rammed by a buck http://5thin.gs/mQJYIt
2. Voices of young China http://5thin.gs/pgBtID
3. Sculptures that disappear at the right angle http://5thin.gs/pn9Ptf
4. Explore the fortunes of the Fortune 500 from 1955 to today http://5thin.gs/q6FOSe
5. Supercut of movie punches http://5thin.gs/pFVLa1
5 things I learned October 11, 2011
1. Hand-drawn movie posters from Russia: awesome sauce http://5thin.gs/qUBi15
2. Another homemade project reaching the edge of space http://5thin.gs/nzSsqC
3. This car jumps rope http://5thin.gs/qTUrQc
4. The Average Font averages the 900 fonts on the designers system http://5thin.gs/plM2SA
5. This is a "I Can't Pick" one that I am asking readers over on our Facebook page for their preference: Colour photos of circus performers from the 1940s & 50s (http://5thin.gs/qzVfPa) OR A very modern photoshoot of 1503 AD fashion (http://5thin.gs/n4lMl7). Which one is more interesting to you?
5 things I learned October 10, 2011
1. Science inspired photos http://5thin.gs/p6XYRx
2. Organic forms in steel http://5thin.gs/n3EHyE
3. The way different groups of fans end up wearing a uniform http://5thin.gs/nFPyDJ
4. The finalists of 2012 Hasselblad Masters award http://5thin.gs/rkYkBF
5. An interactive movie, a modern choose your own adventure http://5thin.gs/rsy0hF
5 things I learned October 9, 2011
1. Now that's how you cut a record (analog remixing) http://5thin.gs/qRAqKT
2. Eery faces in scratch graffiti http://5thin.gs/qfkAKM
3. I don't see enough sidecars http://5thin.gs/oUE4LH
4. Panoramic photos are amazing things http://5thin.gs/r6wAM6
5. The 6 types of Chinese characters explained http://5thin.gs/qI5Cmh
5 things I learned October 7, 2011
1. 121 pre-1925 sports photos http://5thin.gs/nIiny0
2. How Many Really? puts numbers in context of your social networks http://5thin.gs/pIt73x
3. Wire and other stuff used to make portraits http://5thin.gs/nOnPxq
4. Awesome infographic of complementary tastes http://5thin.gs/p5LeFN
5. How online training could have helped Star Wars' characters http://5thin.gs/nNasZV