5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)
5 things I learned November 17, 2011
1. Animals!! http://5thin.gs/uGhohl
2. Abandoned tech from around the world (Reminds me of Ozymandius by Shelley) http://5thin.gs/smSf62
3. Macro visions of the world around us http://5thin.gs/uJeGPb
4. American nomads living the nomadic life http://5thin.gs/tFa7iG
5. Dalí's illustrations for Alice in Wonderland http://5thin.gs/w0jP7Q
5 things I learned November 16, 2011
1. A visual way to explore indie music http://5thin.gs/tEzwtP
2. Awesome tradition of decking out your delivery truck!! http://5thin.gs/s6EHMA
3. Stunning pictures of Kenya http://5thin.gs/rDkWsv
4. Innovation in the face of Thai flooding http://5thin.gs/vUgl8P
5. Adorable papercut animation for a music video: Una Piez Mas http://5thin.gs/vlcUsl
5 things I learned November 14, 2011
1. Shadow dance fighting boxing kung fu http://5thin.gs/unmEx3
2. Charming stop motion animation with pencils http://5thin.gs/sa8M2T
3. Just one of many many Movie Infographics collected here http://5thin.gs/sBlPHP
4. How Buildings Learn is a geek indulgence of mine http://5thin.gs/sjwPje
5. Eventually you're gonna wipeout when someone is filming you http://5thin.gs/uHPkNg
5 things I learned November 13, 2011
5 things I learned November 13, 2011 Audio by 5thingsilearnedtoday
1. Now THIS International Space Station timelapse flyover over nighttime earth is stunning and has style http://5thin.gs/w0bGsT
2. Pair what you're listening to to what you should be drinking http://5thin.gs/vcGQcJ
3. The brain is an endlessly fascinating subject and Charlie Rose has dedicated 13 episodes to its discussion http://5thin.gs/tQ6nYO
4. This iPad clock creates a ceaselessly rolling memory of the last minute, hour, etc... http://5thin.gs/sC4IDQ
5. Pulling together lots of sources to create a compelling and complete picture of the last decade http://5thin.gs/vG5Mj8
5 things I learned November 12, 2011
1. Photos from the insides of waves http://5thin.gs/uE9knY
2. Mapping by time makes a lot of sense http://5thin.gs/sKLL2c
3. Ice climbing photos http://5thin.gs/tA3tUJ
4. Human Bodies + Human Brain = Human Nature http://5thin.gs/tDPiu2
5. Painting meet Photography http://5thin.gs/rFrkzh
5 things I learned November 10, 2011
1. Another of those eerily beautiful images made of 1000s of human bodies, this one has a behind the scenes video (some studio nudity) http://5thin.gs/suIVcl
2. Awesome Spanish street art http://5thin.gs/w2vIiE
3. Typographic synthesizer http://5thin.gs/vtsVie
4. I love the interaction designers think. Here is an amazing rant on the future of interactions http://5thin.gs/sIXBe9
5. Infographic: Which is more expensive: Prison or Princeton http://5thin.gs/s0kOE7
5 things I learned November 9, 2011
1. The X-Men family tree http://5thin.gs/tjsEL4
2. Astronauts falling down on the moon http://5thin.gs/rP65Mr
3. Great Vonnegutisms http://5thin.gs/vSBNmB
4. Awesome interactive timeline/map: The History of Dance Music http://5thin.gs/vqbyar
5. Photos of the first successful aircraft carrier http://5thin.gs/uEkEVj
5 things on Google +
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5 things I learned Nov 9, 2011
1. Creative bus adverts http://5thin.gs/uPfDrL
2. Photos of the way the world's population is unevenly distributed http://5thin.gs/s4ESma
3. 55 foodie blogs from around the world http://5thin.gs/rxJWdF
4. Stunning LA street photography http://5thin.gs/vXQkLb
5. Awesome Tapes from Africa: Fantastic collection of music tapes from Africa http://5thin.gs/vIgdV7
5 things I learned November 7, 2011
1. The Lego Man (http://5thin.gs/rzhbaY & http://5thin.gs/sSDWXZ ) that washed up on the shores near Sarasota (where I write this from) was merely a vangaurd of the whole Lego Army. See the making of it http://5thin.gs/vysyB0
2. Growing a bridge is certainly slower... but more sustainable http://5thin.gs/vramjH
3, Winnning Zombie Safehouse designs http://5thin.gs/v86GUa
4. Safe for Work: Blackboards in Porn: "Celebrating pornographers who go the extra mile when set dressing classroom porn and actually write something on the blackboard." http://5thin.gs/t31k8Q
5. Sculptures Built from Repurposed Objects and Hammer-Formed Steel http://5thin.gs/t51PPO
5 things I learned November 6, 2011
1. Truly incredibly realistic pencil drawings http://5thin.gs/uTNSM7
2. A remarkable (and gorgeous) impression of Afghanistan (seriously best watched in FULL SCREEN) http://5thin.gs/u0Jl36
3. A wooden structure sculpture made to fall down http://5thin.gs/rWX4sD
4. Where (and how) we locate feelings in our bodies http://5thin.gs/vF1aoZ
5. Exploring the archives of Popular Science by keyword density gives us an awesome view of what we were talking about http://5thin.gs/tOZ0hA
5 things I learned November 5, 2011
1. 80 artists pay tribute to the Frankenstein monster http://5thin.gs/uxc9Sz
2. Humans of New York http://5thin.gs/rpkQ0c
3. Electroacoustic Sculptures http://5thin.gs/w02BNB
4. Totems: The Exaggerated Streets of Shanghai http://5thin.gs/sFifCQ
5. ASL (American Sigh Language) Music Video "We're Going To Be Friends" by the White Stripes http://5thin.gs/t2lLjR
5 things I learned November 4, 2011
1. These photographically composited images LOOK like X-Rays and do seem to peer into the objects, but they aren't. They are amazing!! http://5thin.gs/vkFlW4
2. Alphabet of Internet Memes! http://5thin.gs/szcVmM
3. Because YES! Yelp needs Cormac McCarthy http://5thin.gs/tF1ZQp
4. A way to use Augmented Reality in a shopping mall http://5thin.gs/ufEPKn
5. Matrix-style surfing video in the wild http://5thin.gs/vyrl39
5 things I learned November 3, 2011
1. A Self-portrait-a-day project yields an amazing 400 image composite http://5thin.gs/vGETLw
2. Clever, clever stop-motion video http://5thin.gs/rvasHt
3. This camera angle is called God's Eye, and man, God sees some creepy, ominous stuff http://5thin.gs/u9TLmU
4. Skylining.... yeah, crazy stupid good http://5thin.gs/tuKltR
5. Timeline of Mars missions http://5thin.gs/ucgWxW
5 things I learned I learned November 1, 2011
1. Great chart of monsters http://5thin.gs/sn1TLs
2. Visualizing the 7 billions people on the planet http://5thin.gs/tCRb7S
3. The TED PRIZE winning JR's project http://5thin.gs/sFgsxx
4. The Balloons of Bhutan: Gross Happiness Index http://5thin.gs/vePph3
5. 70th anniversary Life Magazine photo library http://5thin.gs/sVkejk
5 things I learned October 31, 2011 - Halloween!
1. Incredible HALO costumes http://5thin.gs/savdM4
2. Fantastical creatures in papercuts http://5thin.gs/sYNTBa
3. The Northern Lights in the skies of Norway http://5thin.gs/rMscM0
4. A ring of mirrors makes for a stunning installation http://5thin.gs/u1WMS3
5. Ten creepy abandoned prisons http://5thin.gs/tdUE3d
5 things I learned October 30, 2011
1. View from 1115 ft up on One World Trade Center http://5thin.gs/uN8sMg
2. America in the 1970s http://5thin.gs/tymjPZ
3. A mega time-lapse of Burning Man http://5thin.gs/w1Ajt9
4. Dice sculpture http://5thin.gs/vwEvGJ
5. Dancing on the side of a building http://5thin.gs/sLunh7
5 Scary Movies that still terrify
Over on our Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/5tilt) we asked people about the movies that still terrified them: http://5thin.gs/s32Imx
This list might change, but right now, here are the top 5 most voted for.
1. 28 Days Later (2002) http://5thin.gs/uN4RBk
With its visual and conceptual framework just dripping all of our fears of our world as it is today, 28 Days Later is most terrifying in its ability to take something far-fetched (zombies) and making them seem not just plausible, but likely and even inevitable.
2. The Exorcist (1973) http://5thin.gs/vpKtr1
With some many of us, this was a realitively subtle scary movie... not lurking monsters with blood splatters, but an invisible and inexplicable takeover of something sweet and innocent (a child). It is terrifying because it is shocking and about things that matter. Its fun to watch pretty, silly, foolish teens get picked off one by one. It is terrrifying to imagine your child turning into this.
3. Paranormal Activity (2007) http://5thin.gs/uwVXe1
The production quality of this sleeper hit, similar to Blair Witch, rely on its apparent artlessness... it's sense of being authetic. It's a powerful trick.
4. Alien (1979) http://5thin.gs/vjUheU
There is something truly terrifiying about stuff that is entirely unknown. And Alien represents that the way that any earth-bound monster couldn't.
5. The Omen (1976) http://5thin.gs/tLIC1R
The concept of evil is an interesting, and terrifying, one. The intentionality of harm, especially from a source so surprising, makes each of us feel the need to be viligant, for our death or destruction could come from ANYWHERE.
5 things I learned October 29, 2011
1. Boozers in film http://5thin.gs/sXotKv
(the first of many embedded below)
2. Types of Vamps http://5thin.gs/s9wEmN
3. A new Ryan Gosling meme: typography! http://5thin.gs/rxs8of
4. A movie about Ray and Charles Eames I wanna watch http://5thin.gs/vAF2Bi
5. Dots dots on people and places http://5thin.gs/uk5F2J