5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)
With 53% of the Votes, Chris Alexander is our Round 1 winner for the 4th matchup! Thanks also to Zac Eubank for playing along!
5 things Showdown: First Round WINNER: Chris Alexander
5 things I learned February 4, 2012
1. Surreal illustrated worlds http://5thin.gs/wmdjAj
2. What spider's do during a flood http://5thin.gs/zW2jF2
3. Astounding glassworks http://5thin.gs/wEex8I
4. Gorgeous, colorful, magnificent insect photos http://5thin.gs/wF9mrU
5. Hi-speed photos of things (food, etc) exploding http://5thin.gs/wWCryZ
5 things I learned Feb 2, 2012
1. Zombie Founding Fathers (and Abe) http://5thin.gs/A38zT6
2. Portraits made with fire and soot http://5thin.gs/xtNwtP
3. The digital noise of our lives given a beat http://5thin.gs/At9JPj
5. Long-exposure photos of trains http://5thin.gs/xEMt1c
5 things I learned Feb 1, 2012
1. Cross-sections of human anatomy made of rolled paper http://5thin.gs/Azup8D
2. Unreal Estate: pop culture places illustrated http://5thin.gs/yfZ2nt3. Portraits of bureaucrats from around the world http://5thin.gs/zVKWT54. Swarming nano-quadrotors http://5thin.gs/xWVe8u
5. Stunning aerial photography http://5thin.gs/wUgrBy
5 things I learned Jan 31, 2012
1. Remote controlled flying people http://5thin.gs/xRhosm
2. Photos from the backseat of abandoned cars http://5thin.gs/xHC51F
3. A cathedral made from 55,000 LED lights http://5thin.gs/yFhWnu
4. The 6 weirdest cities people actually live in http://5thin.gs/AFhERk
5. Awe-inspiring Seed Cathedral at Shanghai World Expo 2010 http://5thin.gs/z0oQfy
5 things Showdown: First Round Match-up: Chris Alexander v. Zac Eubank
After checking out the links, vote for the person you think should go on to the next round, on their way to winning a Kindle.
Whoever has the most votes here, on the this post, by 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday February 1st moves on.
"I'm a big music lover and recently found this site which provides a huge supply of free music downloads from live concerts. The list is impossibly long and includes everything from the Grateful Dead (8,422 shows) to Yonder Mountain String Band (1,262 shows). To be clear, its an older and eclectic list, you won't find any Lady Gaga, but you might find some gems. Happy hunting."
1. Internet Archive of live music downloads http://5thin.gs/zojebE
Chris Alexander is the creative manager at The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. He specializes in graphic design, web administration, social media and foosball. He serves as the Activities Chair for the Relay for Life Palmer Ranch, (March 30, 2012), and is the #1 fan of Sarasota's almost-famous actor, Christine Alexander. Chris loves live music & comedy and is inspired to drag himself through the occasional obstacle course.
http://facebook.com/chris.alexander
"I find this amazing because, well it just is. One of my favorite books currently in circulation is The World Without Us, and I find this chart to spin my imagination into the head-space, the what-if zone. It's hard to believe we have had such an impact on the planet in such a short period of time."
2. Anthropocene Mapping http://5thin.gs/z1vqYB
"I am Zac Eubank, I make videos, take pictures, and observe the world around me."
www.thezaceubank.com www.funnydaysseries.com
5 things I learned January 28, 2012
1. Adding drama to ordinary things by adding wires and wit http://5thin.gs/y9qr0Q
2. Cut leaf illustrations http://5thin.gs/wT9x5H
3. Salvidor Dalí probably WOULD like Vampire Weekend and Frida most definitely would have been down with Daft Punk. Thoughts? http://5thin.gs/z5eGtD
4. Beautifully shot short film on the letterpress http://5thin.gs/ymI02O
5. Riding on a mountaintop ridge http://5thin.gs/AqqZAv
5 things I learned Jan 27, 2012
1. Astounding 'photo surgery' ( no photoshop needed) http://5thin.gs/zOXV1V
2. Beautiful birds cut out of maps http://5thin.gs/AgGQYg
3. Very detailed timeline of Jimi Hendrix's life http://5thin.gs/ynf8oZ
4. Shots from movies where the actor looks directly at the camera http://5thin.gs/ybqUZa
5. Optimal Commutes: Discovering urban desire paths through twitter http://5thin.gs/xkOCIn
5 things I learned Jan 26, 2012
1. Photorealistic paintings of women http://5thin.gs/yOd1TK
2. Two 17-year-old Canadians have sent a Lego man into space http://5thin.gs/xm9Ijc
3. Photos from the 1870s turned into super hero cards http://5thin.gs/zZEiv3
4. Wake boarding compilation http://5thin.gs/zs5CDJ
5. New astounding high res image of earth http://5thin.gs/zSASLQ
5 things I learned Jan 25, 2012
1. Stunning and expressive portraits made from bits of recycled paper
http://5thin.gs/zHe8Sn
http://5thin.gs/yhqEGm
3. Adult TV characters and their childhood counterparts http://5thin.gs/wiO7A8
4. Space Station concepts that didn't survive http://5thin.gs/xGgDzT5. The Archetype: a questioning robot http://5thin.gs/yyCUWg
5 things I learned Jan 24, 2012
1. Gorgeous short video on the West Indian Manatee http://5thin.gs/xVh5DK
2. Famous photographs and the photographers who took them http://5thin.gs/xED9Uj
3. 25 Castles around the world http://5thin.gs/zP5aje
4. Territories jointly owned and controlled by two or more countriesare called Condominiums http://5thin.gs/yB8Vf4
5. Christopher Walken reads "The Raven" http://5thin.gs/zQwFMc
5 things I learned Jan 23, 2012
1. FOLLOW UP: 75 photos of those creepy underwater statues we covered season 2 (see video below) http://5thin.gs/wFzc7Z
2. Play the rings of a tree as a record http://5thin.gs/AumYds
4. I just love the whimsy of these photos: The Girl with the Seven Horses http://5thin.gs/xPK3WQ
5. Abandoned buildings in Paris http://5thin.gs/AkyRft
5 things I learned January 22, 2012
1. Loving time-lapse treatment of Yosemite http://5thin.gs/AcIlzh
2. These "Destroyed in Seconds" make me really nervous but i can't stop watching them http://5thin.gs/yYo6Wd
3. Trailer for a movie called "Space Junk 3D" http://5thin.gs/zx9cLN
4. Shunsuke Nakamura (中村 俊輔) takes a freekick into the window of a moving bus http://5thin.gs/zMkqC7
5. Aerial panorama views.... http://5thin.gs/zDnjCj
5 things I learned Jan 20, 2012
1. Re-imagined hip-hop album covers http://5thin.gs/y8pTTp
2. The choreography of the drummer http://5thin.gs/xXCmtq
3. "The Alphabet of the Plains" or "Alfabeto delle pianure" http://5thin.gs/wfq1bL
4. Improbable scenes http://5thin.gs/xioxbJ
5. Creepy Beavis and Butthead sculptures http://5thin.gs/xExOY3
5 things I learned Jan 19, 2012
1. The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in photos http://5thin.gs/wVJqkn
2. Making of an art installation at Nuart 2011 http://5thin.gs/zOgq9n
3. Impressive animation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water
http://5thin.gs/xFhejw
4. Nightscapes http://5thin.gs/yKaBL5
5 things I learned Jan 18, 2012
1. Underwater photos of undersea things http://5thin.gs/vZFXKg
2. National Geographic photos from the Lego factory http://5thin.gs/ybQoQV
3. Colorized versions of iconic photos http://5thin.gs/ygluXy
4. Just a video of a gorgeous great dane running 30 mph http://5thin.gs/zbCYOK
5. Little Tombstone is a clever French animation http://5thin.gs/wsefXB
5 things I learned Jan 17, 2012
1. Movie posters from an alternate universe http://5thin.gs/wPqACg
2. Photos of the day from National Geographic http://5thin.gs/x8gZQw
3. Hello, is it me you're looking for? http://5thin.gs/wBqYUT
4. A sitcom shot in Ikea stores without permission http://5thin.gs/zoEhO4
5. Supercut of the terrifying http://5thin.gs/zaotwk
5 things I learned January 16, 2012
1. Photos of Shaolin Monks at rest and improving their Gung-fu http://5thin.gs/y978KQ
2. Vintage style player cards for FC Barcelona (and I am categorically NOT a Barça fan) http://5thin.gs/waemnZ
3. A dream about gravity and tomorrow http://5thin.gs/zCAhTJ
4. Birds drawn in books http://5thin.gs/xXkeay
5. Code Racer teaches you to code while you play http://5thin.gs/xec8bU
5 things I learned Jan 13, 2012
1. A portrait made entirely of Rubik's Cubes http://5thin.gs/wjLR9h
2. Star Wars inspired NASA helper robots that have a Google Nexus Sphone as its brains http://5thin.gs/xg2JF2
3. Pictory has new issue of its photo journalistic online magazine
http://5thin.gs/yVHewq
http://5thin.gs/y2caWH5. Flying with cranes (above Venice) http://5thin.gs/zE6xPt