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

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 Apr 2, 2012

1. Overwhelming beauty of Japan's wisteria tunnel http://5thin.gs/HOBKpU

2. Interactive 360-degree panoramas http://5thin.gs/HeXFIl

3. Cymbal hit filmed at 1000 fps http://5thin.gs/HBQo6P

4. Luminaris: clever creative fun and amazing short film http://5thin.gs/HO0YX2

5. Rear Window timelapse montage http://5thin.gs/H9gdYb

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5 poems I read April 2, 2012

1. What Kind of Times Are These http://5thin.gs/H90awN

BY ADRIENNE RICH 1929–2012

There's a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill

and the old revolutionary road breaks off into shadows

near a meeting-house abandoned by the persecuted

who disappeared into those shadows.

I've walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don't be fooled

this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here,

our country moving closer to its own truth and dread,

its own ways of making people disappear.

I won't tell you where the place is, the dark mesh of the woods

meeting the unmarked strip of light—

ghost-ridden crossroads, leafmold paradise:

I know already who wants to buy it, sell it, make it disappear.

And I won't tell you where it is, so why do I tell you

anything? Because you still listen, because in times like these

to have you listen at all, it's necessary

to talk about trees.

“What Kind of Times Are These”. © 2002, 1995 by Adrienne Rich, from The Fact of a Doorframe: Selected Poems 1950-2001 by Adrienne Rich. Used by permission of the author and W.W. Norton, Inc.

Source: Dark Fields of the Republic: Poems 1991-1995 (W. W. Norton and Company Inc., 1995)

2. The Answer by Robert Creeley http://5thin.gs/H8Zurj

3. [by any measure] by Ben Lerner http://5thin.gs/H90pYI

4. Broadway by Mark Doty http://5thin.gs/H90DPF

5. Letter to a City under Siege by Carolyn Forché http://5thin.gs/H91ShO

5 things I learned March 31, 2012

1. Illustrations on photos http://5thin.gs/Hvr9Q8

2. Plasticine love http://5thin.gs/HvrHWj

3. Scocese's storyboards http://5thin.gs/H6BU0x

4. Mesmerizing ferrofluid http://5thin.gs/Hy4WlG

5. Hyperrealistic paintings http://5thin.gs/H6EVxJ

5 things I learned March 30, 2012

1. The collective snapshot http://5thin.gs/Hyyij1

2. Making the invisible visible (sounds like a definition of art to me!!) http://5thin.gs/Ht4aqi

3. Drawing turntables http://5thin.gs/HpUG12

4. Scissors confiscated by the TSA welded into spiders http://5thin.gs/H8rZFa

5. Arctic motion http://5thin.gs/H7vojq

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5 things I learned March 29, 2012

1. RIP Adrienne Rich http://5thin.gs/HnSvJi

2. Timelapse of a foggy day in Chicago http://5thin.gs/HieWTr

3. Magical shadow play meets Rube Goldberg http://5thin.gs/GXG06w

4. The art of urban exploration http://5thin.gs/H4NLJZ

5. The White House's 1950 total renovation http://5thin.gs/H1258J

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5 things I learned March 28, 2012

1. Three photographers compete in a self-portrait shoot out http://5thin.gs/HdLBcN

2. Portraits layered with time http://5thin.gs/HmcYfh

3. The ABCs of movie monsters http://5thin.gs/HnbFiV

4. An updated version of People Are Amazing  http://5thin.gs/GYoliy

5. Neon human organs http://5thin.gs/GYuufO

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5 things I learned March 27, 2012

1. Ballet at 1000fps (and set to Radiohead) is gorgeous http://5thin.gs/GTXWDm

2. NASA Van Gogh paints the ocean's currents http://5thin.gs/HeKR1C

3. Situating lit in the world http://5thin.gs/HblpuH

4. Horse portraits http://5thin.gs/H8ODPI

5. Sirens: audio-visual works from Ryuichi Kurokawa http://5thin.gs/GVqvR2

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5 things I learned March 24, 2012

1. Origami stop motion http://5thin.gs/GXCuJJ

2. Annotations on a video are cool http://5thin.gs/GXzE7N

3. Gallim dance http://5thin.gs/GXCmKd

4. Walking across America http://5thin.gs/GXCDNk

5. Play the Interactive 8-Bit “Mad Men” Video Game http://5thin.gs/GXDKN1

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5 things I learned Mar 23, 2012

1. Stunning photos of bioluminescent phytoplankton http://5thin.gs/GKg8rY

2. Clever and fun short video full of reel ready camera tricks http://5thin.gs/GJOBIT

3. Hiking seen from a Corgi's point of view http://5thin.gs/GKjvzf

4. The wisdom of Morgan Freeman: a Supercut http://5thin.gs/GRXfsR

5. Abstract photos of wrecked cars http://5thin.gs/GKTiVP

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5 things I learned Mar 22, 2012

1. Night surfing a river in Munich http://5thin.gs/GFPPXv

2.  Finger painted mural made of charcoal dust http://5thin.gs/GGpm9X

3. Behind the scenes of Metropolis 1925-1926 http://5thin.gs/GHhung

4. Synchronize: a short video on movie imagination http://5thin.gs/GFXlV2

5. Photos on gelatin pills http://5thin.gs/GHfJXn

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5 things I learned March 20, 2012

1. Cute 3D characters http://5thin.gs/GDaxa9 (gotta click through to see them in action)

2. Impermanent Sand Paintings by Andres Amador http://5thin.gs/GDqjmC

3. The 25 remotest places on Earth http://5thin.gs/GDdK9u

4. A World Without People http://5thin.gs/GDfuQe

5. NASA Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 - 2014 http://5thin.gs/GDgCmW

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5 things I learned Mar 19, 2012

1. Adele's Rolling in the Deep covered on a 古箏(gu-zheng) http://5thin.gs/zdapFw

2. Crazy amazing Peruvian mountain track biking http://5thin.gs/yE0q58

3. Conceptual natural history photos http://5thin.gs/xF5ZWk

4. Evolution of the Moon http://5thin.gs/xIXiFr

5. Silhouettes seen from far away http://5thin.gs/x40BLc

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5 things I learned March 17, 2012

1. Dawn above the Cloud Sea http://5thin.gs/FOaObm

2. A 17-year-old's stunning surreal vision http://5thin.gs/ykcHqB

3. NASA Releases Epic Panorama of the Sky Created From 18,000 Images http://5thin.gs/FOX4hC

4. Enchanting Book Sculptures http://5thin.gs/wadc8C

5. The Pogues: Live Concert 1985 http://5thin.gs/FOXcxI

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5 things I learned Mar 16, 2012

1. The sights from the Salton Sea http://5thin.gs/FPJJ2P

2. A jump rope's perspective http://5thin.gs/FOaoA8

3. The 2012 Iditarod http://5thin.gs/wC4y00

4. Beautiful quarries http://5thin.gs/FOeEyh

5. Sights from Cuba http://5thin.gs/Ak8cEO

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5 things I learned March 15, 2015 (the Ides of March)

1. Photo-collages par excellence http://5thin.gs/zuX1YQ

2. Satellite Time-lapse of 40 years of a growing Las Vegas http://5thin.gs/w5ADeT

3. Electroluminescent dance crew http://5thin.gs/zvX1wh

4. A clever photo project for your (still immobile) baby http://5thin.gs/yC7lwT

5. Showing climate change through timelapse http://5thin.gs/AjfTla

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5 things learned Mar 14, 2012

1. Funny St. Paddy's Day Guinness ad, but not sure they really intend their metaphor (perhaps I'll have a Killian's) http://5thin.gs/yQL9Yc

2. One photographer's simply surreal vision http://5thin.gs/AnyWJk

3. Psychedelic illustrations promoting Good Books International http://5thin.gs/w7UgPd

4. The camera isn't necessarily the best way to capture your travels http://5thin.gs/w7kwb7

5. (notes on) biology: classroom animation http://5thin.gs/xBBPqu

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