mr. matt spangler

Had followed the journey but just now seeing the summary video....

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:47:01 -0400

Had followed the journey but just now seeing the summary video. Another reason why I can’t wait to get a Brammo bike.

"According to TechCrunch, Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently said that every two days we create as much..."

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:00:57 -0400

“According to TechCrunch, Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently said that every two days we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization until 2003.”

- The Steve Rubel Lifestream (via debbiestier)

In 1969, the 14-year old Jerry Levitan, armed with a...

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:48:57 -0400

In 1969, the 14-year old Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape recorder, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room for a chat.

Beautiful creative work to bring John’s words to life. Academy award nominee for best animated short film in 2008.

(via Brent Stickels)

Nice lazy Summer tune from Ed Vallance.

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:33:25 -0400

Nice lazy Summer tune from Ed Vallance.

Solid and to the point presentation from Reddit founder Alexis...

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:32:04 -0400

Solid and to the point presentation from Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.

RZA-Nike collab

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:23:03 -0400

RZA-Nike collab

Notorious BIG, age 17, freestylin in Brooklyn. Feels like...

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:19:05 -0400

Notorious BIG, age 17, freestylin in Brooklyn. Feels like summer. R.I.P. (via DJ Odiaka)

Photograph from the outside by TIAS of the unbelievable...

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:01:41 -0400

Photograph from the outside by TIAS of the unbelievable “Volcano Stadium” designed by Jean-Marie Massaud

TIAS writer (and my little bro) Adam took this photo yesterday...

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:39:00 -0400

TIAS writer (and my little bro) Adam took this photo yesterday in Guadalajara at the first game ever at the brand new Estadia de Chiva. He has been covering Manchester United on their pre-season tour across America and closed out the tour in Mexico watching Chivas Guadalajara beat Man U 3-2.

iPhone photo taking with Tiltshift app from my roof. 6th Avenue...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:45:31 -0400

iPhone photo taking with Tiltshift app from my roof. 6th Avenue looking down towards 14th Street.

Robin Pecknold blowing out candles on his birthday cake on tour....

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:35:55 -0400

Robin Pecknold blowing out candles on his birthday cake on tour. Watch the great Doc of the tour on the Fleet Foxes site. One of most amazing voices of our time.

via kateoplis: Rachel Sussman’s Oldest Living Things in the...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:28:20 -0400

via kateoplis:

Rachel Sussman’s Oldest Living Things in the World: 2,000 yr-old Sunland Baobab, South Africa - TEDGlobal 2010

“Indiana University’s Nikodem Poplawski used a...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:15:21 -0400

“Indiana University’s Nikodem Poplawski used a modified version of Einstein’s general relativity equation to calculate something that doesn’t make any sense and hurts my brain to think about. (Apparently it has to with “singularties”, which are not times when the computers will take over, but places where the density of matter reaches infinity. And maybe the portal from Donnie Darko? I don’t know.)”

JAMAICA

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:54:08 -0400

JAMAICA

"The documents - some 92,000 reports spanning parts of two administrations from January 2004 through..."

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:35:52 -0400

“The documents - some 92,000 reports spanning parts of two administrations from January 2004 through December 2009 - illustrate in mosaic detail why, after the United States has spent almost $300 billion on the war in Afghanistan, the Taliban are stronger than at any time since 2001.”

- From NY Times article on the Wikileaks release of the Afghanistan reports.

Walk across America. bestrooftalkever: On July 20th, a...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:16:02 -0400

~~Walk across America.~~

bestrooftalkever:

On July 20th, a stop-motion video of a man walking across the country was uploaded to YouTube.

It is quite possibly the finest stop-motion video on the internet.

Gardiners Bay I have an old Canon powershot and its randomly...

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:04:18 -0400

Gardiners Bay

I have an old Canon powershot and its randomly started taking morphed photos like this. I’m having a hard time replicating but love the look of it and wish I could more easily.

I love the world sometimes. One of the most nerd-tastic videos...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:12:50 -0400

I love the world sometimes. One of the most nerd-tastic videos ever. Such a cool innovation…Although I may have physically assaulted a roommate who was learning to play this while I lived with them.

via thedailywhat:

Musical Instrument of the Day: Using an old electronic organ and some impressive technical knowhow, Linus Åkesson constructed a homemade 8-bit synthesizer he calls “The Chipophone” by rerouting the keys, pedals, knobs, and switches “to a microcontroller which transforms them into MIDI signals.”

Process shots and specs can be found here.

[mefi.]

Whoever submitted this should change professions immediately...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:05:54 -0400

Whoever submitted this should change professions immediately before they do some damage to the real world.

via spytap: via teresatothemax: via danielholter:

Architects Unveil Incredible Plans for the Future of Los Angeles

Of all the really innovative and amazing ideas contained herein for the future of LA, the prospect of a Target theme park makes me want to hurl. Ick.

via Inhabitat

Trying to find some obvious topographical reasons for this, it...

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:06:51 -0400

Trying to find some obvious topographical reasons for this, it seems th eonly areas of intense green happen along the coasts. Sunshine and the beach is your only path to happiness people.

via thedailywhat:

Infographic of the Day: A joint team of researchers from Northeastern and Harvard have compiled a nifty visualization reflecting the ever-changing mood of Americans by state over the course of a given day based on the tweets they send out.

Not only did they analyze the sentiments we collectively expressed in 300 million tweets over three years against a scholarly word list; these researchers also mashed up that data with information from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Google Maps API and more. What they ended up with was a fascinating visualization showing the pulse of our nation, our very moods as they fluctuate over time.

Props to NY for having a perpetual sourpuss.

[mashable.]