Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
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Julian Casablancas - Left & Right in the Dark

Most fun album of the year.


Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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British artist Stephen Wiltshire is currently attempting to draw the Manhattan skyline from memory. since Monday October 26th. Wiltshire began filling in an 18 foot canvas at the Pratt institute, Brooklyn. The drawing is expected to be complete by Friday. You can follow his progress through the live webcam here. Wiltshire diagnosed with autism at the age of three displays an unusually powerful photographic memory that he has applied to rendering city scapes. He can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately with photographic detail, down to the exact number of columns or windows on a building. He memorizes their shapes, locations and the architecture.

tmblg:

British artist Stephen Wiltshire is currently attempting to draw the Manhattan skyline from memory. since Monday October 26th. Wiltshire began filling in an 18 foot canvas at the Pratt institute, Brooklyn. The drawing is expected to be complete by Friday. You can follow his progress through the live webcam here.

Wiltshire diagnosed with autism at the age of three displays an unusually powerful photographic memory that he has applied to rendering city scapes. He can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately with photographic detail, down to the exact number of columns or windows on a building. He memorizes their shapes, locations and the architecture.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
zachklein:

The U.S. is about to launch Ares I-X, the largest rocket ever, into space.
See thousands of more renderings from NASA’s space program here.

zachklein:

The U.S. is about to launch Ares I-X, the largest rocket ever, into space.

See thousands of more renderings from NASA’s space program here.

Monday, October 26, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
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bijan:

Clampdown - The National

This is one of my favorite songs by the Clash. Nothing like the original but this version holds its own.


Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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whitneymcn:

Son Volt - Tear Stained Eye

The pedal steel guitar is, of course, commonly associated with country music. It is also (arguably) these days most closely associated with the kind of homogenized, poppy country music that I suspect may have contributed to the rural-to-urban population shift in the United States: there’s a reason that New York City spent decades without a country radio station, people.

But then the 1990s and alt.country rolled around. Hands up every lifelong urbanite who has Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, and/or Son Volt tracks on one of the “oh, wait, I love that” lists that sit in their head. I’ve known people who “hate country music” and yet rave about seeing Uncle Tupelo.

So here we are. From Sun Volt’s first album, a beautiful song and some aching pedal steel work.


Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Finally. Fried Oreos.

Finally. Fried Oreos.

America

America

Texas state fair. Looking for the fried beer.

Texas state fair. Looking for the fried beer.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009

This is an excellent presentation given by Aaron Patzer, CEO of Mint, who just sold to Intuit for $170 million.  Beyond the detailed explanations about how much it costs to start up, and an insightful insight into Mint’s actual costs at different stages, Patzer speaks to the non monetary benefits a founder can expect from success.  This should be inspiring for anyone thinking of starting a company.