i don’t remember how i found this site, but i luvz it. if you’ve never heard of lolcats, first go here to catch up.if you’re already lolcat savvy, check out lolbama.com. Here are some of my favorites:
a nice, succinct, (though sloppy) audiovisual explanation of how the universe got from an unimaginably dense and hot ball of matter to a place where people write blogs.
you have to listen to this amazing speech from this year’s TED (a really cool conference with presentations from the world’s foremost experts on a wide variety of things).
in it, this woman recounts the experience of her stroke, talks about the nature of the brain and nirvana. it is truly awe-inspiring.
seriously. i almost cried. at work.
watch it now: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
update: now on youtube:
i’m now living up north on the east coast.. finally settled in and good to go.
updates to come.
for those who have still not yet been initiated:
heath ledger looks amazing as the joker and as far as i’m concerned maggie gyllenhaal is a welcome replacement for katie holmes-cruise-tologist.
i don’t even know what to say about this. it’s simply spectacular.
From the daily mail article:
“…in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, [...] 100ft down and hidden from public view, lies an astonishing secret - one that has drawn comparisons with the fabled city of Atlantis and has been dubbed ‘the Eighth Wonder of the World’ by the Italian government.”
“It all began in the early Sixties when Oberto Airaudi [aka Falco] was aged ten. From an early age, he claims to have experienced visions of what he believed to be a past life, in which there were amazing temples. ‘My goal was to recreate the temples from my visions,’ he said”
“A house was built on the hillside and Falco moved in with several friends who shared his vision. Using hammers and picks, they began their dig to create the temples of Damanhur [...] no planning permission had been granted, they decided to share their scheme only with like-minded people.”
“Volunteers, who flocked from around the world, worked in four-hour shifts for the next 16 years with no formal plans other than Falco’s sketches and visions, funding their scheme by setting up small businesses to serve the local community.”
“…weaving their way underneath the hillside are nine ornate temples, on five levels, whose scale and opulence take the breath away. Constructed like a three-dimensional book, narrating the history of humanity, they are linked by hundreds of metres of richly decorated tunnels and occupy almost 300,000 cubic feet”
i suggest reading the whole article.
after being canceled by the [late] fox executives, the show is returning with this awesome new epic movie (which will be later chopped into 4 episodes and aired on comedy central, kicking off an entirely new season on their new network).
After the show got a green light, Cohen assembled the geekiest writing staff television had ever seen: one MA in math, one MA in computer science, one MA in philosophy, one PhD in chemistry, one PhD in applied math, and some normals to balance things out. “I went from Home Improvement, where people earnestly pitched jokes about farting and table saws, to a place where there were discussions about nanophysics and string theory and quantum mechanics,” writer Eric Horsted says. “I could only follow the conversation for a few minutes before my brain would start sweating and I’d have to reach for a copy of People.”
check out this awesome 4-page article and interview with the creators and writers of futurama, matt groening and david x. cohen.
if you’re like me, you can’t wait for stephen colbert to announce his candidacy for lord and savior of both the known and unknown universe.
well he hasn’t done it here, but this interview is thoroughly entertaining.
the interviewer (npr’s terry gross) is one of the best interviewers ever (imho), and even she reveals herself to be a giddy fan of the illustrious mr.colbert. perhaps that’s why he granted an interview where he appeared out of character and answered questions about his family and catholic beliefs? at any rate, i love it.
every time i see a video of this guy, he’s got an even cooler thing to show off.
this is video of Perceptive Pixel’s display at TED 2007.
ladies and gentlemen, jeff han:
you heard me right.
check it:
