SAGAN SUNDAY

01.29.2012 | by | Comment


Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: Episode 7 – The Backbone of Night

If you are feeling slow and hungover like me… a dose of Cosmos always does the trick

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Modified Turntable Plays Tree Rings

01.25.2012 | by | Comment

Rad: modified record player designed to interpret a fallen tree’s rings into rather dynamic piano pieces. Read more at treehugger.com

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High Definition: Exponential Growth

01.25.2012 | by | Comment

Dr. Albert A. Bartlett gets real on the arithmetic of exponential growth, or what he calls, “The National Religion.”

Watch his entire presentation here.

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Police Brutality: The Coloring Book

01.24.2012 | by | Comment

“46 contemporary artists have contributed drawings in response to the recent wave of excessive force used by the police in U.S. cities.”

buy it cheap here.
Check out a slide show preview over at TWBE.

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World Economic Forum

01.24.2012 | by | Comment


“The economic equivalent of the Oscars, the WEF is a time for the 0.1% to celebrate the achievements and successes of free-markets, and to discuss how to keep the crumbling ship from running ashore; it’s also a time to get in a few good runs on the slopes, deep tissue massages and a soothing hot tub session on the 99%’s dime.” -Adbusters

Meanwhile Occupiers in Davos are building igloos. Rad.

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This is Happening: Oil for Gold

01.24.2012 | by | Comment

This is a big deal.

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State Of The Union: Drinking Game

01.24.2012 | by | Comment

There’s quite a few different SOTU drinking games floating around the web but I figured we ought to offer a printer friendly version – Download the printer friendly PDF here. The fun starts at 9PM EST. You can stream it LIVE at whitehouse.gov. Where will you be watching?

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This Is Happening: RADIATION STORM

01.23.2012 | by | Comment

SpaceWeather.com is reporting an “M9-class solar flare.”

“This morning, Jan. 23rd around 0359 UT, big sunspot 1402 erupted, producing a long-duration M9-class solar flare. The explosion’s M9-ranking puts it on the threshold of being an X-flare, the most powerful kind.”

Apparently the radiation will last through Wednesday and could effect some onboard computers of earth-orbiting satellites. Read more here.

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The Housing Market

01.23.2012 | by | Comment

Clever illustrated commentary on the housing market from Swedish designer, Patrik Svensson.
via: My Modern Met

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Yosemite

01.23.2012 | by | Comment

Watch this full screen… who needs to visit?

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