through the screen doors of discretion

superamit: Afghanistan, October, 2009 - The Big Picture -...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:50:56 -0500

Afghanistan, October, 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston.com

with a nicely spiked heel, I’d Gretel...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:50 -0500

with a nicely spiked heel, I’d Gretel these.

chirp:

quanfer:

Bread shoes are not recommended for ninjas or thieves, who want to avoid leaving a trail of bread crumbs.

also posted by Steven today, an article reporting that a baguette dropped from a bird’s beak has shut down the Large Hadron Collider (really). looks like someone’s been loafing around at work — sorry, couldn’t help myself.

i was just going to post about this but someone beat me to it!

Zizek is my favorite theorist for many reasons—mostly,...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:01:55 -0500

Zizek is my favorite theorist for many reasons—mostly, whenever I miss grad school, I watch video of him expounding and am hugely entertained.

Highly recommend his Twitter account, @zizekspeaks (if only for the bio). Great moment (0:41 in) that culturite points to about consumption—

via culturite:

Slavoj Zizek: The Monstrosity of Christ

Killin it as usual. Watch/listen to the whole thing, but especially at 0:41:13 when he slays organic food, Starbucks, Ethos water & consumption as relief of social responsibility.

thetravelbelle: wearethedigitalkids: keeptheballrolling: three...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:00:53 -0400

thetravelbelle:

wearethedigitalkids:

keeptheballrolling:

three50eight:

madeupmemories:

pile:

caseydonahue:

Ran into these guys on the train. They win Halloween.

Wow

for tom

Look, people. Spiders do not have eyes that look this this. Stop...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:00:00 -0400

Look, people. Spiders do not have eyes that look this this. Stop it.

Find another insect to craft appendages out of pretzels and light with nice bokeh.

omgsexyfood:

Creepy crawly cupcakes

Very interested in mancala right now - this is a crop circle in...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:39:46 -0400

Very interested in mancala right now - this is a crop circle in Corcelles-près-Payerne wheat field in Switzerland—

When you're in a spelling bee and you miss a word, you never forget the word you missed and the proper spelling of it. Ever.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:25:46 -0400

4th grade: I lost in the final round to Pat Rusert (I think that was his name) on ‘congratulations.’ My thinking was that we congratulate graduates, so those words should be the same. Still mad about it.

extraface:

6th grade. The reader said “Certify” and then used “Certified” in a sentence. I can’t remember which tense I spelled, but whichever one wasn’t the one they were looking for. The reader was my older sisters’ English teacher.

interrobangin:

my-kicks:

My word in 5th grade was “artichoke.”

6th grade. “aisle.” I didn’t even make it past qualifying, actually. I should have probably been in a slow class.

"In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into..."

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:04:58 -0400

“In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better at using ”open source intelligence” — information that’s publicly available, but often hidden in the flood of TV shows, newspaper articles, blog posts, online videos and radio reports generated every day.”

- Exclusive: U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets | Danger Room | Wired.com (via slavin)

"What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary? Sendak: I would tell..."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:04:29 -0400

““What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?
Sendak: I would tell them to go to hell. That’s a question I will not tolerate.””

- ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ | Print Article | Newsweek.com (via extraface)

extraface: 300western: merlin: jasonpermenter: Merlin just...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:37:14 -0400

extraface:

300western:

merlin:

jasonpermenter:

Merlin just mentioned something something about wishing the Trending Topics DIV on the Brizzly.com sidebar could be toggled on/off computer speak something, but I think we can all agree here that my way is clearly simpler, more elegant, more beautiful and absolutely 100% foolproof.

(Do you need a Brizzly.com invitation? Ask me at brizzlyinvite at jasonpermenter dot com.)

me too. sad news. thetravelbelle: Devastated that Gourmet is...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:59:33 -0400

me too. sad news.

thetravelbelle:

Devastated that Gourmet is closing.

“They did think we were insane,” Godley says....

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:54:30 -0400

“They did think we were insane,” Godley says. “It was actually hard to find people who were willing to collect and work with spiders. I think most people are arachnophobes. I mean, I am, and they bite.”

…

A very careful person simply pulls the thread out of each spider and wraps it on a spindle. It’s then put on a hand loom and woven.

- “Spider Wranglers Weave One-of-a-Kind Tapestry,” NPR, September 27, 2009

This might be better than the Kandisky exhibit at the Guggenheim. And Kandinsky’s my favorite artist.

remind me of LITE-BRITE boards (miss those), these crayon...

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:12:04 -0400

remind me of LITE-BRITE boards (miss those), these crayon portraits by Christian Faur (link)

- via superamit’s Tumblr post

I did not think an RFID toy dog would bring me to tears. It...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:57:47 -0400

I did not think an RFID toy dog would bring me to tears. It does.

via slavin:

Timo — Sniff (Vimeo)

Here, she recounts Germany conquering Ukraine in the second...

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:11:10 -0400

Here, she recounts Germany conquering Ukraine in the second world war. She brings calm, then conflict. A couple on a bench become a woman’s face; a peaceful walkway becomes a conflagration; a weeping widow morphs into an obelisk for an unknown soldier. Simonova looks like some vengeful Old Testament deity as she destroys then recreates her scenes - with deft strokes, sprinkles and sweeps she keeps the narrative going. She moves the judges to tears as she subtitles the final scene “you are always near”.

“Ukranian sand artist proves reality TV’s got talent,” Guardian, August 13, 2009

Elmo on the Recession, NPR, September 8, 2009

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:23:39 -0400

Elmo on the Recession, NPR, September 8, 2009

I don’t follow many music blogs closely, but I read...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:46:18 -0400

I don’t follow many music blogs closely, but I read everything perpetua writes. An incredible cover, the interlude right before the end is perfectly done.

via perpetua:

My review of Frida Hyvönen’s cover of Judee Sill’s “Jesus Was A Cross Maker” is up on Pitchfork this morning. I cannot emphasize enough how much I love this song, and Frida’s version is just incredible. Please listen, please read!

As someone who has spent years in choir rehearsals, I’m...

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:34:06 -0400

As someone who has spent years in choir rehearsals, I’m intrigued by how this much fun this visualization is—and it’s really music theory, a serif-font, rounded-corners view of the song’s architecture. (What if this was on the karaoke screen with the correct area lit up?)

jeannr:

I made a flow chart, that we might better understand.

Once upon a time I was falling in love, and now I’m only falling apart.

via zadi: “Bram’s Cube is an idea by Bram Cohen [the inventor...

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:12:23 -0400

via zadi:

“Bram’s Cube is an idea by Bram Cohen [the inventor of Bittorrent] to add eight gears to a 2x2x2 Rubik’s Cube. When the top is turned by a quarter, the gears turn by one eight. For solving this puzzle, not only the 2x2x2 has to be turned to its correct position, but also the gears. This gives a classical puzzle a whole new dimension”

(via: tanya77)

fantastic design here. and also: attending. via kenyatta: Spike...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:23:29 -0400

fantastic design here. and also: attending.

via kenyatta:

Spike Lee Plans Brooklyn Block Party For Michael Jackson’s Birthday

Fort Greene Park, 8/29.