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For the 50th Anniversary of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds,...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:16:46 -0700

For the 50th Anniversary of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, the Flaming Lips covered one of my favorite Beach Boys songs. This cover of God Only Knows is awesome.

Love these abstracted aerial-view paintings of cities by LU...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:39:33 -0700

Love these abstracted aerial-view paintings of cities by LU XINJIAN 陆新建

Found via Ze Frank

nevver: Lonely Planet

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:31:00 -0700

nevver:

Lonely Planet

BUCK creates the greatest ad ever. The animation is phenomenal.

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:03:44 -0700

BUCK creates the greatest ad ever. The animation is phenomenal.

veganinaz: You have to ask because they keep them in the back,...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:11:41 -0700

veganinaz:

You have to ask because they keep them in the back, but Sprinkles makes vegan red velvet cupcakes and they are divine!!

Good to know

Awesome. kolbisneat: March madness! But since I don’t sports...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:44:49 -0700

Awesome.

kolbisneat:

March madness! But since I don’t sports much, this madness more so relates to the double feature event over at Silver Screen Society.

This month the collective is being inspired by not one but TWO flicks: the ooze-filled pair that are Ghostbusters I and II.

As a fun aside, I rather enjoy drawing lots of buildings. Good job for meeting this need, New York City.

Design, architecture and other working arts over time have...

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:26:21 -0700

Design, architecture and other working arts over time have become more and more practical, more useable, more cost effective, more efficient, more uninspired. But let’s not too soon discount beauty for the sake of beauty. There’s something to be said about old world structures that are superfluous, but also stunning feats of architecture and simply beautiful.

Think, brownstone versus track home.

This image, which I came across via Frank Chimero’s fantastic site redesign, made me think these thoughts.

nevver: X-Peanuts Wolversnoop!

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:14:26 -0700

nevver:

X-Peanuts

Wolversnoop!

Health.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:33:29 -0700

Health.

nevver: Space is the Place

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:54:14 -0700

nevver:

Space is the Place

I really dig fluid animation like this. Rome - Two Against One...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:54:09 -0700

I really dig fluid animation like this.

Rome - Two Against One (by Chris Milk)

via (http://deadfix.com/)

Love this stop motion short from Spike Jonze. The felt-made book...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:13:58 -0700

Love this stop motion short from Spike Jonze. The felt-made book covers are fantastic.

twentyfourbit:

Video: Spike Jonze’s Mourir Auprès de Toi

The latest short film from Spike Jonze — following last year’s Nick Zinner-assisted robot love story, I’m Here, and this year’s Arcade Fire collaboration, Scenes From the Suburbs — arrived today in the form of Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side), a stop-motion tale of characters from canonized books coming to life in Paris’ famed Shakespeare & Company bookshop. The quirky tragicomedy stars Jonze himself, voicing the skeleton of Macbeth, and French singer/actress SoKo as Mina Harker from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, brought to life through 3,000 hand-cut pieces of felt crafted by handbag designer Olympia Le-Tan. Co-directed by Simon Cahn, the love story closes with a catchy tune sung by SoKo (sounding eerily similar to Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are collaborator Karen O), whose long-awaited debut LP just got pushed back to February. Check out the animated felt flick above.

nevver: You Make Me

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:35:30 -0700

nevver:

You Make Me

"Stoic philosophers referred to this as the mutual entailment of the virtues. No virtue, they argued,..."

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:55:58 -0700

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Stoic philosophers referred to this as the mutual entailment of the virtues. No virtue, they argued, is a virtue by itself. Even the noblest virtues, standing alone, have their limits.

Honesty in the absence of compassion becomes cruelty. Tenacity unmediated by flexibility congeals into rigidity. Courage without prudence is recklessness.

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- Love this excerpt. Personally have experienced the truth of these words recently. With compassion increasing, my honesty has become a far greater asset.

Embrace the duality! 22.

The Four Paradoxes of Great Performance :: Tips :: The 99 Percent

via Frank: I am Neil deGrasse Tyson. Ask me anything.

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:03:13 -0700

via Frank: I am Neil deGrasse Tyson. Ask me anything.:

I love this answer from the Reddit AMA with Neil deGrasse Tyson:

What is your favorite fact about the Universe?

That is will never end. That it’s on a one way trip of expansion. Something that many find to be philosophically unsettling. My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

viafrank:

A few questions and answers from the excellent thread on Reddit:

What is your favorite short science fact you like to tell people to really make them think?

That our bodies’ atoms are traceable to supernova stars that scattered their chemical enrichment across the cosmos, spawning the birth…

Sound sketching with the iMaschine app. Came up with this chorus...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:08:00 -0700

Sound sketching with the iMaschine app. Came up with this chorus and drums. Made on the fly with no true intention. Nice start for an R&B-influenced direction I’m thinking of pursuing more.

nevver: Freedom of Choice [more] The ministry of truth in full...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:40:10 -0700

nevver:

Freedom of Choice [more]

The ministry of truth in full effect

So you’re a philosopher? Yes, ye-yes ye-ye-ye-ye-yes. I...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:12:22 -0700

So you’re a philosopher? Yes, ye-yes ye-ye-ye-ye-yes. I think very deeply.

Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy

Hip Hop via: nevver

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:04:35 -0700

Hip Hop

via: nevver

App Idea

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:37:48 -0700

A location based graffiti app where you tag locations to get your name up. Pinpointed to gps coordinates so you can have unique spots within a single location.

Each user would design their tag. Then using augmented reality they would affix their tag image on something in the environment.

Everyones Tags would show up in all users augmented reality allowing for tags to be crossed out, buffed, or covered up. Only owners of locations and appointed squads will have the ability to buff. Cover ups can only be done by those with cred (those with higher scores).

The longer your tag stays up (or burns) the more points you earn.
Points are lost for crossing out, so you must choose to lose in order to gain the spot but be warned as it could create competition.

Tag upgrades become available after a certain number of points(called props) are earned. Upgrades like multi colors so throw-ups or pieces can be made or import your own art. (tags would originally be drawn in app)

Earn titles/badges like all-city, king of the block, etc. Everyone starts out as a toy.

Naturally it would integrate with social media for sharing.

Sounds fun. If you’re an app dev who is interested in helping develop this idea I’d love to talk. Email me!