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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.

”

- 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!

"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however..."

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:15:10 -0700

“It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”

- Carl Sagan (via tmblg)

G’s UP nevver: 20 Rules Of A Gentleman

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:54:02 -0700

G’s UP

nevver:

20 Rules Of A Gentleman

viafrank: I was asked to speak at the AIGA National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on October...

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:11:27 -0700

viafrank:

I was asked to speak at the AIGA National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on October 13th as part of their Emerging Designers Symposium. This is the talk I gave.

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Pinky and the brain meets the beatles (uploaded by chechieme)

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:21:36 -0700

Pinky and the brain meets the beatles (uploaded by chechieme)

twentyfourbit: New Tom Waits: ‘Back in the Crowd’ The great Tom...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:12:01 -0700

twentyfourbit:

New Tom Waits: ‘Back in the Crowd’

The great Tom Waits shared a second taste from his forthcoming album, Bad As Me, today, switching gears from the title track’s funk-stomp pace with a hushed, slow-burning ballad called “Back in the Crowd.” On his site, Waits described the song, which is beautifully woven together with Latin 8-string Jarana by Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo, as “an old fashioned jukebox tune for a slow dance with your girl (or guy).” You can preview the crooning cut above and download an MP3 on iTunes.

True or False: Positivity

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:58:55 -0700

Positivity is not the assumption that everything will be great. It is the courage to face the unknown with the strength to make the best of it regardless.

Life is a lot like driving. As we drive to our destinations, we look ahead to avoid obstacles in the...

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:02:45 -0700

Life is a lot like driving. As we drive to our destinations, we look ahead to avoid obstacles in the way. If we only look in the rear view mirror, we crash. It’s best to enjoy the song playing on the stereo at that moment while peering into the near future. Remember who is driving.