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▼Prelinger's Lost Landscapes of Detroit now available for download and remix - Boing Boing
Film archivist Rick Prelinger sez, "Thanks to word of mouth and Boing Boing, Lost Landscapes of Detroit [ed: a show of public domain footage showing the grand landscapes of Detroit in its heyday] screened two weeks ago to a standing-room-only and vocal audience of Detroiters. It's now online for free downloading (and, I hope, massive and widespread re-editing). If you want to see Detroit as it ...Expand this post »
Film archivist Rick Prelinger sez, "Thanks to word of mouth and Boing Boing, Lost Landscapes of Detroit [ed: a show of public domain footage showing the grand landscapes of Detroit in its heyday] screened two weeks ago to a standing-room-only and vocal audience of Detroiters. It's now online for free downloading (and, I hope, massive and widespread re-editing). If you want to see Detroit as it ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Please Prepay This Gas Station In Advance - The Consumerist
Reader Neil found this sign on a gas pump near Cleveland. He's disappointed, since he prefers to pre-pay after the transaction is over.Expand this post »
Reader Neil found this sign on a gas pump near Cleveland. He's disappointed, since he prefers to pre-pay after the transaction is over.Expand this post »
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Like▼Want to Get into Harvard? Spend More Time Staring at the Clouds: Rethinking the Role of Extracurricular Activities in College Admissions - Study Hacks
The Admissions Outliers Olivia shouldn’t have been accepted to the University of Virginia. At least, not according to the conventional wisdom on college admissions. Olivia attended a small private school near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She had good grades and test scores, but nothing phenomenal. More striking, she maintained a minimal extracurricular schedule. During the school year, she was ...Expand this post »
The Admissions Outliers Olivia shouldn’t have been accepted to the University of Virginia. At least, not according to the conventional wisdom on college admissions. Olivia attended a small private school near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She had good grades and test scores, but nothing phenomenal. More striking, she maintained a minimal extracurricular schedule. During the school year, she was ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Take a Visual Tour of the Entire California Coastline - GOOD
This is nothing new, but, as I had no idea it existed, and as I'm totally blown away by it, I feel it's my duty to post. The California Coastal Records Project is an aerial photographic survey of the state's entire coastline. It allows you to click your way through images of one of the most majestic stretches of land in the world. For those who love the Golden State, this will not be a boon to ...Expand this post »
This is nothing new, but, as I had no idea it existed, and as I'm totally blown away by it, I feel it's my duty to post. The California Coastal Records Project is an aerial photographic survey of the state's entire coastline. It allows you to click your way through images of one of the most majestic stretches of land in the world. For those who love the Golden State, this will not be a boon to ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Dark Shuttle Approaching - Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed
Dark Shuttle Approaching What's that approaching? Astronauts on board the International Space Station first saw it far in the distance. Soon it enlarged to become a dark silhouette. As it came even closer, the silhouette appeared to be a spaceship. Finally, at just past 11 pm (CST) last Tuesday, the object, revealed to be the Space Shuttle Endeavor, docked as expected with the Earth-orbiting sp...Expand this post »
Dark Shuttle Approaching What's that approaching? Astronauts on board the International Space Station first saw it far in the distance. Soon it enlarged to become a dark silhouette. As it came even closer, the silhouette appeared to be a spaceship. Finally, at just past 11 pm (CST) last Tuesday, the object, revealed to be the Space Shuttle Endeavor, docked as expected with the Earth-orbiting sp...Expand this post »
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Like▼This Soul Train line dance clip from 1973 is the antidote to every Monday - Boing Boing
If this video does not make you measurably happier than before you clicked "play," your heart is a cold, dead wasteland. Soul Train Line Dance to The O'Jays "Love Train". Episode #047, 1973. (thanks, Clayton Cubitt, and more such links here)Expand this post »
If this video does not make you measurably happier than before you clicked "play," your heart is a cold, dead wasteland. Soul Train Line Dance to The O'Jays "Love Train". Episode #047, 1973. (thanks, Clayton Cubitt, and more such links here)Expand this post »
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Like▼Space Exploration as Fine Art: "Things that Float" - GOOD
NASA Images is making 50 years worth of media in its archive available to the public and launching a "Guest Showcase" series of online exhibitions curated by experts in the fields of science, education, art, entertainment, business, and academia. The first participant is Stephen Nowlin, Vice President and Director of the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasa...Expand this post »
NASA Images is making 50 years worth of media in its archive available to the public and launching a "Guest Showcase" series of online exhibitions curated by experts in the fields of science, education, art, entertainment, business, and academia. The first participant is Stephen Nowlin, Vice President and Director of the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasa...Expand this post »
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Like▼Barbie the Computer Engineer - Neatorama
Barbie’s been everything: a supermodel, a teacher, a nurse, and other careers that often fit a sexist stereotype about what work a woman can do. Departing from this trend, Mattel invited people to vote on Barbie’s next career from a number of choices, some of which are very academically challenging. The result is that the newest Barbie doll will be a computer engineer: The choice of computer e...Expand this post »
Barbie’s been everything: a supermodel, a teacher, a nurse, and other careers that often fit a sexist stereotype about what work a woman can do. Departing from this trend, Mattel invited people to vote on Barbie’s next career from a number of choices, some of which are very academically challenging. The result is that the newest Barbie doll will be a computer engineer: The choice of computer e...Expand this post »
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Like▼A bit contrived, but still neat.
Math Functions in the Real World - FlowingData
RIT student Nikki Graziano photographs math functions in the real world. Some are a stretch but others are dead on. [via O'Reilly Radar | Thanks, JD]Expand this post »
Math Functions in the Real World - FlowingData
RIT student Nikki Graziano photographs math functions in the real world. Some are a stretch but others are dead on. [via O'Reilly Radar | Thanks, JD]Expand this post »
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Like▼Isn't the real "punishment" going to be imparted by the consumers to whom they aren't advertising, and who therefore have a greater likelihood of not buying their shitty cars?
Toyota Pulling Ads Off Of ABC Due To 'Excessive Stories' - The Consumerist
Angry about "excessive stories" ABC has aired about Toyota's recall shenanigans, the company is pulling ad dollars from network affiliates in Southern states and shifting it toward competitors. The...Expand this post »
Toyota Pulling Ads Off Of ABC Due To 'Excessive Stories' - The Consumerist
Angry about "excessive stories" ABC has aired about Toyota's recall shenanigans, the company is pulling ad dollars from network affiliates in Southern states and shifting it toward competitors. The...Expand this post »
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Like▼Norwegian Sunrise - Neatorama
Cineflex – Norwegian sunrise from Leif Holand on Vimeo.
Leif Holland captured these magnificent shots from a helicopter zooming around the peaks of the Sunnmøre region of western Norway. A majestic reminder of the beauty of tall, massive rocks.
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