Tag Archives: coolness
Upside Down Map
There’s no up or down from outer space.
Read More »Photo Of The Day
These are greatly magnified grains of sand.
Read More »CHINA: World’s Longest Bridge Opens
The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is 26.2 miles long and was completed in four years. We need to put them to work on the Second Avenue subway.
Read More »Transformer Apartment
Inspired by the space-saving furniture on yachts, a Barcelona man turned his 250 square feet apartment into a “Lego-style” living space.
Read More »Lil Buck & Yo-Yo Ma
Hypebeast says: Often, the most inspiring and beautiful creations come about as the result of a juxtaposition between the classical and the modern, the old and the new. Such is the case in this video, which was filmed by director Spike Jonze, that captures Los Angeles street dancer Lil Buck as he performs an amazing interpretation of “The Dying Swan” …
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SATURDAY: Extreme Supermoon
This Saturday the moon makes its closest approach to Earth in 18 years in what astronomers call an “extreme supermoon.” If no clouds get in the way, it should be a great night for stargazers. But the moon, which will appear about 10 to 15 percent larger than normal, could create abnormally high tides from Friday through Sunday, experts say. …
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The Symphony Of Science
Eighth in one of my favorite YouTube series.
Read More »Cool Census Widget
The U.S. Census has published a cool widget tracking population changes state-by-state for the last 100 years. Hours of wonky fun if you’re a statistics geek.
Read More »FLORIDA: First Commercial Space Vehicle Launches Test Flight From Cape Canaveral
Russia Today reports: A private company has launched a spacecraft in a bold demonstration test for NASA. The Space Exploration Technologies rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning. The Falcon 9 is carrying a capsule named Dragon. The company, known as SpaceX, hopes to place the capsule in orbit and then bring it back to Earth three hours …
Read More »Pogo – Wishery
Pogo is the 21 year-old video artist from Perth, Australia formerly known as Fagottron. Now that he’s officially working for Pixar, he’s going by Pogo. (His real name is Nick Bertke.) Many of his tracks are available for free download at LastFM. Here’s his take on Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs.
Read More »The Zip Bed
All I’ve ever wanted is a completely white penthouse apartment strewn very sparingly with softly-rounded featureless white furnishings. This all started with Space 1999. I am not kidding. (Source)
Read More »Cool Art Watch
The above sculpture titled Non-Sign has been erected at the American-Canadian border near Vancouver. I invite your art-fag interpretation as to its meaning.
Read More »Pag – The Lady Is Dead
This clip has been on YouTube for a few weeks, but it’s too hypnotically strange and beautiful not to pass along. Very Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle. The music sounds exactly like Antony & The Johnsons to me, but it’s the Irrepressibles. Possibly NSFW.
Read More »OK Go – White Knuckles
I missed posting this when it came out a couple of days ago, but just can’t stop watching it. Shot all in one take as is their trademark.
Read More »Cue Veruca Salt
Want, want, want. (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)
Read More »Hurrican Earl Via Twitternaut
Astronaut Doug Wheelock tweeted this photo of Hurricane Earl from the International Space Station this morning. Follow the NASA astronauts on Twitter here.
Read More »Stowaway Bathtub
This appeals to me both as a minimalist and a New Yorker. Source.
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