A nice (and random) tribute to a great author and scientist.

A nice (and random) tribute to a great author and scientist.
#rachelcarson #googledoodle
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/27/rachel-louise-carson-google-doodle

I LOVED the Vivian Maier documentary - if you are interested in street photography or recent historical views of...

I LOVED the Vivian Maier documentary - if you are interested in street photography or recent historical views of American life, rush out and see it - but there was a question the film kept asking that I didn't understand. That was: why didn't she show her work and try to collect money and fame?

My reply was: what does that have to do with the joy and compulsions of creating meaningful art?

This article takes on the other questions the film asks, basically about whether Vivian was performing her role as a woman in society. You'd think being a nanny, an honorable profession with a long history, would answer that. But Miss Maier's journalistic interests are deemed... unladylike, and this article calls that out.

#vivianmaier #photography #womensintetests
http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/05/vivian-maier-and-the-problem-of-difficult-women.html

While too many people are fawning over gadgets that will make nosignificant difference in anyone's life, a chemist...

While too many people are fawning over gadgets that will make no significant difference in anyone's life, a chemist and a designer are making books with filter paper that come in a box and can be used to make water safe for a family to drink for years. How cool is that?
#science #priorities

Originally shared by WIRED

Every year around 3.4 million people die because of contaminated water--often never knowing the drinking water was unsafe. This ingenious solution educates people about clean water AND actually filters the water. It's a book. And its a water filter. It's a breakthrough. http://wired.trib.al/z8tevVW

A thing of improbable beauty. #bdub #jimmyfallon

A thing of improbable beauty. #bdub #jimmyfallon
http://m.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/segments/4531

Obsessive people can make interesting things!

Obsessive people can make interesting things!
#color #watercolor

Originally shared by Colossal

In 1692—about 270 years before the Pantone color guide—an artist sat down to mix and describe almost every single color imaginable in an 800 page handwritten book. Take a peek inside this gorgeous "treaty of color" at the link.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/color-book/

#rhododendrons

#rhododendrons

Not a tale of corporate gloom, but rather, a cogent explanation about how your personal data is a crop that is being...

Not a tale of corporate gloom, but rather, a cogent explanation about how your personal data is a crop that is being harvested in many ways. This is why so many apps/sites have you up to your eyeballs in sh--... I mean, advertising fertilizer.
#personaldata #advertising
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247925/Why_the_social_networks_are_falling_apart?pageNumber=1

This is impressive and harrowing at the same time.

This is impressive and harrowing at the same time.
#mountainbiking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x76VEPXYaI0&feature=share

Too funny.

Too funny.
"CIA's Facebook Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs" (The Onion)
#tmi #surveillance #privacy

Richard Field on Lee Bontecou's drawings:

Richard Field on Lee Bontecou's drawings:
"One can actually see the artist shuttle back and forth between a lobster and a jet engine or find a common denominator between a fish and a spaceship."
#art #seeing #drawing #leebontecou

More guys imitating the way gals are posed. (Thanks, Allen!)

More guys imitating the way gals are posed. (Thanks, Allen!)
#gender #representation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/spoof-paulina-gretzky-cover-golf-digest_n_5106984.html

Who knew: when fewer people know how to make things, fewer people have ideas to make things better.

Who knew: when fewer people know how to make things, fewer people have ideas to make things better.

This doesn't mean robots aren't useful. It just means we should use them thoughtfully, and that there need to be enough of the right people around thinking for them.

#experience #cleverhumans #robots

Originally shared by Gizmodo

Chant it with me: Hu-man-kind! Hu-man-kind!
http://gizmodo.com/suck-it-robots-toyota-is-giving-jobs-back-to-humans-1560360775?utm_source=gplus&utm_medium=gplus&utm_campaign=gplus

Ahem.

Ahem.
http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMS0xYWZkNTMxN2M5ZmNiNTNh

Clever prank is clever.

Clever prank is clever.
http://gawker.com/npr-pulled-a-brilliant-april-fools-prank-on-people-who-1557745710

Früstück! Früstück! Früstück!

Früstück! Früstück! Früstück!
Watch this when you are looking at rectangles.
#reggiewatts #abstraction #words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7IxzpB-UMM&sns=gp

Here are some favorite photos in my role as a tourist on a rare day off in Strasbourg, France.

Here are some favorite photos in my role as a tourist on a rare day off in Strasbourg, France.
#strasbourg  

In January, I went to London and played at being a tourist.

In January, I went to London and played at being a tourist.
#london  

Not only are there photos, but learning that there is such as thing as the Japan Society of Manhole Covers makes...

Not only are there photos, but learning that there is such as thing as the Japan Society of Manhole Covers makes this pleasing on several levels.
#utilityholes   #design  

Originally shared by Colossal

The incredible beauty of Japan's artistic manhole covers... every single one of them unique and designed by the local municipality. Talk about attention to detail... see dozens more on Colossal.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/03/the-beauty-of-japans-artistic-manhole-covers/

I adore this series of one-room conceptual sculptures/scenes/photosfrom JeeYoung Lee.

I adore this series of one-room conceptual sculptures/scenes/photos from JeeYoung Lee.

#art   #jeeyounglee

Originally shared by WIRED

All of the hallucinatory dreamworlds depicted in these photographs were created by one artist:

http://wrd.cm/1gjH7SR

Oh, great.

Oh, great.
#ancientfrozenviruses #climatechange
http://m.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26387276