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

Because the Olympics aren't thrilling without laserfire? #olympics #atat

Because the Olympics aren't thrilling without laser fire? #olympics #atat

Originally shared by Boing Boing as The only Sochi video you need to see: AT-ATs of Russia attack skiers.

I like this very much: that these women value their own identities, as they are.

I like this very much: that these women value their own identities, as they are.
(An issue I have with most edited people: they all look the same, in a rather generic way.)
#appearance #beauty #individuality

Originally shared by Laughing Squid

Capturing the Reactions of Four Women Photoshopped Into Cover Models
http://laughingsquid.com/capturing-the-reactions-of-four-women-photoshopped-into-cover-models/

Mars loves you.

Mars loves you.
#mars #naturalshapes #valentines

Originally shared by NASA

#NASALove from the Red Planet: Mars is red, so don't be blue. Hearts abound from us to you: http://go.nasa.gov/1hjx0P9 

Image credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Yes!

Yes!
#savagechickens #valentines

Originally shared by Doug Savage

For your Valentine's Day at the office...
http://www.savagechickens.com/2014/02/corporate-valentines.html

A spirited interview with witty, likeable activists.

A spirited interview with witty, likeable activists.
#pussyriot #colbertreport

Originally shared by Laughing Squid

Pussy Riot Members Make First American Television Appearance on The Colbert Report
http://laughingsquid.com/pussy-riot-members-make-first-american-television-appearance-on-the-colbert-report/

Happy #SupernovaSunday!

#SuperBowl Sunday? For us, it’s #SupernovaSunday! Today, we’ll post info & images on the stellar explosions. #sb48 pic.twitter.com/piJ8EwU3WJ

— NASA (@NASA) February 2, 2014

Happy #SupernovaSunday!

This tune has been on my mind since "American Hustle," and so it seems appropriate to share an era appropriate...

This tune has been on my mind since "American Hustle," and so it seems appropriate to share an era appropriate version of it.
(I have to wonder if he kept asking why he was performing his hit on... well... a puppet show.)
#muppets #eltonjohn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvu2Q4BsE2U&sns=gp

This is a page-turner excerpt!

This is a page-turner excerpt!
#snowden #nsa #guardianuk
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/01/edward-snowden-intelligence-leak-nsa-contractor-extract

When I said it had been dry, I should have put the word DRY on a billboard.

When I said it had been dry, I should have put the word DRY on a billboard. "Zero allocation" means 'we have nothing.'
#drought
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25996522

A metric I hadn't thought to use.

A metric I hadn't thought to use.

Originally shared by Doug Savage

The secret to business success...
http://www.savagechickens.com/2014/01/business-looks-good.html

People are clever: patterns made by actual traffic in the snow indicate their safer driving habits and imply...

People are clever: patterns made by actual traffic in the snow indicate their safer driving habits and imply potential safety improvements.
#urbanplanning #traffic #sneckdown
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25788068

"All arts contribute to the greatest art of all, the art of living."

"All arts contribute to the greatest art of all, the art of living."

-Bertolt Brecht, (from "On Theater", as quoted by Strasbourg's Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain)

#art #quote

It is lovely to see how excited people were to try this.

It is lovely to see how excited people were to try this.
#improveverywhere #conductus #music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_cbnBak8RI&sns=gp

Alain de Botton has good ideas, which he delivers so fast that you fear for his oxygen levels.

Alain de Botton has good ideas, which he delivers so fast that you fear for his oxygen levels. I enjoy his theories about art providing us with something we need to create a conceptual inner balance in this worthwhile, 47 minute lecture.
#alaindebotton #art #ideas #culture
http://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2013/december/03/alain-de-botton-explains-how-we-should-use-art/