Sorry about August 2014 posts

These were all from Google+, and they didn't import correctly.  

The geekiest parody thing you will see today. The lyrics at the end are especially funny.

The geekiest parody thing you will see today. The lyrics at the end are especially funny.
#weirdal #starwars #byebyemissamericanpie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU&sns=gp

So delightful! Warning: uses swear words.

So delightful! Warning: uses swear words.

#mcsweeneys #easybakeoven #romance #roxanegay
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-am-going-to-cook-a-quiche-in-my-easy-bake-oven-and-you-are-going-to-like-it

There is a lovely set of Google doodles up with quotes from Nelson Mandela that is worth a look. #nelsonmandela

There is a lovely set of Google doodles up with quotes from Nelson Mandela that is worth a look. #nelsonmandela
https://g.co/doodle/zy9xjx

Exploring the cycles of technological innovation and waste... I adore this.

Exploring the cycles of technological innovation and waste... I adore this.
#mexico #art #ruins #technology

Originally shared by Colossal

Two artists built a specialized vehicle to traverse nearly 9,000 km of abandoned railway tracks in Mexico and Ecuador. Watch a short documentary of the journey at the link.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/06/modern-ruins-an-artist-homemade-vehicle-traverses-the-abandoned-railways-of-mexico/

During my visit to London last month, I visited the Tate Britain for the first time, and had a chance to see some of...

During my visit to London last month, I visited the Tate Britain for the first time, and had a chance to see some of Turner's oil paintings, watercolors, and sketchbooks.

Oh, the sketchbooks! This man seemed to never stop drawing. If you can imagine this, he even did reportage water coloring: he rushed to a fire in a historic building and did a series of watercolors of the scene as the building burned. I mean... Wow.

You can page through many of his textbooks on the Tate website. Don't do this on your phone: the drawings can be subtle pencil outlines which need to be blown up to appreciate. Yes, every few pages, he paints a lovely little watercolor.

#drawing #painting #tatebritain #turner
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-landscape-with-a-kiln-r1140977

I was looking for images of sketchbooks, and came across this site that shares some of my interests, and happens to...

I was looking for images of sketchbooks, and came across this site that shares some of my interests, and happens to be reviewing some lovely books on street art.

I think I know how I'm going to spend the gift cards I recently received...
#streetart #illustration
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/15/7-essential-books-on-street-art/

Pop culture gets smart: Oliver creates an entertaining mockery of the press, which acts as if scientific facts are...

Pop culture gets smart: Oliver creates an entertaining mockery of the press, which acts as if scientific facts are subject to public opinion polls and as if the myth that there are two sides to every story should also apply to the physical world's measurable properties.
#science
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/may/23/john-oliver-best-climate-debate-ever

Dodging taxes and avoiding safety inspections are not innovative activities.

Dodging taxes and avoiding safety inspections are not innovative activities.
#racetothebottom
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/27/airbnb-uber-taxes-regulation

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