As usual, as great to see as to hear.

The still at right is from Mar. 21, 2012. Here 's a real-time animation of the wind as of right now .

I'm enjoying Walter Isaacson's eponymous biography of Steve Jobs . One thing it lacks that Jobs might have appreciated: an illustra...

" Filmed procreation. Porn the way God intended. " Seriously, this is not to be missed. Not only is there a t-shirt shop, but th...

Via Oddity Central (thanks Ben!)

I'd embed Alain de Botton's TED talk, "Atheism 2.0," except that for some reason, TED's forcing a big bunch of empty s...

Context for the emerging OWS movement.

Time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International...

Benoît Mandelbrot, inventor of fractal geometry – the branch of mathematics that describes the hidden order in nature and in seemingly chaot...

On Wed., March 9, at 5:23 pm CST, a Class X1.5 solar flare erupted, "one of the most powerful types of flares," "letting loos...

Magid specializes in exploring issues of surveillance, privacy, secrecy, and what's inside vs. outside. E.g., for Evidence Locker (mult...

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He's got 'em. This video (24:06 min.; 2008) was commissioned by Prospect.1 New Orleans and was also shown at the Fusebox Festival ....

You've prolly seen it by now, but if not, you should, even if you think you probably know what they said. Stewart: "When are we go...

At least the first 2 or 3 shows rec'd: hilarious; and the outfits/hair alone are worth it. "T.H.R.U.S.H. is an orgnization that bel...

. . . compliments of the universe: " Cat's Eye Hubble Remix Staring across interstellar space, the alluring Cat's Eye Nebula l...

Being built in Cern, Switzerland. (We almost got one in TX, but surprise! -- cancelled.) Cern was also the birthplace of the Web. I could ...

Get past the first song; it's short, and the rest are in English. (Thanks, Snarky !)