A guy named Derek Waters has a web series called "Drunk History", which is pretty much what you'd expect.  In this episode, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover (who doesn't age... Seriously, the guy must have a hideous painting of himself stashed somewhere) and a adorable, and really drunk guy dramatize the conflict between Nicola Tesla and Thomas ( Read more... )

Got this off of io9...

New Evidence For Seas of Liquid Diamond On Neptune
Remote gas giant planets Neptune and Uranus could be covered in vast seas of liquid diamond, dotted with solid diamond chunks like icebergs. A new experiment revealed such oceans are plausible, and would explain some oddities about Neptune's magnetic field.

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First off, Children of Earth hit me like a punch to the kidneys, and RTD needs to get a tougher skin. Having spent three years in Architecture school, I am amused by folks in creative fields that don't accept that critiques are part of the biz ( Read more... )

But seriously, the following video is a design concept by Stefan Ulrich, called Funktionide. As his thesis design project, Ulrich discussed how humans interact with objects, and the threshold at which we begin to regard such objects as "alive"; i.e. motion, response to our interactions and outside stimuli in general, and said object's imitation of ( Read more... )

And instead of bubblin' crude, finds a 7th century stash that rivals that of the Sutton Hoo treasure.  With a metal detector.  Howard Carter, eat your heart out.

I remember seeing slides of items found at Sutton Hoo in my art history classes  and being amazed.  I got to see them in person at the British Museum about 10 years ago, and the detail and ( Read more... )

Got this one off of my cousin J's Facebook.  He works as a stage electrician in Pittsburgh, and saw this video made by the electricians of the Santa Fe Opera.  Who apparently spend their days rockin' out to the strains of Lady Gaga...

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Even though my day at work felt like I was playing Whack-A-Mole for 8 hours, I am in a slightly better mood. 
That, and I got a Facebook note from Pops that is a sign that I should turn down the emo bitter a bit.  He's coming around.

Got books that I had requested from the library which should be an interesting compare and contrast.

The Da Vinci ( Read more... )

A few preliminary thoughts on Watchmen.

1) Don't order the large soda
2) If you haven't read the graphic novel yet (like me), you might want to wait until after seeing the movie to read it.

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3) All you people bringing little kids to see this movie... What the hell are you thinking? Really? WHAT. THE HELL. ARE YOU. THINKING? Yes, it has ( Read more... )

Well, I've finally jumped in and got my own LJ account.

Spotted the following on YouTube; it's got a cute guy, a guitar, and extended culture-geek riffing:

Enjoy