Jul
21st
Mon
21st
30 Most Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth
Here is one of Malaspina Glacier, Alaska, USA. These are breathtaking.
Jul
11th
Fri
11th
“When Prospect and Foreign Policy drew up our list of the world’s top 100 public intellectuals a few weeks ago, none of us expected a Turkish Sufi cleric, barely known in the west, to sweep to victory. Nor did we expect every name in the top ten would be from a Muslim background. (Noam Chomsky, who won the last poll in 2005, led the west in 11th place this time.)”
The top 10:
1 Fethullah Gülen
2 Muhammad Yunus
3 Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
4 Orhan Pamuk
5 Aitzaz Ahsan
6 Amr Khaled
7 Abdolkarim Soroush
8 Tariq Ramadan
9 Mahmood Mamdani
10 Shirin Ebadi
I don’t know why I find this so amusing, but XM has a fun feature where you can upload a photo and create your own baseball bobblehead. Here’s my friend Adam.
Apr
15th
Tue
15th
My kids eat McDonald’s, how much money do I need to feed them? Cheeseburgers have gone up from 49 cents to 69 cents, so I could complain about that I guess. But if I need money for a McDonald’s cheeseburger for my kids, we have bigger problems than a game vs. Milwaukee.
— Gilbert Arenas discussing his contract negotiations. His blog is one of the only things about the NBA I follow.
Write Me Stories
Paolo asks musicians to write him stories on an index card. So far he’s compiled 109 stories in five years. Here’s a few: Sufjan Stevens (side one pictured), A Hawk and a Hacksaw, and Andrew Bird.
Apr
8th
Tue
8th
Improv Everywhere turns a little league baseball game into a major league event.
In possibly their coolest (and definitely most heartwarming) stunt ever, Improv Everywhere score an NBC sports team, a jumbotron, mascots, and the Goodyear Blimp (!) to make appearances at a recent little league game. What an awesome, awesome afternoon. [via MeFi.]
Apr
4th
Fri
4th
Area Codes In Which Ludacris Claims to Have Hoes
Creative maps + pop culture = awesomeness. via Strangemaps.
Apr
2nd
Wed
2nd
NPR's Marketplace plays a great April Fools' Day joke (link to audio)
“Most taxpayers will get anywhere from $600 to $1,200 from Uncle Sam as part of the federal plan to stimulate the economy. But many taxpayers will use the money to pay down debts instead. So, the IRS isn’t taking any chances. Rico Gagliano reports.” Sounds too plausible. [transcript of story]
