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Kurt Vonnegut – “How To Get A Job Like Mine”

Benjamin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:22:51 +0000

Do yourself a favour and what all five of these. Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favourite writers and if you haven’t read him then you’re in for a treat. I particularly love the anecdote about his joke at Asimov’s funeral.

“We are here on earth to fart around and don’t let anyone tell you different.”- Kurt Vonnegut

via kottke.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Benjamin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:26:59 +0000

Lawrence Krauss – “A Universe From Nothing”

Benjamin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:02:22 +0000

“Hubble, he began life as a lawyer and became an astronomer. So there is hope.”
- Lawrence Krauss

If you’re not interested in watching the full hour, at least check out this segment, where Lawrence relates the most poetic thing he knows about physics.

Eric Fischer – “Locals and Tourists #2 (GTWA #1): New York”

Benjamin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:15 +0000

Eric Fischer gives the key to this work as:

Blue points on the map are pictures taken by locals (people who have taken pictures in this city dated over a range of a month or more).

Red points are pictures taken by tourists (people who seem to be a local of a different city and who took pictures in this city for less than a month).

Yellow points are pictures where it can’t be determined whether or not the photographer was a tourist (because they haven’t taken pictures anywhere for over a month). They are probably tourists but might just not post many pictures at all.

Dan Nocera: Personalized Energy

Benjamin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:03 +0000

Chocky (opening titles)

Benjamin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:36:43 +0000

Watching Chocky is one of my earliest memories as a child, which probably explains a lot. While the book is exceptional, the childrens show which grew out of it in the 80s was wondrously dark and foreboding, and featured magnificent effects.

Surfactant – “Twins”

Benjamin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:32:44 +0000

Click through to see the video of the X-ray of two 20 week old fetuses in their mother’s womb.

Julia Bruderer – “Lucy”

Benjamin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:27:34 +0000

NASA Hubble Space Telescope – “Carina Nebula”

Benjamin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:28:40 +0000

via The Frame

Thomas Traxler – “Idea of a Tree”

Benjamin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:45 +0000

via Every Day I’m Tumblin’