Mad Quickies 12.27

It’s the mid-holiday-season Friday Quickies! Nogs down, surf’s up!

• Ever wonder what a thought looks like moving through a fish’s brain? Wonder no more because this is one of a bunch of the coolest science of 2013 in GIFs. {via the Good Bad Librarian}
• Some of the best street images were taken by someone who probably never heard of. Read about Vivian Maier and the hidden history of women’s photography. check out her work on her website. {via Mary B.}
• Here’s something brilliant. Iron Maiden makes millions by touring countries where their music is most pirated. {via Brian G.}
• This is a veritable treasure trove of excellent shorts! FastCo names these the 22 videos we couldn’t stop watching in 2013. These include The Scientific Power of Music, a rare clip of Steve Jobs, a super supercapacitor and lost of other super cool vids!.
• Mark your calendars for a trip to DC in 2017, kids, because you won’t want to miss the unveiling of the MUSEUM OF SCIENCE FICTION!
• Trip out to the hand-drawn rotoscoping GIFs by animator Mathias Brown.
• Artist Kumi Yamashita creates portraits by wrapping a single and unbroken sewing thread around thousands of nails. WOT?!
• All You Can Feel is a fascinating series by artist Sarah Schoenfeld. She “squeezed drops of various legal and illegal liquid drug mixtures onto negative film which had already been exposed.”
• Pinterest find: Liz Williams’ Maps and Book Arts.
• By now you might have seen this making the rounds. In case you haven’t, here’s something fun: Where are you from? {via Sarafina}

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Here’s something close to my heart…

Theory of Obscurity trailer

Found here.

Here’s the indiegogo for the documentary.

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Henry Reich and Minute Physics explain…

Why The Full Moon is Better in Winter

Found at Explore.

Reich gives a great shout-out to the cosmically fabulous Phil Plait at “Bad Astronomy”.

Like Minute Physics on facebook and give a little love here.

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Featured image is Ketamine by Sarah Shoenfeld.

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