- Romanesco broccoli and other things from the natural world that are fractal-ish. {via Surly Amy}
- Wherever you stand on the whole issue, perhaps you might be interested in reading “The Amanda Palmer Problem: How Does a Cult Musician Become a Figure to Be Mocked?” It’s quite well-written. {via @chebutykin”
- In Jonah D. Ansell’s rhyming, animated short film Cadaver Christopher Lloyd voices a medical cadaver looking for posthumous love. Video.
- You guys- coming soon: The Beastie Boys Memoir by Ad-Rock and Mike D.
- So stunningly cool! An asterisk-shaped restaurant and winery at the center of a lake near Beijing.
- Dennis Parren created a CMYK lightbulb that casts colored shadows.
- The Inkblot and Popular Culture.
- “Invisible Hieroglyphics. Turning Touchscreen Residue Into Art.”. Really, it’s finger smudge art. Like a higher [digital] order of [analog] fingerpainting.
- Pinterest find: Monika Lehner’s Words | Calligraphy | Letters.
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Another installment of Commander Chris Hadfield’s videos from space…
DESSERT IN SPA-A-A-A-ACE!
from the page
Commander Chris Hadfield shares an astronaut’s dessert with us. On the menu is floating chocolate pudding cake and coffee—served extra hot! For more about eating in space, see: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronau…
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Asteroid Discovery – 1980-2012 – UHDTV
from the page
The latest update to the asteroid discovery video, now at UHDTV resolutions and with a voiceover explaining what’s going on.
Thanks to the Lowell Observatory and Minor Planet Center for supplying the data used to create this.
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Featured image is an excerpt from the photograph “El ojo de la marisma” by Héctor Garrido.
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