It’s the Monday Quickies! To hell with the polar vortex; surf’s up!
- Glendon Mellow found an extremely helpful thing: a site where you can find free Public Domain/Creative Commons silhouettes of organisms. It’s called PhyloPic.
- Take a look at our first glimpse of ocean life at the bottom of the previously unexplored New Hebrides trench in the Pacific. The results are surprsing.
- Attack of the paranormal mermaid romance novel: Why you should never, ever lose a bet to David Shiffman. {via Emily F.}
- This is absolutely delightful: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythic Monsters, from Gremlins to Zombies to the Kraken.
- We’re all made of stars. Stunning black light photography by Daria Khoroshavina. Check out her tumblr, too.
- Napkin #686 – Drinking with Superman by John Matta.
- Blog recommendation for the vertically gifted: Tall Adaptations is written by “a 6’7” tall chronic back pain sufferer with a PhD in mechanical engineering” who was driven to hack the planet to live more ergonomically. {via Ryan} And to accompany that is this Knee Defender. {via Smashey}
- From This American Life is this transcript for Show 477- Getting Away With It. You can listen to Show 477 here. {via Smashley}
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From the amazing Vi Hart…
Möbius Music Box
{hat tip to Jennifer Ouellette}
from the page
“My first arrangement for music box is a theme from the Harry Potter Septet. Being a mathematician, I twisted the paper into a Möbius strip and made this educational video to demonstrate.”
Her personal website, which you might like: Vi Hart.
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Geometrical cookies from Vi Hart
{via Elizabeth F. who has a friend in the video}
from the page
Avoiding math to have a relaxing Saturday with friends.
Links to everyone’s cool stuff below:
Gwen Fisher
She also has a blog
Also buy everything from her etsy shopbefore someone else does:
Ruth Fisher
Or if you’re in Mountain View you may have seen her stuff in Red Rock or Ava’s Grocery. Coffee plus chocolate caramel brownie please!
Andrea Hawksley
Don’t forget to hover your mouse over her name (hooray ambigrams!), and check out her blog.
Henry Segerman is the creator of the rotating 4d monkey gif, with monkey models by
Will Segerman. You can find Henry’s post with the gif here.
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For all of you who are exhausted by Winter…
This is just so refreshing and hopeful and lovely. Enjoy.
Flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro
from the page
“In April 2012 Copenhagen Phil (Sjællands Symfoniorkester) surprised the passengers in the Copenhagen Metro by playing Griegs Peer Gynt. The flash mob was created in collaboration with Radio Klassisk http://radioklassisk.dk/. All music was performed and recorded in the metro.”
More information when viewed on Copenhagen Phil’s YT page.
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Featured images are by Daria Khoroshavina.
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