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An Honest, Actual Exchange from last week's...
PARENT: So, has [the show] The Big Bang Theory increased awareness of science and scientists? ME (too exhausted to self-censor): …really, only in the sense that The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air increased awareness of what it was like to be Black.
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February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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WatchWatch
You don’t need to listen to the entire summary after the comet-bit, though it is delivered from the International Space Station. You do need to watch the ISS video of Comet Lovejoy.
Dec 31st
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November 2011
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October 2011
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...gah, the CLANK it makes. →
…my inner 8-year-old (who rightly loves ninjitsu) and my inner Chemistry teacher (who rightly fears lead) have never been more at odds
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September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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DJing, as a cultural notion, is undeniably cool, but mostly an abstraction — we know we would totally do it if we could, but the gap between “DJing is cool” and actually making shit happen is pretty vast. This is, in truth, not nearly as awesome a video as it’s hyped to be. Mostly, it’s a lesson in How Not To MC. But: true to word, shortly after the 6-minute mark is...
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Meme Repurposing Glory →
The breathless enthusing of Double Rainbow + a sublimely boring modern art exhibition = CRAZY DELICIOUS Untitled from VJ Peter Rand on Vimeo.
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Jul 7th
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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Moonscape Sunrise →
Any time I show my students an astronomy video, I try to keep them aware of when pictures or video are real, and when they’re CGI. Usually, a seasoned eye can recognize the difference, but this amazingly detailed shot of our moon blurs the line in a way I hadn’t felt quite so acutely before now. …in space, sometimes the Uncanny Valley works backwards. Part of what I love...
Jul 6th
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Milyoo - Lightbike →
…it’s weird, claustrophobic, and took me a couple of listens to decide how I felt about it, but it’s among the first songs I’ve heard that’s drawing from several different modern sounds* and combining them successfully into something compelling. * (What sounds? I’d say West Coast maximalist beats, some vaguely dubsteppy filter-shizz, and that Chillwave thing...
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June 2011
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Jun 17th
http://blog.humanmade.org/post/6296184379 →
jcsackett: I have no idea what this is, but it’s strangely compelling. I also have no idea of it’s provenance; found it on mlkshk, via someone’s google reader feed, that I couldn’t look at. So yeah. I’m not sure if it’s a capture from this video, but my guess is that you’ll find the video compelling too. It’s Sigur Rós’s “Untitled #1...
Jun 7th
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We Weren't Merely PROMISED Jetpacks... →
…we already goddam HAD them: Jurassic 5 - What’s Golden …every now and again, I find an absolute gem of song from, like, a DECADE ago that’s not just good, but strikingly forward-pointing — songs that utterly preempt Pop Music In Two-Thousand-Eleven. Sure, I’m thrilled to find something novel and brilliant, and yeah, it’s even more thrilling when...
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May 2011
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