Skiing on the street.
I’ve actually done something like this with my friends but sledding, in a rubbermaid bucket, pulled around the back of a 4-wheel-drive Subaru by a rope, on an iced over street. It was awesome.
Urban Skiing
February 2, 2010
Home Bouldering
January 18, 2010
This guy created a bouldering route in his house.
This is the “Sofa route” in 37 moves, rated: 6a+ V2. He used 42 screw holes through the plaster ceiling connected to the wooden beams above. This guy (Maximo Kausch) also goes ice climbing in the mountains in Paris.
Home Bouldering from Maximo Kausch on Vimeo.
(credit: LikeCool)
For all you Noughtie Fans
January 1, 2010
The NY Times gave a little shout out to The Noughtie List and asked Jason Kottke a few questions.
To contain all the measuring, the bloggers Jason Kottke and Jenni Leder created the “Noughtie List”, with many of the best-of lists linked from a single page. I asked Kottke about the impetus behind his list of lists.
Follow-up to my “Random Fact”
December 30, 2009
I just recently twittered: Random Fact: there were were only about 130 websites in 1993 and have more random info.
• The Web went publicly online posted by alt.hypertext (a newsgroup) (good explanation of hypertext) on August 6, 1991.
• Some historical hypertext milestones.
• First webcomic: Doctor Fun
• Wiki has a list of all the websites created before 1995.
You might be interested in:
• A brief documentary: History of the Internet
• The machine that changed the world
• Internet Archive, I always forget about the Wayback Machine. What Thoughtbrain looked like in 2004, I wanted to create a creative collaborate magazine… Too bad I only updated twice.. hah! My favorite (you have to wait for it to load) was my Feature, an interview with Gary Baseman. I used his illustrations and made this interactive sound enhanced flash animation for showcase the interview. It STILL works!
Mother’s $10,000 Honest spam
December 23, 2009
“The Way I Work”
December 21, 2009
Inc. has a great article by Jason Fried of 37Signals, called “The Way I Work“
Very good article on the day in the life of Jason Fried, worth a read and a new perspective.
After lunch, I get a little lazy between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. I don’t feel that productive, so I’m usually screwing around, which I think is really important. Everyone should read stuff on the Web that’s goofy or discover something new. I hate it when businesses treat their employees like children. They block Facebook or YouTube because they want their employees to work eight hours a day. But instead of getting more productivity, you’re getting frustration. What’s the point? As long as the work gets done, I don’t care what people do all day.
(credit: Smashing Mag)
reactions to the original airing of Orson Welles’ adaptation of The War of the Worlds
September 29, 2009
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Letters of Note : Reactions to the original airing of Orson Welles’ adaptation
of The War of the Worlds
Letters of Note is quickly becoming one of the most interesting blogs I read. This one is two letters with different reaction to the famous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast. I’ve always heard about how people went crazy listening to it, thinking it were true, but reading actual letters of the aftermath completely fascinating. Apparently, over 600 letters were sent to the FCC after this aired. Read it all after the cut below.
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Letters of Note :: My good friend Roosevelt
September 25, 2009
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Via: Letters of Note :: My good friend Roosevelt
14 yr old Fidel Castro’s letter to Roosevelt. The actual letter + transcript can be seen after the cut.
Although he states otherwise in this incredible document, Fidel Castro was 14 years old when he wrote the following letter to then President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. In it, the future Cuban leader speaks of his approval of Roosevelt’s presidency, cheekily asks the President for $10 and then finishes the letter by offering to reveal the whereabouts of Cuba’s largest iron mines.
Kickstarter
August 17, 2009
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Kickstarter is a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers…
I love good ideas and this one is a good one. This is a place where say you have this great idea for a project (books, magazines, albums (and album reissues), plays, films, art projects, iPhone apps) and can never gather up enough money to start it. Kickstarter can help you get the money you need to start your project through donations (which is rerouted through amazon.com) and the supporters get exclusive access and rewards in exchange for their patronage. There is no catch, people who use Kickstarter to fund their projects (“project creators”) keep 100% ownership and control. Check all the other details in their “Learn More” section of their site.
Kickstarter is part fundraiser and part a platform where the creators can communicate with their supporters, the ones that helped them get to where they need to go. Sometime soon, they will be opening the site up to anyone who wants to make a project. If you want an invite be sure to read this.
Photos from the International Space Station
July 14, 2009
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Photos from the International Space Station
The photographs take by astronauts aboard. LikeCool has a bunch more photos up.
