Kottke will break it down for you a little bit more, but at least take a look at this video. Carlin Isles is playing a slightly different game than everyone else on the pitch...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Rugby Disrupted
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
A New View Of North Korea
Google Maps got a big face lift on the upper half of the Korean peninsula this week with North Korea going from a blank expanse to a fairly expansive map.
The New Yorker and WaPo both have write ups which report that the project was undertaken via google map maker by a group of what are being called "citizen cartographers". The WaPo also has some cool before and after slider graphics, and of course there is the google blog post announcement as well.
No word (that I've seen) if the recent trip by google honcho Eric Schmidt to North Korea played any role or was purely coincidental. His daughter, Sophie, wrote what is supposed to be a very engaging report on the trip (I haven't had a chance to read it yet).
Sunday, January 27, 2013
What The Kids Are Saying These Days...
Apparently YOLO is a thing, I'll go out on a limb and say it's the current apex of unnecessary acronymization. I did enjoy the Loney Island exegesis though...
(via SE)
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Cool "Disco" Dan Lives
And his legend is told in a new documentary...
It's premiering at the AFI Silver in late February.
(via WP)
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Don't Believe Your Eyes
People definitely didn't make these things before the interwebs...
Yeah, so, um, wow. That pretty much looks 3D but it isn't. FastCoDesign has the story.
(via TMN)
Monday, January 21, 2013
President Obama's Second Inaugural
I thought President Obama gave a great speech today and I'm excited to hear what he will have to say at the State of the Union in a way that I haven't been for quite a while. In short it feels like he is ready to lead and in so doing to strike out to win the important arguments of our time.
Instead of trying to give you some big breakdown of what he had to say I'm going to point you to some good takes from the professionals...
Greg Sargent had a good short rundown on the progressive underpinnings and current of the speech.
Ezra Klein looked at the indications that Obama is set on changing minds and leading the country into the future.
John Cassidy pointed out the push towards liberal and progressive goals and values.
And Richard Socarides called it possibly the most important gay rights speech to date.
In case you missed it here's the speech. It was a good one...
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Waterfalls & Kayaks
They make an odd and exhilarating couple. These guys headed down to the jungle near Veracruz and found some gorgeous waterfalls, set up some awesome shots, and then did some crazy ass...well you'll see...
For the record I have a 14 foot flat water boat.
(via LS)
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Fix Things
I don't exactly have a need for this stuff right now, but I definitely just ordered some so I'd have it handy when I came up with a project / needed to fix something around the house...
Monday, January 14, 2013
Feeding Our Children
Metaphorically, I suppose (not having any kids of my own); is nevertheless an increasingly troubling prospect for all too many Americans. It's an issue that we can and should take on. A film like this might be the kick in the pants that we need...
(via FI on fb)
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Stacking Rocks
This dude definitely has some serious zen action going on...
He does much bigger installations which you can check out on his website. The artist, Michael Grab, also gives some cool insight to the process etc there.
(via krulwich wonders by way of SF on fb)
Thursday, January 3, 2013
End Of The Year Tab Dump - Pop Science
It's the end of 2012 and my folder full of tabs / bookmarks that I've
been meaning to share is over flowing. The end of a year seems like a
good enough reason to get them all out there for your perusal and it
doesn't hurt that it will help get me up over the 100 post threshold for
2012 either.
We're gonna do this categorically, sort of at least, some other links ended up on twitter; check the sidebar for those or @hcoppola.
So we didn't get through everything on new year's eve, I had better
things to do what can I say? Which means the dump will continue to
start off 2013.
For lack of a better term we're calling this gaggle Pop Science and hooooo it's a doozy...
Paul Krugman is a big fan of Asimov's Foundation Series, giving the books some credit for inspiring him to do what he does today. Both of those links are great, especially if you're a Krugman and Asimov fan.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is always trying to teach us something and for one of his newer projects he's enlisted the help of Wu-Tang's GZA. That's right, Neil deGrasse Tyson ain't nothin to fuck with.
This is what happens when physicists get curious about how we walk around museums while we look at art.
Rory Sutherland expounds upon the importance of perspective...
Voyager is still going strong 35 years later.
Gizmodo went long on how Yahoo screwed up Flicker and 'lost the internet'.
Robert Sapolsky talks about dopamine and how it drives our behavior...
Dopamine Jackpot! Sapolsky on the Science of... by FORAtv
These next few are all mapping related, not surprisinglymany of them have to do with google:
Rich and Poor neighborhoods look different from above, enough so that you can pretty much differentiate them from space based on tree coverage.Ever wonder how supermarkets decide where to open? Even if you haven't this presentation will make you wish you had.
Time took a look at google streetview's influence on art and photography.
The Atlantic geeked out about how google builds its maps and why the techniques used are important.
The Guardian also thought about how google maps has changed and is changing the world.
Fractals are still really cool, and there are pictures to prove it. Raise your hand if you played with that fractal trees program back in the day.
The BBC wants to help you make better decisions. But not enough to stop them from slapping a copyright complaint on the full 50 minute youtube of this show.
There are other planets out there, some of them orbit Alpha Centauri.
Music has a shockingly large impact on how we view and interpret images.
That's all she wrote folks, thanks for playing. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
End Of The Year Tab Dump - Sports
It's the end of 2012 and my folder full of tabs / bookmarks that I've
been meaning to share is over flowing. The end of a year seems like a
good enough reason to get them all out there for your perusal and it
doesn't hurt that it will help get me up over the 100 post threshold for
2012 either.
We're gonna do this categorically, sort of at least, some other links ended up on twitter; check the sidebar for those or @hcoppola.
So we didn't get through everything on new year's eve, I had better
things to do what can I say? Which means the dump will continue to
start off 2013.
These are the Sports items that I still have banging around...
A whole bunch of former NFL players sued over concussion related long term injury effects, including Skins great Art Monk. A lot of important research into football and head trauma is ongoing at universities around the country.
There was this short doc on Pete Rose...
Bruins great Shawn Thorton did an interview with Boston's leading LGBT publication and talked about the potential and likelihood of having a gay teammate. Bottom line: nobody better pick on him.
ESPN got into international football match fixing issues.
The Awl took a look at players who only got a cup of coffee in the show.
There was a doc about MLB recruiting in Latin America.
And SI went long on steroids in baseball (I still haven't read this one).
Only one more to go kids...
End Of The Year Tab Dump - Sea Level Rise & Climate Change
It's the end of 2012 and my folder full of tabs / bookmarks that I've
been meaning to share is over flowing. The end of a year seems like a
good enough reason to get them all out there for your perusal and it
doesn't hurt that it will help get me up over the 100 post threshold for
2012 either.
We're gonna do this categorically, sort of at least, some other links ended up on twitter; check the sidebar for those or @hcoppola.
So we didn't get through everything on new year's eve, I had better
things to do what can I say? Which means the dump will continue to
start off 2013.
This is the whole mess of stuff that I thought you should know about but didn't get around to sharing that deals with Sea Level Rise and Climate Change; we're probably in some serious trouble here folks...
To start things off the NC State Legislature pretty much attempted to disbelieve sea level rise is happening.
Several groups and studies found that sea levels are rising quite a bit faster than previously thought or predicted.
In the wake of the second devastating mutant late season hurricane to hit the NYC area there were at least a few calls to reconsider coastal flood insurance and living in flood zones.
Once again arctic sea ice melted at a new record rate and extent.
Ezra Klein highlighted the debate on climate and energy between proxies from the Obama and Romney campaigns. It's still a disgrace that the candidates didn't talk about this problem at all.
Bill McKibben went long on the terrifying math of global warming.
Bloomberg BuisnessWeek ran the headline "It's Global Warming, Stupid"
New Scientist offered seven reasons that climate change is "even worse than we thought" and the New Yorker ran down the top ten signs of a warming planet.
Climate change is driving wild animals into our cities (at least in part).
In February it will have been 28 years since the last time we had a global monthly average temperature that was below normal.
And of course none of this is good news for the ski industry.
We're almost done, I promise.
End Of The Year Tab Dump - DC
It's the end of 2012 and my folder full of tabs / bookmarks that I've
been meaning to share is over flowing. The end of a year seems like a
good enough reason to get them all out there for your perusal and it
doesn't hurt that it will help get me up over the 100 post threshold for
2012 either.
We're gonna do this categorically, sort of at least, some other links ended up on twitter; check the sidebar for those or @hcoppola.
So we didn't get through everything on new year's eve, I had better
things to do what can I say? Which means the dump will continue to
start off 2013.
This post is the collection of DC related things I meant to share.
I was really impressed with new Ward 5 Council Member Kenyan McDuffie after his appearance on Kojo.
In October Kojo and the City Paper teamed up on some polling work.
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation has had a lot to do with DC's resurgence and they're working to make sure that affordable housing remains available in DC.
Housing Complex took a look at DC housing issues and challenges using graphs and charts. Bottom line: house prices are outpacing income by a 3 to 1 margin over the last 40 years.
There is an elephant at the zoo who plays the harmonica.
There are 54 more Bikeshare locations coming to DC.
DC now has a bigger population than both Wyoming and Vermont yet continues to have no voting representation in Congress. Our license plates say it best - Taxation Without Representation.
We're almost there gang...
End Of The Year Tab Dump - Seafood
It's the end of 2012 and my folder full of tabs / bookmarks that I've
been meaning to share is over flowing. The end of a year seems like a
good enough reason to get them all out there for your perusal and it
doesn't hurt that it will help get me up over the 100 post threshold for
2012 either.
We're gonna do this categorically, sort of at least, some other links ended up on twitter; check the sidebar for those or @hcoppola.
So we didn't get through everything on new year's eve, I had better
things to do what can I say? Which means the dump will continue to
start off 2013.
Here's a bunch of stuff on Seafood, fisheries, and the state of the oceans that I meant to share with y'all...
Callum Roberts' new book The Ocean of Life came out (it's on my reading list) and he discussed the book and the fate and state of the oceans with The Economist and Diane Rehm.
The WaPo highlighted the need for fisheries reform to ensure long term sustainability of stocks and livelihoods.
Community Supported Fisheries work to meet these challenging goals and help generate long term solutions for the fishing industry and coastal communities.
This new design for a better trawl net is just one of the fronts in the search for sustainable fishing solutions.
Grist took a look at seafood ratings, which may or may not be making any difference.
Charlie Pierce pointed to new research showing that climate change is negatively impacting US fisheries and fish stocks.
University of MD researchers are developing plant based fish food that will help make aquaculture more sustainable.
The Cook Islands and New Caledonia became the latest Pacific Ocean nations to establish extensive marine reserves.
The Washington Monthly went long on the importance and plight of menhaden back in the spring and new menhaden regulations were passed in December.
This happened as part of an effort to bring attention to the shark finning issue...
And since my interest in fisheries work and issues stems from the fact that I find seafood delicious KCRW had a great look at the origins and continuing awesomeness that is sushi (use the buttons towards the bottom of the player to jump to the sushi sections).
We've got three more to go still gang...
End Of The Year Tab Dump - Guns
It's the end of 2012 and my folder full of tabs / bookmarks that I've
been meaning to share is over flowing. The end of a year seems like a
good enough reason to get them all out there for your perusal and it
doesn't hurt that it will help get me up over the 100 post threshold for
2012 either.
We're gonna do this categorically, sort of at least, some other links ended up on twitter; check the sidebar for those or @hcoppola.
So we didn't get through everything on new year's eve, I had better things to do what can I say? Which means the dump will continue to start off 2013.
This one is on Guns. We have a gun problem in America, it's an enormous problem and has been an elephant in the room for entirely too long. I could go on and on and get pretty worked up over this one; instead I'm going to give you some of the things that I've read and that have resonated with me over the past couple of months. Suffice it to say that the US is the only country in the world with the type of gun violence that we suffer from and it is both shocking and shameful.
In an earlier post this Gizmodo story about the secret online weapons store that will sell you anything would've been filed under some sort of wow look at what the internet has wrought and how online commerce is twisting and evolving and what are the rules and who has any kind of jurisdiction or enforcement capabilities. Really though it's just emblematic of our gun crazed culture.
In the wake of the Newtown shootings Mother Jones has stepped up with a lot of typically (for them) well written, researched, and sourced pieces on the need for gun control and the inherent fallacy of the notion that we would be made safer by a more heavily armed society.
The writers at the New Yorker have written a lot for the magazine's website as the fall of 2012 erupted in mass shooting events, all of it was worth reading but these were the ones that I really wanted to share...
- Adam Gopnik wrote after the Aurora shootings about how American is the only country in which mass shootings of this type are common and accepted.
- Alex Koppelman wrote about the disgraceful silence of politicians in the wake of the Aurora shootings.
- John Cassidy saluted Mayor Bloomberg for his work to advance gun control after the Newtown shootings.
- Adam Gopnik passionately called for gun control and laid out the inarguable and simple facts that show that it works after the Newtown shootings.
- David Remnick called on President Obama to at long last demonstrate leadership in tackling our gun problem and making America a safer place.
- Jon Lee Anderson also wrote about the enduring shame that is America and Americans' acceptance of gun violence in our society.
- Jeffery Toobin broke down the Second Amendment.
- Alec Wilkinson wrote about his experience carrying a weapon as a small town police officer.
- Amy Davidson eviscerated the pathetic notion that arming teachers would make students safer.
- And a bunch of the writers got together to discuss the political battle for gun control in the magazine's weekly Political Scene podcast.
Bob Costas caught flack for mentioning gun violence during a football game and the Daily Show weighed in...
David Cole took a look at America's gun culture and three of the books that go deeper into it for the New York Review of Books.
Firmin Debrabander wrote about the affects on and curtailing of freedom in an armed society.
Fareed Zakaria echoed Adam Gopnik's call for gun control and he closed with these words - "The problems that produced the Newtown massacre are not complex, nor are the solutions. We do not lack for answers. What we lack in America today is courage."
Fareed is right.
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