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A Blog, By Luke Morton: My Model

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:09:52 -0400

Warning: This post started as a self rant. One of those rants that shouldn’t be directed outwards, only inwards. You know, one finger pointing forwards, three point back and all that? Well hopefully this should be someone tamer than it’s purer form.

A class should be written to describe an…

theamericankid: Futurama Fry

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:09:29 -0400

theamericankid:

Futurama Fry

Bradley Wright: Using Dropbox as a Git repository

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:08:12 -0400

Bradley Wright: Using Dropbox as a Git repository:

So last month I wrote a bit about setting up your own personal Git repositories on a Linux box, and how to use that for sharing code.

I’ve had a slight epiphany since then: what if I just used the awesome Dropbox (my referral link, if you’re likely to sign up) to share Git repositories…

muscovite: from Nick Cave’s Handwritten Dictionary of Words,...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:07:50 -0400

muscovite:

from Nick Cave’s Handwritten Dictionary of Words, 1984

ianbrooks: Bragging from Poorly Drawn Lines Look at this thing...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:06:45 -0400

ianbrooks:

Bragging from Poorly Drawn Lines

Look at this thing I did! I SAID LOOK AT IT

observando: thank you god for showing me this picture xD

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:06:20 -0400

observando:

thank you god for showing me this picture xD

dcu: May 4th can not come soon enough.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:05:55 -0400

dcu:

May 4th can not come soon enough.

cavetocanvas: Duane Michals, Blazing Tunic Sweater of Normal...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:05:05 -0400

cavetocanvas:

Duane Michals, Blazing Tunic Sweater of Normal Norell, 1963

fakerockstar: ©2012 Mike Drucker and Corey Pandolph Attention...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:03:41 -0400

fakerockstar:

©2012 Mike Drucker and Corey Pandolph

Attention Internet: @MikeDrucker and I are making this for YOU. #GoslingAndBooker

UPDATE: We’ve brought in the very funny writing of @seancrespo, as well! Crespo, Drucker and Pandolph together? Look out, Internet.

dear-photograph: Dear Photograph,I was astounded, but I hadn’t...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:03:14 -0400

dear-photograph:

Dear Photograph,
I was astounded, but I hadn’t had time to consider what I was seeing.
Mark Yokoyama

Oh, How Pinteresting!: Add Pins to Your Facebook Timeline

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:02:47 -0400

Oh, How Pinteresting!: Add Pins to Your Facebook Timeline:

pinterest:

Starting today, you can add pins to your Facebook Timeline!

Lots of people use Pinterest to get inspiration for the most important projects in their life. People use Pinterest to plan their vacations, redecorate their homes, and create menus for holiday dinners.

You can now share all of these…

Photo

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:02:21 -0400

topherchris: anniewerner: Spotlight on Museums Museums!

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:01:48 -0400

topherchris:

anniewerner:

Spotlight on Museums

Museums!

hypna: Aeolus Is A Sound Sculpture Powered By Wind Most of the...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:01:21 -0400

hypna:

Aeolus Is A Sound Sculpture Powered By Wind

Most of the sound sculptures we see involve some sort of electronic or digital reaction. It’s rare to find something fully analog that will really blow your mind. Aeolus is a sound sculpture that relies only on the wind, amplifying its movements and giving us a sense of its presence like never before.

The piece is an arch adorned with a crown of round steel pipes that point out in all directions. As the wind blows through Aeolus, it creates a range of ambient tones that shift with the direction and intensity of the wind.

Watch the Video!:

6 minute sound clip:

Instagram: Instagram for Android -- Available Now.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:00:52 -0400

Instagram: Instagram for Android -- Available Now.:

instagram:

Today, we’re excited to bring you Instagram for Android^TM. We’ve already seen more than 30 million people join Instagram to create and share beautiful photos on their iOS devices, and now we’re thrilled to offer a way for Android users to join their iOS friends on Instagram to share…

Photo

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:00:25 -0400

jtotheizzoe: The Science of Why Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:59:40 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

The Science of Why Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ Makes Everyone Cry

Tension, resolution, and the ever important “buildy-ness” (which is a term I invented but is accurate), these are the characteristics behind the most extreme emotional reactions to songs:

Twenty years ago, the British psychologist John Sloboda conducted a simple experiment. He asked music lovers to identify passages of songs that reliably set off a physical reaction, such as tears or goose bumps. Participants identified 20 tear-triggering passages, and when Dr. Sloboda analyzed their properties, a trend emerged: 18 contained a musical device called an “appoggiatura.”

An appoggiatura is a type of ornamental note that clashes with the melody just enough to create a dissonant sound. “This generates tension in the listener,” said Martin Guhn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia who co-wrote a 2007 study on the subject. “When the notes return to the anticipated melody, the tension resolves, and it feels good.”

Chills often descend on listeners at these moments of resolution. When several appoggiaturas occur next to each other in a melody, it generates a cycle of tension and release. This provokes an even stronger reaction, and that is when the tears start to flow.

There’s just about the most detailed scientific analysis of a Grammy-winning song ever at the link.

(via WSJ.com)

howtosharpenpencils: Today is the day you can walk into a...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:59:14 -0400

howtosharpenpencils:

Today is the day you can walk into a bookstore and say, “Sell me that book the guy wrote about sharpening pencils.” It’s publication day!

(I have no idea if people are going to buy this book. I’m nervous! But I’m proud of my business and I’m proud of this book, and that feels good.)

IF YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK: Please join Eugene Mirman, Stacy London, and me to celebrate tomorrow! We’ll be at the Union Square Barnes & Noble.

Thanks everybody.

thatfunnyblog: Wanna LAUGH OUT LOUD?! Follow this blog.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:58:43 -0400

thatfunnyblog:

Wanna LAUGH OUT LOUD?! Follow this blog.

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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:57:54 -0400

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