Jimmy Soul - If You Want To Be Happy For the Rest Of Your LIfe
This song has been stuck in my head since Saturday. And I really wish the Charleston would make a comeback.
26.10.11
21.10.11
The Phantom Tollbooth turns 50
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One of my favorite books of all times, The Phantom Tollbooth, is turning 50 and filmmaker Hannah Jayanti is working on creating a documentary about author Norton Juster and illustrator Jules Feiffer. While they've already reached their $16,000 goal, I'm happy to support the project.
Jayanti writes "we follow Norton and Jules as they return to the house in Brooklyn Heights where Norton began writing a little story "to get his mind off of what he had to do." Working as an architect, Norton was awarded a grant for a book onUrban Perception, which he promptly didn't write. Instead, he created Milo. When he showed his notes to his neighbor, a young political cartoonist bent on overthrowing the government, Jules began sketching – and The Phantom Tollbooth was born."
18.10.11
17.10.11
That's Really Interesting
This neat fact comes from my uncle:
"Suppose that you could mark the molecules in a glass of water; then pour the contents of the glass into the ocean and stir the latter thoroughly so as to distribute the marked molecules uniformly throughout the seven seas; if then you took a glass of water anywhere out of the ocean, you would find in it about a hundred of your marked molecules."
"Suppose that you could mark the molecules in a glass of water; then pour the contents of the glass into the ocean and stir the latter thoroughly so as to distribute the marked molecules uniformly throughout the seven seas; if then you took a glass of water anywhere out of the ocean, you would find in it about a hundred of your marked molecules."
8.10.11
Hierarchy of Digital Distractions
One of my favorite info-graphic sites, Information is Beautiful led by author/designer David McCandless, brings us this handy chart of the hierarchy of digital distractions. McCandless explains that it "exports and visualizes the subtle, invisible structure I use to prioritize one digital distractions over another."
His chart is featured in the MoMA's new exhibit "Talk to Me" which is curated by Paola Antonelli, the senior curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA.
You can purchase a limited edition print of the graphic here.
5.10.11
How California Got its Name
This awesome fact comes from Dictionary.com's "The Hot Word" blog -- it's certainly worth checking out.
When the Spanish first began exploring the Pacific Coast of North America, they mistakenly believed that California was an island. (Some of the earliest and most fascinating maps of the state depict it as separated from the mainland.) This is considered one of the greatest, albeit short-lived, cartographic errors.
Early mapmakers began labeling the “island” as California, the name of a mythical island in a book called Las Sergas de Esplandián, “The Adventures of Esplandián,” written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The book was part of a popular series of Spanish romance stories.
In the book, the mythical California is ruled by Queen Califa and populated only with female warriors who brandish gold weapons. They even harness their animals in gold because it is the only mineral on the island.
The legend of Califa and her island was well known among New World explorers. In 1536 when Hernán Cortéz arrived in Baja California, he believed he had landed on the legendary island.
Over three hundred years later gold was discovered in California, making the legend partially true and earning the state its nickname: The Golden State.
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