Sunday, May 31, 2015
"Funny story - we were asked to make dong detection software for LEGO Universe too."
"We found it to be utterly impossible at any scale."
"Storm rages through woodwind section of Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra"
BN:
A flutist and other musicians complained about feeling uncomfortable while playing near Roy. After one complaint, the orchestra put up a Plexiglas shield between Roy and principal flutist Christine Davis.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
"I am Target Husk."
Facebook page for half-built Target in Los Angeles paralyzed by litigation.
I am the sentient husk of the Target that was meant to be at Sunset and Western.
"smog-tasting cart" in New York
""the collaborators are 'delighted to offer New Yorkers their first opportunity to conduct a side-by-side tasting of air from different cities'"
"If writing seems like a lonely profession, try ghostwriting children's books."
Atl:
When Lampton mailed in drafts, they came back with comments written in several colors. “There were other people, looking at your books, making comments. They're phantoms,” he says.
"The gala cost $363,413. But the real splurge? Bill Clinton."
NYT:
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Petra Nemcova, a Czech model who survived the disaster by clinging to a palm tree, decided to pull out all the stops for the annual fund-raiser of her school-building charity, the Happy Hearts Fund.In addition to the cost of the party,
The former president of the United States agreed to accept a lifetime achievement award at the June 2014 event after Ms. Nemcova offered a $500,000 contribution to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. The donation, made late last year after the foundation sent the charity an invoice, amounted to almost a quarter of the evening’s net proceeds — enough to build 10 preschools in Indonesia.
"LSU Faces Dramatic Budget Cuts While It Builds An Expensive Lounging Pool"
HuffPo or The Onion?
Louisiana State University is currently facing the prospect of a $55.5 million state funding cut, even as it's building a large so-called lazy river in the shape of the school's initials as part of an $84.75 million overhaul of its recreation facilities.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Nike: "Bots have been compromising the experience around specific products"
Nike:
Nike is committed to creating the most premium experiences for our consumers online. Bots have been compromising the experience around specific products. We’re working hard to make sure real consumers are the ones getting access.
As part of this commitment, we have decided to cancel the online launch of the Air Jordan I Pinnacle and the Air Jordan I High OG Varsity Red scheduled for tomorrow in North America. The launch of the Air Jordan I High OG Varsity Red scheduled for mainland China is also being canceled. Both styles will be available through select Nike retailers and through our stores.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
"Bring your 3D printers to Meltdown comics for a Dan Clowes toy-printing event"
BB:
Professional toy designer Ryan Whearty has come up with several cool 3D designs featuring the Meltdown Comics mascot, which was designed by cartoonist Daniel Clowes. To celebrate the Daniel Clowes book launch event at Meltdown in Los Angeles on June 5th, the store is inviting owners of 3D printers to bring their machines to the store and participate in a group toy-printing session.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
"Mexican authorities last week discovered a network of 39 narco-surveillance cameras that were videotaping 52 vantage points"
"in the northern border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas."
Monday, May 25, 2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
"It said his favorite thing that I make are cookies; I’ve never actually made cookies"
When your elementary school children answer questions about your favorite things:
Anyway, I asked him why he made so many things up, and what he said was devastating: He said he didn’t know the answers. I am normally someone who feels the upper ranges of working mother guilt. This made me take to my bed.
...
But the one you’re contacting me about is the one I posted on Twitter. It was my 4-year-old’s, which included many of the same questions. His answers, while not wholly inaccurate, were problematic just the same.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
"With a modern design and an obsessive attention to detail...the new home of the St. Paul Saints...becomes one of the most noteworthy ballparks in all of baseball."
"the best seats in the house, arguably, are at the drink rail in left field, beyond the berm. These seats sell day of game for $5, and they offer a great view of the action and the grandstand, framed by a background of Lowertown brick buildings and the downtown St. Paul skyline."
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
"The Japanese Calligraphy Artist Who Created the Kanji for Pixar’s Inside Out"
"Disney’s Japan arm has hired calligraphy artist Sisyu to create a unique kanji characters that corresponds to each of Riley’s emotions."
"IRS Investigating How Woman’s Tax Call Ended Up On Howard Stern Show"
"Meanwhile, the IRS rep she was speaking to was on hold while trying to call into Stern’s program."
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
"California's surf wars: wave 'warlords' go to extreme lengths to defend their turf"
"It looks idyllic. Should you enter the water, however, three things may happen: the surfers may surround, harass and possibly assault you. Their friends may roll rocks on you as you clamber back up the cliff. Your car may be vandalised."
Monday, May 18, 2015
The New Yorker on homework
Homework in a nutshell by Pat Byrnes. And from the same issue, Paul Noth on science fairs:
(Prints of both available at the links.)
Charity arcade games make it fun to donate to the Red Cross
"Ms. Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Galaga - at Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Göteborg Landvetter Airport you can now play some of the most classic and loved arcade games. Play with whatever foreign left over coins you have in your pocket - and at the same time help the Red Cross. Behind the project is Swedavia Swedish Airports and the Swedish Red Cross, together they have developed a more refined version of the traditional collecting box."
"They've been doing this for years, taking cubs away from the tiger mothers and piglets away from the sows, switching the litters."
"It's a tourist attraction. The animals I saw there were in the worst state I've ever seen"
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Charlize Theron's Furiosa stuntwoman is on Twitter...
One of my MANY days in the wastelands as Furiosa Stunt Double on #MadMaxFuryRoad pic.twitter.com/kxjI3PIAKt
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 14, 2015
Me spending a lot of time under the war rig on the move #furiosa #MadMaxFuryRoad pic.twitter.com/NkLpR1CU0A
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
Getting ready to do my next stunt on the move with cars ramping on fire beside, camera guys ready #MadMaxFuryRoad pic.twitter.com/x6mGc23Ftg
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
#MadMaxFuryRoad #furiosa my arm and I went through a lot together over 8 months of filming pic.twitter.com/kiXyKNZKX7
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
My view from inside the war rig during rock rider attack #MadMaxFuryRoad #furiosa pic.twitter.com/DqczaH5PeR
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 16, 2015
Getting ready to go out on the move under the war rig #MadMaxFuryRoad #Furiosa pic.twitter.com/cjg7ux3BMs
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 16, 2015
If anything, the movie is better than you have heard.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Glass sculptures by Ben Young
Broken Liquid:
Though overwhelming in their apparent simplicity, what the common eye won’t realise is that each of Young’s sculptures are hand drawn, hand cut and handcrafted, layer on layer to create the end product. There is no high-tech equipment involved but the complexity comes from the planning phase, which Young describes as ‘a lot of work’. Internally, he works out what he wants to make and how he wants it to look, “I do a lot of thinking before I even start to draw or cut”, and he then sketches the concept by hand, brainstorming the look and feel.
Friday, May 15, 2015
"the entire class of first year MFA students at USC’s Roski School of Art has decided to leave the school"
"In the midst of this upheaval, the university was eagerly celebrating the arrival of the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, which came with a $70 million gift from the music industry giants."
"A Guide to Dining with a Sugar Baby, from a Beverly Hills Sugar Daddy"
Vice:
There are two main places where SDs meet their SBs here in Beverly Hills. The first is the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the second—which is the best—is the Montage Hotel.
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Now, I sometimes like to arrange surprise “encounters,” so to speak, in order to keep things interesting. So I had paid one of my other sugar babies, who’s in her late 30s, to come to the Roosevelt and pretend to be my wife. So when the pageant queen went and I up to a hotel room after lunch, Sugar Baby 2 showed up and started pounding on the door
Thursday, May 14, 2015
So how good was Mike Trout's father at baseball?
"Jeff’s senior year was one of the best college seasons of all time. "
The Ghetto Tarot
"The Ghetto Tarot is a photographic interpretation of the traditional tarot deck in the ghetto. The scenes are inspired by the Rider Waite Tarot deck (originally designed in 1909 by artist Pamela Colman Smith) and are replicated together with a group of Haitian artists called Atis Rezistans (resistant artists) in the Haitian slums using only material we were able to find or create locally."
Order a set through Indiegogo here.
"Top 10 Prehistoric Mammals That Were Way Cooler Than Dinosaurs"
Including Gigantopithecus, a 10 foot-tall, 1000 pound ape.
Candy Crush maker King reported a $200 million profit for the first quarter of 2015
"the company confirmed a partnership with Microsoft today to bring its games to Windows 10, starting with pre-installed copies of Candy Crush Saga."
Heat-activated Nike soccer cleats
Nike:
The Hypervenom Phantom Transform is as deceptive as the players who wear it. At first glance, the boot is basic black. However, the heat-activated material on the upper transforms to reveal a vibrant orange pattern as the boot is worn, returning to basic black shortly after the player removes the boot from his feet.