Nathan Sawaya: The Art of the Brick
Nathan Sawaya creates some amazing sculptures entirely from Legos. Check out his “Art of the Brick” Gallery for more cool pictures. (Thanks to Andrew Sullivan’s blog for turning me on to this.)
Category Pictures & Videos
Four Ways of Looking at Twitter
Very cool stuff — experiments in data visualization as presented in the Harvard Business Review:
Curling: An Olympic Sweep
A nice explanatory graphic on curling from the LA Times (click to enlarge): Link: Curling: An Olympic Sweep [LA Times]
The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Great Buns & Thighs
Oh, the surprises one finds when waiting in line at CVS: Yeah. Get your copy here.
Facebook ads gone strange
Seems that a lot of the sidebar ads I’m seeing on Facebook lately are strange. See the most recent here. What’s up, Facebook?
Alain de Botton from TED: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
Thanks to Scott for pointing me in the direction of this TED video, which I love. (TED has a bounty of wonderful videos online, by the way. Highly worth perusing their site.) “It would be insane to call Hamlet a…
Project Tuva from Bill Gates & Microsoft
Bill Gates has funded a project at Microsoft Research to provide classic lectures in physics for free online. Some of the famous Feynman Lectures are presented with searchable video, embedded information, and educational resources. Check it out at Project Tuva.
Live Polling from The Onion
Brilliant video from The Onion: New Live Poll Allows Pundits To Pander To Viewers In Real Time
A Dark Sky over Death Valley
I have fallen in love with this picture of the Milky Way over Death Valley in the dark of night: Find details, plus the original image, on this NASA website: APOD: 2007 May 8 – A Dark Sky over Death Valley
DEADLINE post-it stop motion
Awesome video of Post-It notes in stop motion: (Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for the link)