Pete Ware

Here is Nick Nanauer’s TED talk was censored because it...

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:56:16 -0400

Here is Nick Nanauer’s TED talk was censored because it was excessively partisan — I didn’t think so. He’s saying that calling people, like himself, job creators is inaccurate and self serving. That taxing the wealthy is good for the economy.

It’s closing time today.

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:46:35 -0400

It’s closing time today.

"The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it."

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:41:29 -0400

“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”

- Neil deGrasse Tyson (via ckck)

My “The Zone” playlist for when I really want to...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:39:21 -0400

My “The Zone” playlist for when I really want to focus at work and ignore all the distractions around me.

These are a blast. It’s like seeing the invention of...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:28:52 -0400

These are a blast. It’s like seeing the invention of “Knock-knock” jokes.

ADmented reality: how Google Glasses (a concept project for...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:53:18 -0400

ADmented reality: how Google Glasses (a concept project for augmented reality) will really work.

The CIA talks about their Facebook program

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:53:20 -0400

The CIA talks about their Facebook program

prettyhuge: nsomn: sirjolt: This is easily the most...

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:08:04 -0500

prettyhuge:

nsomn:

sirjolt:

This is easily the most impressive thing I’ve seen on the internet in years.

A group has entirely remade Star Wars Episode IV (A New Hope) shot for shot, with the stipulation that each person only make fifteen seconds. The changes are jarring, the style conflicts wonderful.

It’s staggering and beautiful. I love it.

I love it, too.

This is just chock full of win. Some of the clips are just beautiful (check the cross hatching at 51:40), others are hilarious (the scene where Han and Luke are pretending to be escorting Chewbacca as a prisoner, they just play Chewie roars over a picture of a Chihuahua). The collective is just shockingly great.

(via Founding Fathers’ Intelligent Design | The Big Picture)

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:54:08 -0500

(via Founding Fathers’ Intelligent Design | The Big Picture)

"If the good guy gets the girl, it’s rated PG; If the bad guy gets the girl, it’s rated..."

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:43:02 -0500

“If the good guy gets the girl, it’s rated PG; If the bad guy gets the girl, it’s rated R; and if everybody gets the girl, it’s rated X.”

- Kirk Douglas

During a commercial break at thy 2012 Grammys, Adele trashed...

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:45:54 -0500

During a commercial break at thy 2012 Grammys, Adele trashed Newt Gingrich with a re-make of “Someone Like You”. Major trashing.

ckck: Ferris Wheel, Gyro Globe and The Hurricane, circa...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:56:27 -0500

ckck:

Ferris Wheel, Gyro Globe and The Hurricane, circa 1949.

Photographs by Andreas Feininger.

Very cool time-lapse photography of very night seens.

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:14:06 -0500

Very cool time-lapse photography of very night seens.

Ah, the stupid things we do when we’re young — even...

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:09:06 -0500

Ah, the stupid things we do when we’re young — even Tom Hanks

Photo

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:56:15 -0500

Day 1: Apple Store at Grand Central Station Will’s laptop...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:11:00 -0500

Day 1: Apple Store at Grand Central Station

Will’s laptop needed repair so I thought it’d be nice to see the new Apple store at Grand Central Station.

Thu night at Carnegie Hall.

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:16:27 -0500

Thu night at Carnegie Hall.

Day 0.5: Shake Shack Nirvana

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:43:04 -0500

Day 0.5: Shake Shack Nirvana

Cool demo of oscillating motion. What it shows: Fifteen...

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:31:05 -0500

Cool demo of oscillating motion.

What it shows: Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and random motion. One might call this kinetic art and the choreography of the dance of the pendulums is stunning! Aliasing and quantum revival can also be shown.

How it works: The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 second period. The length of each successive shorter pendulum is carefully adjusted so that it executes one additional oscillation in this period. Thus, the 15th pendulum (shortest) undergoes 65 oscillations. When all 15 pendulums are started together, they quickly fall out of sync—their relative phases continuously change because of their different periods of oscillation. However, after 60 seconds they will all have executed an integral number of oscillations and be back in sync again at that instant, ready to repeat the dance.

Ski-parachuting past an avalanche. Seriously.

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:57:01 -0500

Ski-parachuting past an avalanche. Seriously.