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Happy Mother’s Day!

A little perspective on where we are…probably.

The Unseen Sea

Simon Christen shot this in the Bay Area:

A little perspective on where we are…probably

Preguntas Hermosas

click here to watch on mobile

rAndom International’s latest: Audience

Audience, the latest media installation from rAndom International, is outta sight – as the viewer walks through it, the mirror-fellows track them, making each viewer the “focus” of the piece as they are reflected in each little mirror:

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Nature by Numbers

via @datavis:

Curious Herzog

Our man Werner Herzog reads Curious George in a tone that only the German filmmaker can muster:

hats off to @jeremyryancarr for this tasty tidbit

Designer: Justin Lund

Old pal, Justin Lund, is a gifted designer and is featured in this short film:

Even in 1948 we knew better

Projections on Buildings

I could watch stuff like this endlessly…

Alex Glawion : Evolution Solution Animation

Evolution from Alex Glawion on Vimeo.

hats off to @brainpicker for the nod

The New Splinter Cell

satellite browser

NASA hopes we enjoy J-Track 3-D.

Clicking on the thumbnail below or here or there will activate JTrack3D and it will appear in its own window and begin loading a database of over 900 satellites.

What you will see (presuming the system you’re on supports Java) is a plot in 3-dimensions showing the position of these satellites. Choose them all from the pull-down menu.

If your system isn’t currently supporting Java, skip the conniption, there are also some satellites that can be viewed without it:

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B A D A S S : HUDs

cheers to @drwave for turning me onto this:

Mad as Hell

Mad As Hell! Kinetic Typography from Aaron Leming on Vimeo.

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Ah, Saturday Morning…

Turned onto this by a new friend, David Calvo:

Cheers, David.

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