Growing is Forever, An Ode To The Redwoods
“Growing is Forever” by Jesse Rosten is a gorgeous short film that is an ode to the Redwood forests of California, set to a poem…
Volunteers Helped Clean Up San Francisco Pillow Fight To Aid Charity
The 2011 San Francisco Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight was $12,000 less costly for the city to clean up this year, thanks to lower turnout and…
Transcendent Man, a Documentary About Futurist Ray Kurzweil
Transcendent Man is a new documentary by Barry Ptolemy about futurist Ray Kurzweil. The film is based on Kurzweil’s book “The Singularity is Near: When…
Evolution Made Us All, A Sunday School Hymn Parody
“Evolution Made Us All” is a spot-on spoof of a sunday school hymn by Ben Hillman. via Richard Dawkins | Boing Boing
Train Runs Through Middle of Maeklong Market in Bangkok
In “Maeklong Market and Train,” Japanese train fiend ISO8 shows us a Bangkok market that is bisected by an active train line. When a train…
San Francisco Prankster Offers Discount Veterinary and Taxidermy Services at Future PETCO
RichmondSFBlog reports that a San Francisco prankster has struck at the future site of a Richmond district PETCO, plastering the building with a sign offering…
Views of Detroit, An Experiment in Using Film for Urban Planning
In “Views of Detroit,” Danish students experiment with using film as a tool for urban planning. Much of the film takes place in the grand…
Language as a Window into Human Nature on RSA Animate
In “Language as a Window into Human Nature” by RSA, Steven Pinker discusses the many roles of language in human relationships, from sex to revolution.…
Mesmerizing Pour Paintings by Holton Rower
“Tall Painting” by David Kaufman documents the marvelous Pour painting series by Holton Rower. The finished pieces are striking, but the process of creating the…
Community Comes Together To Crowd Fund Robocop Statue In Detroit
On February 6, Detroit Mayor David Bing’s twitter account received the following helpful suggestion from user @MT: “Philadelphia has statue of Rocky & Robocop would…