May 9, 2012

thedailywhat:

Water And Fire Fountains of the Day: Boasting three computer-controlled fountains installed by the LA-based company behind the world-renowned Fountains of Bellagio, Salt Lake City’s new City Creek Center is significantly more magical than your average shopping mall.

Two of the fountains, “Transcend” and “Flutter,” use WET Design’s proprietary “bloom nozzles” in conjunction with fire and music to create a display that WET co-founder Mark Fuller says is “like looking at something in Fantasia.”

See for yourself above.

[sltrib / h/t: sisfti.]

G day?

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April 27, 2012

“Test V” @ Monterey, CA, USA on #viddy

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April 18, 2012
"The decision of the Republican minority to create the 60 vote Senate — and the willingness of the Democratic majority to go along with it — remains perhaps the most important single structural fact of Congressional procedure. It has been at least as important as any other factor in shaping Obama’s legislative agenda. And news organizations still aren’t telling readers and viewers the full truth about what’s happening."

— The Unspeakable F-Word, Government-Style - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic

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April 18, 2012
"ut within the evangelical community, the unmistakable tipping point may be at Washington’s National Cathedral this weekend, where some of the nation’s most prominent evangelical seminaries will sign an agreement with a group called the Seminary Stewardship Alliance. The purpose of the covenant is to educate future church leaders about environmental initiatives — or “creation care,” in evangelical parlance. The Earth Day agreement will ask the seminaries to commit to 10 specific actions, including modeling “sustainable practices in areas such as our facilities, hospitality, housing, missions, communications, recruitment, travel, and use of resources."

— Greening for God: Evangelicals Learn to Love Earth Day - David Wheeler - National - The Atlantic

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April 18, 2012
Man Strips off Clothes to Protest TSA
Man Strips off Clothes to Protest TSA
It's not the first time, but it's still attracting lots of attention: a man stripped off all his clothes in the Portland airport and stood in the nude to protest the TSA, leading to security lanes being closed and, um, passengers averting their eyes. John Brennan: a new folk hero for the security-industrial complex age?
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April 6, 2012
"Complexity" Playlist. #Complexity

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April 5, 2012
The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers | Small Wars Journal

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March 31, 2012
artsfortransit: Riverdale Station // Metro-North Railroad Dennis Oppenheim: Rising and Setting, 2006 Perforated, painted steel sculpture Spring has sprung – why not take a trip to the Bronx for some color? Follow the Metro-North Railroad to Riverdale Station and check out Dennis Oppenheim’s permanent sculpture, Rising and Setting. The artist, who passed away in 2011, was known and commended by his peers for working with a broad range of media - from earthworks, to body art, to architecturally inclined public sculpture, like this one. His large-scale houses undulate to mimic the rising and setting of the sun, hence the title. Painted in bright, poppy colors and surrounded by budding foliage on the station grounds, it’s the perfect piece to seek out on a fine spring day. While you’re there, pop over to Wave Hill to wander in the gardens, or check out this ‘cool’ event on April 1st: Alejandro Guzman collaborates with Okamoto Studio for an outdoor performance celebrating man’s relationship to nature. Dressed in his performance object made of mixed media, the artist will gradually emerge from a block of ice sculpted by Okamoto Studio. The act represents the rebirth and renewal of springtime and an embracing of the natural world at the Lower Lawn, 3:00pm. Wave Hill has a shuttle that meets at the Metro-North Railroad Riverdale Station at 45 minutes past the hour, from 9:45am to 4:45pm, and returns visitors to the Riverdale station, departing Wave Hill’s front gate at 20 minutes past the hour, from 12:20 to 5:20. Happy weekend!

artsfortransit:

Riverdale Station // Metro-North Railroad
Dennis Oppenheim: Rising and Setting, 2006
Perforated, painted steel sculpture

Spring has sprung – why not take a trip to the Bronx for some color? Follow the Metro-North Railroad to Riverdale Station and check out Dennis Oppenheim’s permanent sculpture, Rising and Setting. The artist, who passed away in 2011, was known and commended by his peers for working with a broad range of media - from earthworks, to body art, to architecturally inclined public sculpture, like this one. His large-scale houses undulate to mimic the rising and setting of the sun, hence the title. Painted in bright, poppy colors and surrounded by budding foliage on the station grounds, it’s the perfect piece to seek out on a fine spring day.

While you’re there, pop over to Wave Hill to wander in the gardens, or check out this ‘cool’ event on April 1st: Alejandro Guzman collaborates with Okamoto Studio for an outdoor performance celebrating man’s relationship to nature. Dressed in his performance object made of mixed media, the artist will gradually emerge from a block of ice sculpted by Okamoto Studio. The act represents the rebirth and renewal of springtime and an embracing of the natural world at the Lower Lawn, 3:00pm. Wave Hill has a shuttle that meets at the Metro-North Railroad Riverdale Station at 45 minutes past the hour, from 9:45am to 4:45pm, and returns visitors to the Riverdale station, departing Wave Hill’s front gate at 20 minutes past the hour, from 12:20 to 5:20.

Happy weekend!

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March 31, 2012
Learn to code | Codecademy

This is something I’m doing with Julian.  I’m competing with him.

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March 26, 2012
A Festival of Lies

Why the United States needs to rethink its whole Middle East policy.

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