This I found on The Loop a couple of days ago.
I love music. I listen to it almost everywhere I go and rarely do I leave the flat without my earphones. While I don't necessarily agree with everything said in the video, it's certainly food for thought.
Robin McLaurin Williams
* July 21st, 1951
✝ August 11th, 2014
In 2007 I was introduced to Robin Williams's stand-up work. I knew most of his movies, but I didn't know just how great of a comedian he was. A friend I made in Beijing reenacted his Scotish golfer routine (making me snort lemonade through my nose) and I knew I had to see the entire thing.
I managed to get my hands on a copy of the 2002 Live on Broadway show and had to stop playback multiple times while watching because my stomach hurt from laughing so hard. It is, to this day, the funniest stand-up show I've seen.
Rest in peace.
My friend Dave Brown just shared this. Watch it, it's worth it.
The Wikimedia Foundation is refusing to remove the below photo from their site, after the owner of the camera claimed he has the copyright to it. Apparently it's not a clear-cut case. Here's the entire story on Vox.
Photograph by: The monkey (shot with photographer David Slater's camera)
Image source: Wikimedia Foundation
Found on: The Loop
I think this might be the apex of the selfie trend.
Somewhere ancient figures are spinning in their graves right now.
Found on: Tastefully Offensive
Source: Reddit
Apple released a new video advertising the capabilities of the iPhone. In line with Apple's style of promoting their products, they show how the device becomes what the user needs it to be, essentially becoming invisible. Here's the video:
When I watched it for the first time, I kept thinking how some of the apps the the accessories are the first steps towards turning the iPhone (which is already a PADD) into this:
tricorderunbox4 by Bobbie Johnson, on Flickr
Sure, there have been examples of hardware that adds one or two diagnostic tools to smartphones (see here and here), not to mention the capabilities the right software adds, but I really can't wait to have the scanning features a concept like this offers in the palm of my hand.
For me it's not the casinos. The only reason why I want to visit Las Vegas very soon (maybe next year, or the year after) is to go to the Star Trek convention.
Every year I read about the happenings there, the panels, the fun, the craziness, and above all the unfettered enthusiasm for everything Star Trek and science fiction.
And every year I think: "I really need to go."
Here's an article about this year's convention.
As a sidenote: Terry Farrell is an incredibly beautiful woman.
Ars Technica's Casey Johnston (one of my favourite authors on Ars Technica BTW), wrote a profile of Grado Labs, a company that everyone looking for the right pair of headphones has stumbled across at some point.
The article is nicely written and the accompanying video is well worth a watch. It shows a company focussed on quality and craftsmanship and above all, great sounding headphones. Here's the link.
Grado headphones aren't for everybody. Over the years I tried a few Grado phones and even though the sound signature wasn't my thing, the overall sound quality was pretty darn amazing.
Reading the linked article I realised once again how happy I am that I found a pair of earphones with a sound signature that makes me grin stupidly every time I put them into my ears.
The Gunfighter from Eric Kissack on Vimeo.
Found on: Devour
