It’s a social disorder, it’s a conversational disorder, the fact that we can’t apply enough pressure to these ideas, that it’s taboo to do so. And there’s the fact that there is a core of truth to religion that we should be interested in. There’s the fact that people do have transformative experiences. If Jesus really was who they said he was, or Buddha likewise, it’s possible perhaps to be the Tiger Woods of compassion.
This is a better, longer version of the robot arms I posted on CrunchGear some time ago. I like the throwing and catching of the cell phone, and the high-speed target acquisition (moving the white ball around). Of course, it means we’re all dead once they deploy these as weapons, but hey.
Content with poverty my soul I arm,
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
CFCF – “The Explorers”
Panesian Nights
Tell me this doesn’t make you want to go adventuring in 8 bits.
Pitchfork’s top 500 tracks of the 2000s – barf
I haven’t trusted Pitchfork as a reliable source of good music judgment in years, though they’re great at getting the newest of the new. Their top tracks from the 2000s appears to be completely arbitrary.
metempsychosis: belief in reincarnation (as animals and plants included)
teraphim: household gods, worshiped by early Hebrews via idols
eidolon: a phantom, apparition, or idol
My Education – “Concentration Waltz”
5 Popes
Some post-rock reminiscent of earlier albums from Mogwai, Tarentel, and GY!BE. A great, lo-fi progression of noisy instrumental rock.
Long exposure of a helicopter landing, from the February 1949 issue of Life Magazine. By Andreas Feininger, and archived at Google. Fantastic picture.
Woah! Dresden Codak, which I found through one of my favorite webcomics, Hark, a vagrant, has one of the coolest art styles I’ve seen in ages. Click the above to zoom in, or click here for the whole comic, which is actually both interesting and funny.
Ha! This one’s great, too. Just figured out what I’m doing all afternoon (apart from working).
Photo I took for my ramen post. I’ve never really done food photography before (plus I don’t cook) so this was a new experience.
