Did You Know 4.0
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »This is another official update to the original "Shift Happens" video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more ...
I have seen a thousand faces
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »This blog is called Beauty of people. Here is an expression of that phrase: a selection of the hundreds of faces in the Coronet magazine from september 1949. See also Drama in the courtroom from the April 1947 issue.
Holi
Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »On 1. March Holi, the Festival of Colors, was celebrated again. I remember years ago when we were trekking through Nepal, we arrived back in the city of Khandbari right on the day of Holi. At first the kids did not ...
State of the internet
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »Jesse Thomas ('Jess3') made this video about the current size of internet: There's some amazing numbers in there. One I don't like: 81% of email is spam. One I like: you are currently reading one of the 126 million blogs available worldwide.
Rocket launch blows away the sky
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »I referenced the Bad Astronomy Blog earlier. The enthousiasm of Phil Plait is contagious ;-) He pointed to this movie of the launch of an Atlas V rocket last 11. February. Watch what happens at 1:50... You can find an explanation in his blog post.
DariusGoesWest on Oprah?
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »From my previous posts you know I am a big fan of the work Darius Weems is doing to raise money for research to beat Duchenne Muscula Dystropy. The www.dariusgoestwest.org crew is now trying to get Darius on the last season ...
A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »A flipbook animation, from the Big Bang to... well, I'm not giving that away.
One day left to vote for DGW and against DMD
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »If you have a Facebook account: There's one day left to vote for Darius goes west in the speed chase. Your vote will raise another 1$ for the fight against DMD immediately. This is not about Darius or any other people winning a ...
Haiti: They need your support
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »We are entering day 7 after the Haiti earthquake and situations is getting more desperate with supplies running out. Information can be found all over the Internet, e.g.: The Boston Globe has two photo series of 2 and 6 ...
