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colchrishadfield: With deference to the genius of David Bowie,...

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:45:48 +0100

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

Possibly the world’s coolest Astronaut…

alternageek: Edit: For my non-UK followers Our lovely...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:51:42 +0100

alternageek:

Edit:

For my non-UK followers

Our lovely government (which no one voted for) has decided for people who live in social housing, if they have an extra bedroom without a family member living in it full time, will be charged a penalty for it. They believe it will encourage people to downsize their homes and allow others to move into larger housing.

Except theres a flaw to this.

A lot of the people in this situation have carers who dont live with them and occasionally are required to stay over night to help with their needs. No extra money is being added to their benefits and these people who live off a VERY limited budget to begin with are now expected to find an extra £80 a month (for some people thats an extra week of benefits) to pay for this tax.

This only forces those who are at their most vulnerable and unable to work into debt.

Fuck Clegg and fuck Cameron.

mickwe: World population by longitude and latitude (via World...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:13:19 +0100

mickwe:

World population by longitude and latitude (via World Population By Latitude, Longitude | Geekosystem)

shortformblog: Today in videos that will blow your mind: This...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:05:03 +0100

shortformblog:

Today in videos that will blow your mind: This is called a “Hyperlapse,” a time-lapse video built with a number of camera movements. This would be cool on its own (the process is generally very time-consuming), but the really awesome part is this: It was created using publicly-available Google Streetview data. There’s even a tool that helps you make your own. The results are rad in that way that few things are. I’m gonna stop talking now. Just watch.

kateoplis: St. Peter’s Square: 2005 vs....

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:50:37 +0000

kateoplis:

St. Peter’s Square: 2005 vs. 2013 [via: nbcnews]

Sure, we’ve come a long way, but they’re still taking photos of smoke signals.

stuffmomnevertoldyou: Photos of Children From Around the World...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:35:46 +0000

stuffmomnevertoldyou:

Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions

Shot over a period of 18 months, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s project Toy Stories compiles photos of children from around the world with their prized possessions—their toys. Galimberti explores the universality of being a kid amidst the diversity of the countless corners of the world; saying, “at their age, they are pretty all much the same; they just want to play.”

itscolossal: Photographs of paint being flung...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:39:02 +0000

itscolossal:

Photographs of paint being flung by centrifugal force by Fabian Oefner.

kimyadawson: verybusyandimportant: softkneesdeepedges: i-dobel...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:10:21 +0000

kimyadawson:

verybusyandimportant:

softkneesdeepedges:

i-dobelieveincommas:

destructs:

Christopher Jonassen
Devour, 2013

At first glance, these objects may look like planets but they are actually photos of the bottoms of frying pans.

I’M SO MAD RIGHT NOW

magnificent

RELEVANT TO EVERYTHING THAT I LOVE

perfect.

leslieseuffert: Natsumi Hayashi ”A sweet-looking Japanese girl...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:17:38 +0000

leslieseuffert:

Natsumi Hayashi

”A sweet-looking Japanese girl who, one day, decided to take self-portraits..of herself levitating. She can be spotted in and around Tokyo, equipped with her SLR and her self-timer. When she feels the moment strike, she presses the shutter button down and then, quite literally, “jumps” into place. What I love most about her shots is that they don’t feel forced. Natsumi has a way of making us feel as though she naturally levitates throughout life. When I asked her how others react to her jumping around Tokyo, here is a funny story that she shared. “One day, when I was jumping at a famous sightseeing spot in western Tokyo, workers at a souvenir shop were frightened by how I was jumping. They were whispering things like ‘Is the girl mentally ill’ and ‘Do we need to call the police?’ “So I stopped jumping and apologized to them by saying, ‘I am taking jumping photos for my wedding party’s slide show.’ Their faces turned bright red, and they said things like ‘Oh dear!’ and ‘Congratulations!’ and even ‘Keep jumping!’

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Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:07:51 +0000

shortformblog: humansofnewyork: I am a street photographer in...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:19:39 +0000

shortformblog:

humansofnewyork:

I am a street photographer in New York City. Several months ago, I was approached by a representative of DKNY who asked to purchase 300 of my photos to hang in their store windows “around the world.” They offered me $15,000. A friend in the industry told me that $50 per photo was not nearly enough to receive from a company with hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. So I asked for more money. They said “no.”

Today, a fan sent me a photo from a DKNY store in Bangkok. The window is full of my photos. These photos were used without my knowledge, and without compensation.

I don’t want any money. But please REBLOG this post if you think that DKNY should donate $100,000 on my behalf to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. That donation would sure help a lot of deserving kids go to summer camp. I’ll let you guys know if it happens.

Bad form by a giant corporation. Deserves to be called out.

Not illegal, but I think it’s even worse because it’s so immoral.

doyouthinkimageek: flyingunicornwithlasers: shanwaters: archie...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:30:26 +0000

doyouthinkimageek:

flyingunicornwithlasers:

shanwaters:

archiescrush:

queersublimeoutcast:

burrenbari:

fadeintocase:

helioscentrifuge:

Hey. Don’t just scroll past. Come back and watch this. You need it more than you know.

holy shit.

the time out of your day to watch this will not be wasted, I assure you.

By about the 2:00 I was sobbing.

I scrolled halfway past and then thought “okay i’ll see what it’s about”

Definitely the correct choice. Watch it.

They. Were. Wrong.

Everyone needs to watch this.

Seriously.

Beauty

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:40:36 +0000

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tastefullyoffensive: Having to force shutdown a computer.[via]

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:58:02 +0000

tastefullyoffensive:

Having to force shutdown a computer.

[via]

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thefontnazi: japesofwrath: howiviewafrica: A Urine Powered...

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:52:58 +0000

thefontnazi:

japesofwrath:

howiviewafrica:

A Urine Powered Generator. An amazing accomplishment by four brilliant girls. The girls are are Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15).

1 Liter of urine gives you 6 hours of electricity.

The system works like this:

Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen.

The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, which then gets pushed into the gas cylinder.

The gas cylinder pushes hydrogen into a cylinder of liquid borax, which is used to remove the moisture from the hydrogen gas.

This purified hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator.

This is amazing. Give them a billion dollars right now. They may have just saved the planet.

folks are doing a PISS poor job of reblogging this.

Upturned Boat Huts Situated on the eastern approach to...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:30:47 +0000

Upturned Boat Huts Situated on the eastern approach to Lindisfarne Castle, these boats reflect a local tradition of turning old seafaring vessels into huts when their sailing days are over. The low, squat hulls of such craft are conveniently streamlined and will resist the ravages of coastal winds with ease.

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Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:30:51 +0000