Trees germinated from seeds that traveled to the moon with Apollo 14. Well, orbited above the moon. The tree below is a moon tree at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.
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Rare Star Wars Photos
Really cool photos from the first two films. They look so young, like they’re having so much fun.http://www.lifelounge.com/Rare-Star-Wars-images.aspx
Playlist: Dream Machine
Dreams have been strange lately, and not just mine. Others too. There’s something in the air. So for all you dreamers, enjoy! Download Dream Machine here (72 MB). Tracklist: 1. I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night / The Electric Prunes 2. Tomorrow’s Dream / Al Green 3. Dream City / Free Energy 4. [...]
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New Wes Anderson Film
One of my favorite books growing up. Looks like they completely changed just about everything in adapting it to film, but with Wes Anderson at the helm I will cut major slack.
The philosophy of astronaut Michael Collins
Astronaut Michael Collins once again addressing the “weren’t you lonely?” line, from a NASA press release dated July 15, 2009: I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of 100,000 miles their outlook could be fundamentally changed. That all-important border would be invisible, that noisy [...]
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Young Steve Winwood
I thought I heard Steve Winwood singing in a Kaiser Permanente commercial last night. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t him, but whoever the singer was they sounded just like him. But it got me thinking about when Winwood was young, spaced out, and kind of badass. Here he is — with Chris Wood and Jim [...]
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Self-replicating desktop fabrication technology
This is amazing, and could change a lot of things, especially in the developing world. RepRap from Adrian Bowyer on Vimeo.
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Ghost towns of the Boom
New developments are going broke all over the nation, resulting in modern ghost towns. As reported in the NY Times, with this accompanying slide show.
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Imported Landscape
Amazing landscape photography from Icelandic photographer Petur Thomsen
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