So... What's Up With You?

Moon Trees

Paul Schutz — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:22:19 +0000

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.

Rare Star Wars Photos

Paul Schutz — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:59:45 +0000

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

Paul Schutz — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:56:07 +0000

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. Dreams / Buddy Miles
5. Moonage Daydream / David Bowie
6. A Dream for Julie / Kaleidoscope
7. Campershell Dreams / Grandaddy
8. 14 Hour Technicolour Dream / The Syn
9. My Dream / Fleetwood Mac
10. Hung Upon a Dream / The Zombies
11. Walking Through My Dreams / The Pretty Things
12. California Dreamin’ / Eddie Hazel
13. Dream a Little Dream of Me / Mama Cass Elliot
14. Dreaming My Dreams with You / Waylon Jennings
15. Dreamin’ Man / Neil Young

New Wes Anderson Film

Paul Schutz — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:50:13 +0000

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

Paul Schutz — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:52:33 +0000

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 argument silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified facade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or Communist; blue and white, not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied.

Young Steve Winwood

Paul Schutz — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:52:49 +0000

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 Capaldi — in 1968 at 20 years old. Notice he’s playing the bass parts with his left hand.

Self-replicating desktop fabrication technology

Paul Schutz — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:44:51 +0000

This is amazing, and could change a lot of things, especially in the developing world.

RepRap from Adrian Bowyer on Vimeo.

2001 Icons

Paul Schutz — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:01:46 +0000

A fabulous addition to any desktop, created by Mischa McLachlan from Manchester, UK

Ghost towns of the Boom

Paul Schutz — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:26:41 +0000

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.

Photo: Edgar Martins for The New York Times

Imported Landscape

Paul Schutz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:33 +0000

Amazing landscape photography from Icelandic photographer Petur Thomsen