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"Ansel Adams has said that...an extraordinary year results in just 10 good images. When you are young, you will think he's a pessimist. When you are older, you will think he was an optimist."

- Brooks Jensen

The Vanderbilt Republic Foundation: “Masters”

There I Fixed It.com
My favourite so far:
For electrocution, pull switch

Imogen Heap : Ellipse
And buy it when it's out!

This is awesome.

This is the most concise explanation of the problems I face every day that I've ever heard anywhere, let alone put down in writing.

http://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html

Incredible. iPhone development at it's absolute best, I just hope they get through the App store approvals process unscathed.

http://wechoosethemoon.org/

This is pretty cool!

Repost from Warren Ellis.
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I loved Ze Frank's 'The Show', and I'm happy to see him back online. That he's on Time.com is impressive, but somehow not surprising.

http://www.time.com/time/video/?bcpid=1485842900&bctid=26894001001

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KIqdS1SO0

Stick with it - after a minute or two of buildup, it's excellent.

Inside the Freiburger Muenster Open-Work Spire in Baden-Wuerttemberg
360 Cities : This is pretty incredible.

Rich Hurrey (I believe of Pixar) runs through an animation rig for a Panther tank, and a clip of the rig animated over terrain (find the thumbs below on the linked page)

Incredible.

http://www.luxology.com/modo/401.animation.part.4/

Corrosion has grounded Hamilton’s world famous Avro Lancaster bomber.

The four-engine heavy bomber — one of only two in the world in flying condition — needs four replacement propellers before it can be considered airworthy.

Discovery of the corrosion in a routine inspection is a heavy blow to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, which rebuilt the plane and has flown it for 21 years.

The museum — a registered charity that can issue tax receipts — is looking for donations to help offset the cost and get the plane back in the air quickly. It has been offered two propellers from the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum in Greenwood, N.S., but has to raise $100,000 to buy and transport 16 propellers it has located in Florida. The extra propellers will be kept as spares.



Donations can be made here:

LANCASTER PROPELLER FUND

I can't explain why, but this plane has held my fascination more than any other for as long as I can remember. I've been extremely fortunate to have this incredible aircraft hangared 20 minutes from my house for the past decade, and have seen it fly over on the way to events many times. I'm always awed by how powerful it sounds, and can't imagine squadrons of these filling the skies overhead.

That this is only one of two remaining in the world that can fly makes it that much more imperative that they get the funding they need to keep it airworthy. These planes are for many, and myself included, the last link we have to an era on the verge of being forgotten.

Again, donations can be made here:

LANCASTER PROPELLER FUND

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

This is simply wonderful.

There's not an ounce of panic in this guys voice. Incredible.