Archive for November, 2007
ESPN.com interview: Red Auerbach
Comments(0)He says that the basketball stars of yesteryear are physically underrated when compared with current players, and could easily hold their own. This is interesting because I’ve always had the impression that the best guys in those days wouldn’t even be able to compete as bench players in today’s NBA.
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Shaolin: Temple of Zen
Comments(0)“Over the past eight years, photographer Justin Guariglia has slowly but surely won the trust of the notoriously secretive warrior monks of the Shaolin Temple, a unique Chinese Buddhist sect dedicated to preserving a form of kung fu referred to as the “vehicle of Zen.” With the blessing of the main abbot, Shi Yong Xin, Guariglia has earned the full collaboration of the monks to create an astonishing, empathic record of the Shaolin art forms and the individuals who consider themselves the keepers of these traditions. It is the first time the monks have allowed such extensive documentation of these masters and their centuries-old art forms—from Buddhist mudras to classical kung fu—in their original setting, a 1,500-year-old Buddhist temple.”
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Comments(0)Desire Paths
“Desire Path: A term in landscape architecture used to describe a path
that isn’t designed but rather is worn casually away by people finding
the shortest distance between two points.”
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Mini Cruise Ship Majesty of the Seas
“The mini Majesty of the Seas is a model ship constructed in Morsbach, Moselle, France, by François Zanella, a 1949-born mine worker (now retired).
The vessel is a 1/8th scale model of Royal Caribbean International’s 1992 cruise ship, Majesty of the Seas (itself also built in France, by Chantiers de l’Atlantique). The mini Majesty is 33.5 metres in length, with a width of 4.75 metres and a draft of 1.06 metres. The model has a displacement of 90 tons. In addition to being a scale replica model, the mini Majesty is a fully functional canal boat. The vessel’s draft is small enough to permit admittance to most European canals, although in some cases the height of the ship needs to be, and can be, modified.
It has taken François Zanella 11 years to build the model, beginning in 1993. The model was built on land opposite his home in Morsbach[1], which he purchased specifically for the project. After construction was completed in June 2005, the model was transported to Sarreguemines to be launched and christened. François Zanella’s fame in France stems from the show Thalassa on France 3, which followed his activities during the construction period[2].”Wikipedia
Click pic below for a photo essay about the making of the ship (scroll down a bit):
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JIm Henson’s “Time Piece”
“Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept,
and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this
nine-minute, experimental film, which was written, directed, and
produced by Jim Henson-and starred Jim Henson! Screened for the first
time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, Time Piece enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for outstanding short subject.“fanfaz
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French Nuclear Test, 1970
These are the most amazing pictures I’ve ever seen of a nuclear bomb. Click pic to see rest. To get the full effect click “All Sizes” and download the full resolution of each one.
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Watch free TV, Movies Online: Sidereel.com
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Essential tools for the placeless office
Do you ever need to work on a project with someone half a world away? Lifehacker shows you the tools you need to get the job done. The placeless office.
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Kill Runaway Processes from the Task Bar with Task Killer
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Dutch Idols
When I first saw this I thought that these were the finalists on Dutch Idol. They’re not. They were picked as the worst auditioners of the season, which decreases the hilarity factor manifold. Still funny, though.
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