The Lumarca (by textfilesdotcom)

9:56 pm  •  27 January 2012
#textfiles #lumarca #design #documentaries
  

Let’s close out the night with Al Green - Take Me To The River

9:45 pm  •  27 January 2012
#al green #take me to the river
  

Anyone want to guess what this is?

(Source: datamoshing)

8:53 pm  •  27 January 2012   •  1 note  •  Reblogged from datamoshing

  

“In memory, at least, the period between the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the War on Terror feels like a time when things at least more or less worked, and the stakes were so blissfully low that the whole country could just take a year off from even discussing its actual problems and instead listen to politicians and reporters just talk about the President’s sex life.”

— “Grover” | Portlandia | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club

8:47 pm  •  27 January 2012
#the 90s #nostalgia
  

This video is extraordinarily disorienting.

Death Cab for Cutie - Home Is A Fire (Ulrich Schnauss Remix) [Official Audio] (by DCFCtv)

7:28 pm  •  27 January 2012
#death cab for cutie #ulrich schnauss #remix #music #music video
  

Death Cab for Cutie - Doors Unlocked And Open (Cut Copy Remix) [Official Audio] (by DCFCtv)

7:16 pm  •  27 January 2012
#remix #death cab for cutie #cut copy #music #music video
  

“Basically, because NASA stopped being able to try and solve all the problems, and because no-one else was all that interested, the science of crewed spaceflight really hasn’t advanced all that much since the 70s. So he can be as “grandiose” as he likes, but the term for what he’s actually doing is “bullshitting,” because neither NASA nor the private sector are in a condition to make his fantasies happen within the timeframe. There’s bugger all worth mining on the moon. The idea of extracting helium-3 from the lunar regolith to drive nuclear-fusion power stations that don’t exist yet… it’s all dream stuff. Going to Mars is important. Going back to the Moon is, I think, important. But his plans and reasons for going make about as much sense as if he had said we had to go to Mars to find him something new to marry. I’m genuinely interested in seeing the human race escape the planet and go exploring. Speaker Gingrich would like to be elected.”

— Deathmatch on Mars: An Interview with Warren Ellis on Newt Gingrich, Space Realism and Future America | Motherboard

6:32 pm  •  27 January 2012   •  1 note
#space #science #warren ellis #newt gingrich #nasa
  

I know that magnetic tape is getting to be a rarity these days, but Jesus.

Memorex DBS 90-Minute Audio Tape (2-Pack)

6:16 pm  •  27 January 2012   •  1 note
#magnetic tape #amazon
  

Interesting abuse of special URLs. (Taken with instagram)

5:39 pm  •  27 January 2012

  

Internet social media co-ops.

Every time a company has an IPO, they give every user a special share, gratis. Maybe not common stock; that would get expensive in a hurry. But voting rights.

Thought prompted by rumors of Facebook filing for an IPO soon.

2:27 pm  •  27 January 2012
#thoughts #internet #facebook #social media