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Astronomer Oleg Bartunov snapped these photos of rare rainbow clouds floating over Mount Everest earlier this year: "The phenomenon is caused by light reflecting off tiny ice crystals inside the body of the cloud's water vapour."
It was a little surreal to see the screen capture of this tweet of mine pop up like an annoying prairie dog all over Tumblr earlier this week starting here. And the New York Times article in question is this one.
Rather fascinating article about the ongoing debate online about Jake Gyllenhaal's height. And in case you're wondering what the heck this piece is doing in GOOD, don't worry, it ties back to climate change. Yup.
Friends, the CelebHeights entry on Jake Gyllenhaal runs to 11 printed pages. It spans 21 months. It is the Infinite Jest of Jake Gyllenhaal–height-related discourse: a maelstrom of heated debate, contested recollections, and esoteric theories of mind-numbing potency.
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A Harvard business prof and a [Duke] behavioral economist recently asked more than 5,000 Americans how they thought wealth is distributed in the United States. Most thought that it’s more balanced than it actually is. Asked to choose their ideal distribution of wealth, 92% picked one that was even more equitable.
See more infographs that illuminate this massive wealth gap in this country, although I suspect I could count on one hand the number of readers who'll click on that link. In the meantime, keep calm and carry on.
Update: So far four clicks on that infograph link. True, I only get six visitors a day, but lets make my "count on one hand" assertion a fact!
This New York Times article "Alphabet Soup" is responsible for producing both the best sentence and best correction ever in its illustrious history.
Best sentence: Typically, the letters are spoken: it’s “oh em gee,” not “ahmguh.”
Best correction: A previous version of the article incorrectly said that "swag" stands for "stuff we all get."
Obviously "swag" stands for "Something We Asians Got."
Moritz Resi created a new font designed from the average of all 900 typefaces installed his computer.
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This is a poignant and heart-rending, but must read essay that, contrary to the claims of luddites and media traditionalists, demonstrates that modern technology and the Internet can play a meaningful and earnest role in fostering and preserving emotional connections and memories.
Nearly four years later, I sometimes type his email address in the search box in my Gmail. Hundreds of results pop up, and I’ll pick a few at random to read.
The last sentence in this essay... Get those tissues ready.
Los Angeles resident Chanel Tapper has the longest tongue in the state of California as verified by the Guinness Book of World Records with a 3.8 inch long tongue. The world record however is owned by Stephen Taylor of the UK with 3.86 inches.
Inspired by Hemingway's famously short story that spanned just six words, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." Wired asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers (and one William Shatner) from all media to submit their succinct six word tale. Here's a sampling.
Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket. - William ShatnerGown removed carelessly. Head, less so. - Joss Whedon
His penis snapped off; he’s pregnant! - Rudy Rucker
It cost too much, staying human. - Bruce Sterling
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. - Orson Scott Card
Publish. And then he stopped blogging.
When bits and pieces of the space station Skylab fell in Western Australia in July 1979, local authorities fined NASA $400 for littering.
Apple's market cap as of right now is 381.6 billion dollars (I bet you totally read 'billion' in the Dr. Evil voice...). Things Apple Is Worth More Than is a website that compares Apple's market cap compared to other indexes. Apple is worth more than...
- The entire projected GDB of Singapore ($318B) by 2016.
- All the illegal drugs in the world ($321B).
- The entire combined franchise value of The Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Stephen King and Twilight series (paltry $49B).
- Denmark's GDP ($337B).
- The combined value of Big 3 pharma companies, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, and Pfizer ($355B).
- My checking, savings, and 401K.
The last bullet point is the only one that really eats at me. No, Matt Damon's character in Good Will Hunting, I definitely do not like them apples.
By the way, my iPod and my new Macbook Air are amazing. I can't wait to get the new iPhone 5 when my contract expires.
I think my friends and I should end this email thread and start a new one.
The Atlantic has this (hysterical) compilation of photographs of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin doing literally every single activity in the world. Here's a sample:
Come on Obama! Step up your game.
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Kay Falls, 7, showed up for the first day of second grade at New York City's Spruce Street School in a tuxedo.
“It’s a very, very special day,” he explained, “A tuxedo is very good clothes.” He said his classmates keep pointing at him. “I don’t know what they’re talking about me, but I think they’re saying I’m very fancy.”
Your future Sartorialist.
Jason Powell overlaying Michael Foran's photos from that day in 2011 with the scene today for his project "Looking Into the Past: September 11, 2001."
See also this submission to Dear Photograph.