Comparisons of the screens of various touchscreen devices when viewed under a microscope.
One thing that I treasure about living in New York City is getting the chance to see some of the world's "best" art with my own eyes. Having taken art history classes in college before moving to NYC, I can say that there is a vast difference between art history books and seeing the real thing at The Met or MoMA. This is one good reason why it pays to see art in person.
I'm in love with this painting by Diego Gravinese. It's ominous and foreboding yet with a sense of wonderment.
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@J_Marcy snapped this photo of a cat chilling on the steps of the Supreme Court while the judges appointed for life with amazing health care benefits listened inside to arguments over whether President Obama's health care law is constitutional or not.
This is such a crazy story that I can bear-ly believe it. I think he might be lion about it.
Sixty-nine-year-old Robert Biggs set out this week on a usual hike in Northern California when he stopped to observe a mother bear and her cub sitting near a stream bank. Next thing he knew, there was a mountain lion latched onto the backpack he was wearing. Biggs tried to fight off the lion with a rock pick when the bear grabbed the lion by the neck. The animals locked up briefly before the lion ran away.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fg8Ej8P8dcw] Cool project by @romsson. At least I thought it was cool, but the most voted comment on the video is "Where is the audio. I want audio." INTERNET SO DEMANDING. THIS IS WHY INTERNET CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.
Edit: Annie IM'd me about this similar video which used intros for James Bond movies. Tres cool.
The Economist’s, now familiar, red and white logo made its debut on the cover of their August 1959 issue. I'm glad to see that they've hired better illustrators since then because Khrushchev and Eisenhower in this cover look rather frightful.
This was an 
Girl with a Pearl Earring Taking a MySpace Profile Photo.
[If you know who created this let me know so I can provide correct credit.]
Yes, this is a real thing: One Tiny Hand is a single serve Tumblr devoted to newsworthy figures with one tiny hand. And it is brilliant.
We I made a few gifs over the weekend thanks to the iPhone app Cinemagr.am:
An interesting read from ESPN on how this iconic ferocious dunk by John Starks over Horace Grant and Michael Jordan in the playoffs transformed the NBA.
Over on the New York bench, a young assistant was startled -- not by the outrageous dunk, but by a strange mutation in Chicago’s pick-and-roll defense. What Jeff Van Gundy saw on that play would change the series, and inform the evolution of NBA defense over the next 20 years.
“That was the first time, late in the fourth quarter, that I had ever seen in the NBA any team force the ball to the baseline in the side pick-and-roll,” says Van Gundy.
This haunting photo taken by Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj in Pyongyang, North Korea on October 5, 2011 won the Reuters Photo of the Year. The photographer explains:
After days of excitement and lots of rare pictures in the provinces, I came back to Pyongyang without big plans for shooting in the capital. All I wanted were some moody general views of the city,” Sagolj wrote. “This is probably the easiest big picture I shot for a long time - it was taken from the window of my hotel room in Pyongyang early morning, just before the sunrise. I knew that portrait was there and I insisted with our hosts to get a room on a very high floor facing that direction. So, all I had to do is to wake up early in the morning, make a coffee, light a cigarette and make sure I exposed well. The scene has this eerie look for maybe 5 to 10 minutes, then the revolutionary songs and propaganda speeches from loudspeakers wake the city up.
It almost looks like a painting to me...
One of the greatest things I heard someone say about [Fred] is, 'He's so great at doing impersonations.' But the greatest impersonation he does is that of a normal person. To me, that sums it up.
- Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) on her ex-husband Fred Armisen (SNL).
I might have done better on my LSAT if the logic questions were written in a way I can relate to such as these (hilarious) Hipster Logic Problems:
Sebastian, Nico, Julia and Rose have to wait in a long line at the Apple store. There is only one iPhone out for display. Everyone else is also in line next to the iPhone. If Rose wants to mess with the iPhone, Julia wants to fondle Nico, and Sebastian doesn’t want to stand anywhere near Julia because they used to date, how will they position themselves?* * *
Theodore heard of Youth Lagoon before Max. Max heard of them after Cindy, but Cindy heard of them before Don. Who’s the bigger asshole?
The answer is B.
[Hat tip @madeleinepascal]
W+K posted this photo on their blog of one of their employees wearing a sweater that is at once a best and worst of sweaters.