Tuesday,
8 December
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When I worked in the art & architecture library in my undergrad days, I would often sit at my little window (or “the reference desk” if you will) and stare out at the patrons, wishing that they would burst into song.

It’s not a library, but this will do. Thank you, Improv Everywhere. I have a lot of love for you.

Let’s squish our fruit together.

Monday,
7 December
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Big Cherry, “Come in Bonzo.”

I highly recommend listening to this song whilst sweeping your kitchen floors. Just try it.

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Gilbert & George, the living sculptures. How can you not love them?

Gilbert & George, the living sculptures.

How can you not love them?

Friday,
4 December
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When the Bauhaus art school opened in 1919, more women applied than men - so why have we never heard of them?

When the Bauhaus art school opened in 1919, more women applied than men - so why have we never heard of them?

Thursday,
3 December
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I don’t know who he is, but this guy knows what he’s doing. It took me a good 2 minutes to find him in the third photo down. Glasses… they help me see things like an actor’s pores on the big screen and men who paint themselves into their surroundings.

I don’t know who he is, but this guy knows what he’s doing. It took me a good 2 minutes to find him in the third photo down. Glasses… they help me see things like an actor’s pores on the big screen and men who paint themselves into their surroundings.

Wednesday,
2 December
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Water droplets at 2,000 frames / second.

“You think nothing exciting would happen…”

But you’d be wrong.

I wish it was my job to compose music for science shows.

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Cole Moldy Milner, “You’re My Friend Forever”

This song was supposed to wake me up this morning.

My cell phone alarm was supposed to wake me up this morning.

Only the wind-up alarm clock came through.

Tuesday,
1 December
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The story of the man who stuck his head inside a particle accelerator. As a 36 year old researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, Anatoli Bugorski used to work with the largest Soviet particle accelerator, the synchrotron U-70. On July 13, 1978, Bugorski was checking a malfunctioning piece of equipment when an accident occurred due to failed safety mechanisms. Bugorski was leaning over the piece of equipment when he stuck his head in the part through which the proton beam was running. Reportedly, he saw a flash “brighter than a thousand suns”, but did not feel any pain. The beam measured about 2000 gray when it entered Bugorski’s skull, and about 3000 gray when it exited after colliding with the inside of his head inflicting about five hundred times the presumed lethal dose. Click on the picture for the rest of it.

The story of the man who stuck his head inside a particle accelerator.

As a 36 year old researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, Anatoli Bugorski used to work with the largest Soviet particle accelerator, the synchrotron U-70. On July 13, 1978, Bugorski was checking a malfunctioning piece of equipment when an accident occurred due to failed safety mechanisms.

Bugorski was leaning over the piece of equipment when he stuck his head in the part through which the proton beam was running. Reportedly, he saw a flash “brighter than a thousand suns”, but did not feel any pain. The beam measured about 2000 gray when it entered Bugorski’s skull, and about 3000 gray when it exited after colliding with the inside of his head inflicting about five hundred times the presumed lethal dose.

Click on the picture for the rest of it.

Monday,
30 November
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My friend Adam biked across the US.

My friend Adam biked across the US.

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Dazzle camouflage, also known as Razzle Dazzle or Dazzle painting, was a camo paint job used on ships extensively during WWI and, to a lesser extent, in WWII. Dazzle did not conceal the ship but made it difficult for the enemy to estimate its type, size, speed and heading. The idea was to disrupt the visual rangefinders used for naval artillery. Its purpose was confusion rather than concealment.

Dazzle camouflage, also known as Razzle Dazzle or Dazzle painting, was a camo paint job used on ships extensively during WWI and, to a lesser extent, in WWII.

Dazzle did not conceal the ship but made it difficult for the enemy to estimate its type, size, speed and heading. The idea was to disrupt the visual rangefinders used for naval artillery. Its purpose was confusion rather than concealment.