February 2012
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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz celebrated in a Google... →
Happy 155th Birthday to Hertz! What would we do without you. After all these years in audio, I feel like I know you.
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Inara George sings 'Family Tree' | Video on... →
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The silent cost of child malnutrition | Bird in... →
A vivid story and reminder of how malnutrition is such a major problem in DRC. Dr. Bird is doing amazing work with #MSF_USA.
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ISS Video: NASA Releases 'Up The East Coast Of... →
“This is what North America looks like from about 220 miles above the Earth’s surface.
The video, composed of a series of pictures taken aboard the International Space Station in January, begins as the ISS travels over the Gulf of Mexico, according to NASA. As it makes its way along the Gulf coast, lights from New Orleans and Mobile, Ala. can be seen before the Florida panhandle...
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Painting With Sound - Slide Show - NYTimes.com →
“Like a 3-D take on Jackson Pollock, the latest work by the artist Martin Klimas begins with splatters of paint in fuchsia, teal and lime green, positioned on a scrim over the diaphragm of a speaker. Then the volume is turned up. For each image, Klimas selects music — typically something dynamic and percussive, like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Miles Davis or Kraftwerk — and the vibration of the...
Lens: A Painterly World Press Photo Winner →
Samuel Aranda had to slip into Yemen carefully as he covered last year’s unrest. His patience was rewarded today when one of his images was chosen Photo of the Year by World Press Photo.
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NYPL Labs : Stereogranimator →
GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator
These are amazing! Make your own. Thanks NYPL (and Ania for posting these].
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Human Rights in Sudan and Congo Savaged as World... →
“2011 was a year of unprecedented action on behalf of freedom and human rights. When citizens flooded streets throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the United States and other countries dropped their long-standing presidential allies and demanded new leadership. When massive human rights abuses loomed in Libya and Ivory Coast, the international community acted decisively. That...
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“One reason radio is superior to TV is that radio has better pictures.”
– Jim Stagnitto, WNYC engineer.
(via wnyc)
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Summer of 1989 →
It’s the End of the World As We Know It just came up on my NPR music stream instantly transporting me back to the Summer of 1989.
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“The secret of success is concentrating interest in life, interest in sports and...”
– A Beautiful 1928 Letter to 16-Year-Old Jackson Pollock from His Dad | Brain Pickings
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Bill Frisell: Tiny Desk Concert : NPR →
Wow.
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CHART OF THE DAY: When Obama Runs For Re-Election,... →
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Mad Men Poster for Season 5 Gets Adbusted by a... →
Nice one!
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At Any Price?: Negotiating Access to Crisis Zones... →
Starts at 8PM tonight. Should be interesting.
January 2012
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Listening to the Globe →
Take a listen. Incredible.
Songs from the archive of the ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax to be included in the Global Jukebox project.
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What Did You Buy at Bleecker Bob's? - NYTimes.com →
“Records were apparently information storage devices popular in the 20th century”. Ha. So, what did you buy?
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Soundcheck ®: Dr. Dog: In Studio - WNYC →
Dr. Dog live in the studio at WNYC with a new album on the way.
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Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl... →
I hope to see one!
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SOPA Boycotts and the False Ideals of the Web -... →
A very interesting take on SOPA and the open internet movement by Jaron Lanier in the NY Times today. This piece on Lanier appeared in the New Yorker earlier this year.
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World's Timekeepers Will Decide The Fate Of The... →
To stay in sync with Earth’s imprecise orbit? Or to stray?
