With all the horrors we’ve seen from dashboard cameras, it feels appropriate to end a good week with something beautiful. Enjoy.
The World is Not Without Good People
The Science of Hipster Music
Priceonomics created a chart that scientifically measures the hipster factor of music. This is an application of their data crawl service. They used ratings data from the independent music review site Pitchfork and correlated it against the number of Facebook ‘likes’ of the review.
Learn How to Do A Proper British Accent In Less Than 3 Minutes with Professor David Ley
‘Ello, whats all this then?
We can all fake a British accent. Or so most of us would think. Professor David Ley, a voice and speech specialist from the University of Alberta shows us how to speak in a standard upper middle class English dialect in a youtube video.
You Must Escape – A Ludum Dare game
A friend sent me a link to this game. No comments, no preface, just a raw link. You start off with a black screen, some basic instructions, a quick message…
First Black NASA Administrator Charles Bolden ‘Pleaded’ To Get Into Naval Academy
This is an interesting short read/listen that appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition about a moment in one person’s journey. From the strategies employed when asking for help to the personal resilience and effort it takes to get where you’re going, there’s a lot to pick up from this piece.
h/t Leland Melvin
Inside the McLaren Technology Centre
At first you think it’s just a regular documentary on a car facility. They’re talking with one of the head guys and the showroom is pretty impressive. Great architecture, great…
Oz The Great And Powerful Teaser Poster
Disney has released a teaser poster for Oz The Great And Powerful directed by Sam Raimi. The prequel to the The Wizard of Oz showing the wizard’s rise to power…
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