Oh my God, this video of girls in Wildwood, N.J. in 1992 is amaaaaaazing. The pay phone scene at the end is perfection.
God lord, this is the blowing my fucking mind. (via themattsmith)
BG Speaks to the People . . . Quickly
Jacques Cousteau could never get this low
Jul 02
Did you know that whenever you fill in one of these tests, you’re helping digitize a book?
There was a great Nova ScienceNow segment on Luis von Ahn, a young computer prodigy who has invented some pretty cool stuff. See the image above? I just knew it before as the authentification system for buying a movie, a book, or any number of things online. Turns out this system, Recaptcha, in addition to being an anti-spam tool (bots trolling online can’t decipher the distorted words in the images) is also a text digitization aide. As researches and programs scan books online, many of the words aren’t recognized by a computer’s OCR, and so come out confusing the computer. Think of an old manuscript that is being scanned where all the characters that look like “f’s” are really “s’s,” or strange Old English words, or just poetic license with spelling, and so-on. As you type in words to verify that you’re a user, you’re also helping Recaptcha identify words and digitize books and other texts. Nova claims that more than 20 years of archived New York Times has been digitized with the help of Recaptcha in less than a few months.
Luis von Ahn has devoted his career to creative solutions like this that harness the work-power and work-time of millions of users, worldwide. Click here to find out more!
This is the coolest thing i’ve learned all week.
Jul 01
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There are things that young people do in the full flush of youth that can have surprising and unexpected results later in life. It’s not uncommon for someone getting on in years to regret not having taken better care of their body, or wish they had been more conscientious to the medical and familial results of unprotected casual sex, or grimace at the now faded, warped tattoo that they got on a drunken dare in college. I’m not saying there can’t be some pride in these battle scars, but it is often the impulsive decisions we make when we still feel invincible that later stand as near-permanent reminders of just how vincible we actually are.
My point is that one day the ladies from Millionaires are going to look back on their lives, and the whole thing is just going to seem like one giant misshapen discolored tattoo of a hideous spider right on their fucking metaphorical face.
— Gabe at Videogum on the new worst “band” in the world, Millionaires. I watched 20 seconds of the video before i ran away to vomit.
Jun 30
“ Knuckle-crackers are no more likely to have arthritis than those who don’t make annoying popping sounds with their fingers.
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11 Health Myths That May Surprise You - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
This is very good to know. (via sexartandpolitics)
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Dirty Projectors - “Stillness is the Move”
So after seeing these guys last week i think i’ve come around to them. But i still think i prefer the songs that feature the ladies on vocals to the ones with just Longstreth.
Jun 29
Sweet Dreams by Kristen Lepore
A stop-motion short about acceptance and indifference, from the point of view of a cupcake.
Achewood’s memorial to Michael Jackson is the best memorial yet, mainly because of how Achewoody it is. Click through for the whole thing.
Jun 28
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Big Daddy Kane - “Young, Gifted and Black”
One of my top 5 favorite beats of all time. Fucking fire.
Jun 26
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Yvonne Gage - “Doin’ It In A Haunted House”
Without a doubt, the most blatant “Thriller” ripoff you’ve ever heard. Seriously, you have to hear it. It’s hilarious. (via Lucas/Idolator)
