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Moyers is back baby!

By On January 16, 2012 In News With No Comments Permanent Link to Moyers is back baby!Permalink

When Moyers’ show, The Journal, stopped a year or so ago, it was a very sad day. He is like a Grandfather that has all the answers. And when he doesn’t, he knows where to go and who to ask to find them. He makes all the issues understandable, and boils them down with common sense questions. Like Jon Stewart, but without the tongue and cheek. Together, you get a double dose of reality in today’s crazy media circus.

Here is a great discussion with Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson on Engineered Inequality.

Moyers & Company 101: On Winner Take All Politics from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.

This might be the neatest thing I’ve seen in a while, Dave Devries makes children’s sketches realistic…

By On December 7, 2011 In News With No Comments Permanent Link to This might be the neatest thing I’ve seen in a while, Dave Devries makes children’s sketches realistic…Permalink

It began at the Jersey Shore in 1998, where my niece Jessica often filled my sketchbook with doodles. While I stared at them, I wondered if color, texture and shading could be applied for a 3D effect. As a painter, I made cartoons look three dimensional every day for the likes of Marvel and DC comics, so why couldn’t I apply those same techniques to a kid’s drawing? That was it… no research, no years of toil, just the curiosity of seeing Jessica’s drawings come to life.

This is incredible to me because my own son loves doodling and drawing. I envy his complete freedom of creativity because his only critic, really, is himself!

via themonsterengine.com/artwork

DST, by the always educational, Mr. Grey.

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The Search for a More Perfect Kilogram – Great article from Wired Magazine

By On October 18, 2011 In News With No Comments Permanent Link to The Search for a More Perfect Kilogram – Great article from Wired MagazinePermalink

The official US kilogram — the physical prototype against which all weights in the United States are calibrated — cannot be touched by human hands except in rare circumstances. Sealed beneath a bell jar and locked behind three heavy doors in a laboratory 60 feet under the headquarters of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 20 miles outside Washington, DC, the shiny metal cylinder is, in many ways, better protected than the president.

An Amazing article from Wired Magazine.

The Search for a More Perfect Kilogram | Wired Magazine Online

 

 

Voting: First Past the Post. Pretty much sums up our situation here in Canada.

By On August 26, 2011 In News With No Comments Permanent Link to Voting: First Past the Post. Pretty much sums up our situation here in Canada.Permalink

This is strikingly similar to our situation at the moment. The argument I hear constantly is, “the current government doesn’t truly represent the whole of the people because 60% didn’t vote for them…”. This explains why. I would love to see what would happen if a politician with cahones (Bwahahaha) were to try and implement the next video solution (The Alternative Vote or Part 2).

 

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