Lone Immortal

Handmade Portraits by Sophie Blackall

calculi — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:25:18 +0000

What would you say to the one who got away? Artist Sophie Blackall’s illustrations are inspired by the Internet’s love lost and found. Read the Etsy blog post: etsy.me/sophieblackall. Music: ‘Tonight Tonight’ by Paul Layton paullayton.bandcamp.com ‘Telegram’ by Buried Beds buriedbeds.com ‘Quiet Nights, Quiet Places’ by Malbec facebook.com/malbectheband

How habitable are known planets?!

calculi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:53:48 +0000

No doubt Earth is the most habitable of all, but it does not hold the perfect score. Luckily, it’s not human who is making Earth less than perfectly habitable, but rather it is due to “tidal flexing”. Read on… Source: Daily chart: Life on Mars and elsewhere | The Economist.

Heterodox economics

calculi — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:05:24 +0000

One of the best read long article in recent time on present stage of economics. A must read! Excerpt: …neo-chartalism, sometimes called “Modern Monetary Theory”. The neo-chartalists believe that because paper currency is a creature of the state, governments enjoy more financial freedom than they recognise. The fiscal authorities are free to spend whatever is [...]

It’s a machine world and we are machine human

calculi — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:59:36 +0000

via 須藤元気（Genki Sudo「WORLD ORDER」の”MACHINE CIVILIZATION” – YouTube.

Blend and body lay hid in night, God said “Let Rosemary be” and all was light.

calculi — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:17:01 +0000

from Instagram: http://instagr.am/p/ZbhLL/

Centenary of the first successful South Pole Expedition

calculi — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:35:10 +0000

It’s been 100 years since Roald Amundsen and his men visited the South Pole as first modern men. South Pole is relatively easily accessible than it was in those time. No one yet managed to go to South Pole taking the same route as Amundsen did, so that explains the braveness of Amundsen and this team, [...]

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notes & Sketches as Notebook

calculi — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:07:09 +0000

Our latest Leonardo collection is made up of two designs. One — Sun & Moonlight — features Leonardo’s scientific observations and theories on the light of the moon relative to the radiance of the sun, while the other — Water Motion — features scientific observations and theories on the motion of water. Source: Leonardo Da Vinci’s [...]

The Coolest Art From A Ballpoint Pen | Co. Design

calculi — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:00:43 +0000

via fastcodesign.com How Brooklyn artist Shane McAdams makes dazzling abstract paintings out of ballpoint pens–and why he has to rent a tanning booth to do it.

The Pen is Mightier Than a Phone | Fast Company

calculi — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:39:46 +0000

Paper, but more specifically handwriting, will likely always be with us, and that’s a good thing. It’s a smoother path from your brain to the printed word, it saves you from task-switching overload, and it possibly makes the best to-do list. By committing your thought to paper, you’re also doing more to lock it into [...]

Tracking Diasporas

calculi — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:33:42 +0000

MORE Chinese people live outside mainland China than French people live in France, with some to be found in almost every country. Some 22m ethnic Indians are scattered across every continent. The diaspora is the word which was initially used for ‘dispersed’ Jews from the their homeland in further history. Now it is commonly used for [...]