Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Video: Twin 12-Year Old Skateboarders
The skater in me says "dude, bitchin'!" The dad in me says, "go put on some helmets, right now!"
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Video: Parking Garage Designed to Match Surrounding Victorian Homes in S.F.
Bravo! It's one of my favorite things in the world when style meets function.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Music Video: The Wombats - Techno Fan
It's taken me a long time to come around to techno, but I know just how he feels.
Video: Ueli Steck Speed Solo Eiger Record
Because, you know, just climbing it isn't difficult enough.
Music Video: Bright Spark Destroyer - The Shortest Distance
Cool video - the music...well, hmmm. I feel like I'm listening to a Volkswagen commercial. Not necessarily a bad thing, I guess.
Video: Baby Lauging at Dog
Okay, I really make an effort to not post content related to cats, dogs and babies (countless other blogs have already got this territory more than covered), but I can't help myself with this one. That baby's laugh is just pure awesomeness - I wish I could hear him (?) laugh as an adult - I bet it won't change much.
Article: The Neuroscience of the Gut
Interesting article in Scientific American about how scientists believe that the brain is shaped by bacteria in the digestive tract.
This makes total sense to me, and makes me think about Mac (my eight-year old with ASD). On top of having numerous food allergies (eggs, dairy, shellfish, nuts), he also has bad problems with food digestion. We supplement his diet with good digestive bacteria, but if he skips a day or two, look out. Apparently this is very common in people with ASD.
"In autism and other pervasive developmental disorders, there are reports that the specific bacterial species present in the gut are altered and that gastrointestinal problems exacerbate behavioral symptoms. A newly developed biochemical test for autism is based, in part, upon the end products of bacterial metabolism. "
By the way, how's this for a mind blowing quote - there are approximately 30,000 human genes in the average human compared to 3 million bacterial genes inhabiting us, leading scientists to conclude that "we are at most one percent human." Did your universe just implode like mine did?
Scientific American
This makes total sense to me, and makes me think about Mac (my eight-year old with ASD). On top of having numerous food allergies (eggs, dairy, shellfish, nuts), he also has bad problems with food digestion. We supplement his diet with good digestive bacteria, but if he skips a day or two, look out. Apparently this is very common in people with ASD.
"In autism and other pervasive developmental disorders, there are reports that the specific bacterial species present in the gut are altered and that gastrointestinal problems exacerbate behavioral symptoms. A newly developed biochemical test for autism is based, in part, upon the end products of bacterial metabolism. "
By the way, how's this for a mind blowing quote - there are approximately 30,000 human genes in the average human compared to 3 million bacterial genes inhabiting us, leading scientists to conclude that "we are at most one percent human." Did your universe just implode like mine did?
Scientific American
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Photo: Just Sayin'
I voted for him, and I still wouldn't take the alternative, but is anyone else kind of feeling like this?
Video: Slow Driver in Fast Lane Gets Pwnd
I recommend watching this with the sound turned down because the teens who shot the video are pretty annoying. However, as Tosh says, "they did have the good sense to capture this and post it, and for that, we thank you."
Watch for the surprise ending.
Watch for the surprise ending.
Video: Boob-cam
Another girl having a laugh at men's genetically pre-programmed response to the female anatomy. I actually find this kind of depressing.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Music: Tool - Forty-Six and 2
My shadow's
shedding skin and
I've been picking
Scabs again.
I'm down
Digging through
My old muscles
Looking for a clue.
I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been.
I've been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure delusions
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in.
I wanna feel the changes coming down.
I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been.
I've been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure delusions
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in.
I wanna feel the changes coming down.
I wanna know what I've been hiding in
I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been.
I've been wallowing in my own chaotic
And insecure delusions.
I wanna feel the change consume me,
Feel the outside turning in.
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and
Cleansing I've endured within
My shadow
Change is coming.
Now is my time.
Listen to my muscle memory.
Contemplate what I've been clinging to.
Forty-six and two ahead of me.
I choose to live and to
Grow, take and give and to
Move, learn and love and to
Cry, kill and die and to
Be paranoid and to
Lie, hate and fear and to
Do what it takes to move through.
I choose to live and to
Lie, kill and give and to
Die, learn and love and to
Do what it takes to step through.
See my shadow changing,
Stretching up and over me.
Soften this old armor.
Hoping I can clear the way
By stepping through my shadow,
Coming out the other side.
Step into the shadow.
Forty six and two are just ahead of me.
shedding skin and
I've been picking
Scabs again.
I'm down
Digging through
My old muscles
Looking for a clue.
I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been.
I've been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure delusions
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in.
I wanna feel the changes coming down.
I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been.
I've been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure delusions
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in.
I wanna feel the changes coming down.
I wanna know what I've been hiding in
I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been.
I've been wallowing in my own chaotic
And insecure delusions.
I wanna feel the change consume me,
Feel the outside turning in.
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and
Cleansing I've endured within
My shadow
Change is coming.
Now is my time.
Listen to my muscle memory.
Contemplate what I've been clinging to.
Forty-six and two ahead of me.
I choose to live and to
Grow, take and give and to
Move, learn and love and to
Cry, kill and die and to
Be paranoid and to
Lie, hate and fear and to
Do what it takes to move through.
I choose to live and to
Lie, kill and give and to
Die, learn and love and to
Do what it takes to step through.
See my shadow changing,
Stretching up and over me.
Soften this old armor.
Hoping I can clear the way
By stepping through my shadow,
Coming out the other side.
Step into the shadow.
Forty six and two are just ahead of me.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Video: Versions
"Every lie creates a parallel world - a world in which it's true."
Versions 2009, Oliver Laric from Seventeen Gallery on Vimeo.
Infographic: Musical Taste vs. How War You're Likely to Go On a First Date
One more reason to like Nirvana.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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