Hiroshima, the pictures they didnt want us to see
Filed under Entertainment, Environment, Image, Political, Science, Technology, Thoughts, World & Business.
Here are a series of pictures with description of the suffering after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I must warn you for our sensitive readers, these are some very disturbing pictures.
I’m not approving the bombings or anything, but I want you to see why the Americans decided to kill so many in advance. I mean NOTHING justifies killing thousands of innocent people.
These are pictures of the Nanking Massacre in 1937, where the Japanese killed and raped thousands in a very cruel manner.
Aren’t we blessed to live in this western society where we feed the hungry and help the lesser fortunate?
Manhattan in the near future?
Filed under Art, Entertainment, Environment, Image, Science, Technology, World & Business.
This is what will happen if we don’t listen to Al Gore and his presentation of the global warming issue, An Inconvenient Truth.
Also check out the whole slideshow, there are some great pictures in there like The rising Dubai skyline.
Now don’t mind me while I go burn some more fossil fuels..
Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
Filed under Entertainment, Music, Science, Technology, Thoughts, Video.
Directed by Melissa Olson
The music video is composed from footage of 1960 Joseph Kittinger, the man that set the record for the longest free fall with a helium balloon for Project Excelsior, and Laird Hamilton’s ride of a giant wave.
The music and the visuals blend so nicely together, a real mood setter, could be my favorite song ever.
According to Last.fm, the 3rd most played track on my list is Dayvan Cowboy with 34 plays in total. I got El-P with T.O.J. on #1 and Madvillain with Great Day (Four Tet remix) on #2. Other followers are Sigur Rós – Starálfur, Amon Tobin – Easy Muffin and Cannibal Ox – Pigeon.
Yeah, I like all kinds of music, except country music of course, being from underground hiphop to post rock and from metal to indie electronica.
Shuttle launch
Filed under Entertainment, Environment, Image, Science, Technology, World & Business.
This is a breathtaking picture taken of the Shuttle launch earlier this week at the marina of Daytona beach, Florida. Photographed by Nigel Cook for the Associated Press.
You can view/buy other pics here.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
Filed under Entertainment, Science, Technology, World & Business.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Or rather…
According to a researcher (sic) at Cambridge University, it doesn’t matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole.
