Cool-but-not-Funny stuff on the Internet

[urth]

Just saw this: a very cool visual representation of wind currents in the US, in real time. Mesmerizing.

http://hint.fm/wind/index.html

[ggould]

Just saw this: a very cool visual representation of wind currents in the US, in real time. Mesmerizing.

http://hint.fm/wind/index.html

And this nice high-rez video (all the way to 1080p!) of ocean currents:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xusdWPuWAoU&feature=youtu.be

[sundaygal]

Just read a fascinating piece on Theodore Roosevelt and the stuff in his breast pocket that saved his life.  (Dayum, Teddy Roosevelt was da man!) 

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/04/theodore-roosevelts-life-saving-speech/

[urth]

This has S-gal written all over it:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/21-vintage-covers-of-smash-hits-magazine

[RGMike]

I think our friend Mr McCombs should sue: there's a blog called GazFunk! (it so happens Larry "Funky 16 Corners" Grogan is doing a guest blog thing there this week)

http://gazfunk.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/guest-contributor-larry-grogan/

[sundaygal]

Kodak first developed the digital camera in 1975, but kept schtum about it.

http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/editorial/kodak-s-last-days-1.42251

[urth]

Hey Geoff, do you know Pete Sears, by any chance? Even if you don't (which I think is unlikely) you will dig this story if you haven't heard it already:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f28/pete-sears-gets-stolen-bass-back-after-38-years-978916/

Pete just got a custom bass returned that was stolen in Germany in 1978. And there's a Jerry Garcia/Doug Irwin connection...

[ggould]

Hey Geoff, do you know Pete Sears, by any chance? Even if you don't (which I think is unlikely) you will dig this story if you haven't heard it already:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f28/pete-sears-gets-stolen-bass-back-after-38-years-978916/

Pete just got a custom bass returned that was stolen in Germany in 1978. And there's a Jerry Garcia/Doug Irwin connection...

I don't know Pete personally; he usually plays a bass from my old company.  I did know Doug Irwin however (and Jerry)  Irwin was mainly known for his guitars for Jerry.

[dischead]

Apparently there are problems getting clips to play in Firefox, but despite that and other flaws,
this provides some amusing opportunities to explore different music categories:

http://www.furia.com/misc/genremaps/engenremap.html

[ggould]

Apparently there are problems getting clips to play in Firefox, but despite that and other flaws,
this provides some amusing opportunities to explore different music categories:

http://www.furia.com/misc/genremaps/engenremap.html

I didn't realize last night that it goes deeper than just the one page!

[dischead]

Apparently there are problems getting clips to play in Firefox, but despite that and other flaws,
this provides some amusing opportunities to explore different music categories:

http://www.furia.com/misc/genremaps/engenremap.html

I didn't realize last night that it goes deeper than just the one page!

Some of the flaws include a lack of operational and contextual information.

[Lightnin' Rod]

For Geoff:

http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/05/14/amazing-sightings-hawk-gives-blackbird-free-ride-gallery/#12231-1

[ggould]

For Geoff:

http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/05/14/amazing-sightings-hawk-gives-blackbird-free-ride-gallery/#12231-1

nice shots.  We've been watching the blackbirds harass the hawks lately.

yesterday's bird shot I took:

[dischead]

An entertaining blog post about the Monkees and the Beatles:

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/11/let-it-be-fiat-monkees-golden-beatles/

The comments also contain some trivia that was new to me, although no doubt some of you
already knew it.

[urth]

...commemorates the start of the Olympic games, but it's based around a very obvious rainbow motif, and includes this quote from the Olympic charter (which is what it points to when you click it):

"The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." –Olympic Charter

Well played, Google!